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Lot 235 · Maritime including Scientific & Medical Instruments

The aprroaching storm

James Gale Tyler · oil on canvas

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Estimate
$2,500–$3,500 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Maritime including Scientific & Medical Instruments , New York · 3 February 2005
Dimensions
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-5846533
Record
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James Gale Tyler, The aprroaching storm. Christie's, 3 Feb 2005, lot 235. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5846533.

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From the same sale Maritime including Scientific & Medical Instruments · Feb 2005

LotArtistEstimateResult
G.f. Crutchley, London An early 19th century English 21-inch diameter celestial library globe $12,000–$15,000
A sailor's embroidered wool work of a British ship A sailor's embroidered wool work of a British ship $600–$800
J.w. Ray & Co.; Liverpool A brass engine telegraph $800–$1,200
A 19th-Century fruitwood stethoscope A 19th-Century fruitwood stethoscope $1,200–$1,500
Sloops racing; and A Catboat Henry C. Peabody (American, 1851-1951) $1,500–$2,500
Big-class racing - an easterly start from the Royal Yacht Squadron's line William H. Bishop, (British, 20th Century) $18,000–$22,000

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