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- Estimate
- £700–£1,000 hammer ≈ $1,142–$1,632
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century British & Irish Art, London · 22 May 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6680478
- Record
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Jeremy Bentham, JEREMY BENTHAM (1748-1832). Christie's, 22 May 1998, lot 154 A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6680478.
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Jeremy Bentham, JEREMY BENTHAM (1748-1832). Christie's, 22 May 1998, lot 154 A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6680478.
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From the same sale 20th Century British & Irish Art · May 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening on the bog | Paul Henry, R.H.A. (1876-1958) | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Fair Day | Jack Butler Yeats | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex… | DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex , London: John Murray, 1871, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, illustrations, original green cloth (binding of volume one detached). [Freeman 245] -- James A. MONCRIEFF. The Scientific Structure of The Universe with maps of the Great Globe of Heaven, with its Four Star Temples , London: Marcus Ward, 1880, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, front endpaper with inscription "Thomas Carlisle [sic] Esq with the author's compliments", maps, some coloured, original cloth (lacking cloth backstrip to spine), bookplate of Thomas Carlyle. (3) | £25–£200 | |
| Clymping | John Piper C.h. | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| DIETRICH, David. Zeitschrift fuer Gaertner, Botaniker und Blumenfreun… | DIETRICH, David. Zeitschrift fuer Gaertner, Botaniker und Blumenfreunde , Jena: August Schmid, 1840-43, volumes I-II only, small 4°, 109 hand-coloured engraved plates (slightly browned, some soiling), contemporary half calf (worn). [Pritzel 2270] (2) | £800–£1,200 | |
| CONRAD, Joseph. Chance , London: Methuen, [1913], 8°, FIRST EDITION I… | CONRAD, Joseph. Chance , London: Methuen, [1913], 8°, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE with "1913" on verso of title, original cloth (rubbed, contemporary ownership inscriptions to half title). [Ehrsam p. 264] | £300–£500 |
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