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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $80,900–$107,866
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Victorian Pictures, London · 3 June 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6543585
- Record
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Arthur John Elsley, A Helping Hand. Christie's, 3 Jun 1999, lot 120. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6543585.
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Arthur John Elsley, A Helping Hand. Christie's, 3 Jun 1999, lot 120. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6543585.
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From the same sale Victorian Pictures · Jun 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study of a young girl wearing a bonnet and reading from a book | Kate Greenaway | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Lunchtime | Frederick Smallfield, A.R.W.S. (1829-1925) | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Melrose Abbey from the banks of the Tweed | Myles Birket Foster R.w.s. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| St Mark's, Venice, from the lagoon | Myles Birket Foster R.w.s. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Val di Cogne, Switzerland | John Edward Brett, A.R.A. (1830-1902) | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Loading the hay barges, with a young woman taking water from the rive… | Myles Birket Foster R.w.s. | £4,000–£6,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur John Elsley | Well Done! | $120,000 | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | |
| Arthur John Elsley | Baby's Bath Time | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | Pick of the Litter | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | Here He Comes | Christie's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | before the bath | Sotheby's, Dec 2010 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | arthur john elsley | an unlikely pair | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | The Joy of Spring | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | Mother's Darling | Sotheby's, Dec 2008 |
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.