Lot 45 · Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
Apricots on a stalk, cherries, a wild strawberry, redcurrants, shells, a butterfly, a bee, a spider, a fly, a caterpillar and a dragonfly on a ledge
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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $96,499–$128,666
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit, London (South Kensington) · 16 April 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6568566
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Balthasar Van Der Ast, Apricots on a stalk, cherries, a wild strawberry, redcurrants, shells, a butterfly, a bee, a spider, a fly, a caterpillar and a dragonfly on a ledge. Christie's, 16 Apr 1999, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6568566.
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Balthasar Van Der Ast, Apricots on a stalk, cherries, a wild strawberry, redcurrants, shells, a butterfly, a bee, a spider, a fly, a caterpillar and a dragonfly on a ledge. Christie's, 16 Apr 1999, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6568566.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Left Leg of a Tyrannosaurid | THE LEFT LEG OF A TYRANNOSAURID | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A coastal winter landscape with fishermen on a path by a village; and… | Adriaen Van Stalbemt | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Roses, parrot tulips, poppies, morning glory, a carnation, an iris, p… | Abraham Mignon | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A wooded landscape in stormy weather with a pool, a peasant and a dog… | Circle Of Jacob Isaacsz. Van Ruisdael | £15,000–£25,000 | |
| Peasants singing and a mother with her child in an interior | David Ii Teniers | £5,000–£8,000 | |
| A procession of genii , putti , and children with a festoon of fruit,… | After Sir Peter Paul Rubens | £3,000–£5,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Balthasar Van Der Ast | roses with a butterfly and a grasshopper, together with forg | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 | ||
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| Balthasar Van Der Ast | Grapes, peaches, apples and plums in a wan-li bowl on a ledg | Christie's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | A still life of shells, with a wasp and a caterpillar on a s | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Head study of a man in a ruff (Portrait of a magistrate) | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | flower bouquet on a ledge, together with a shell and a grass | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 | ||
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | a still life with apricots, cherries, a wild strawberry, red | Sotheby's, Jan 2019 |
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.