Lot 81 · Photographs
"Midsummer night or no midsummer night, I shall 'ave to report it."
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- Estimate
- £700–£1,000 hammer ≈ $1,128–$1,611
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs , New York · 17 December 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6219950
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rowland Emett, "Midsummer night or no midsummer night, I shall 'ave to report it.". Christie's, 17 Dec 1999, lot 81. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6219950.
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Rowland Emett, "Midsummer night or no midsummer night, I shall 'ave to report it.". Christie's, 17 Dec 1999, lot 81. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6219950.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland Emett | The flexible space ship | $4,110 | Christie's, Jul 2007 | |
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| Rowland Emett | The Rolls Royce submarine car | Christie's, Jul 2007 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.