Lot 399 · Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, including Property from the Estate of Ernst Beyeler
Preparing to put to Sea; and Mending the Nets
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,348–$2,022
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, including Property from the Estate of Ernst Beyeler, London · 14 May 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6684285
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Arthur Joseph Meadows, Preparing to put to Sea; and Mending the Nets. Christie's, 14 May 1998, lot 399. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6684285.
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Arthur Joseph Meadows, Preparing to put to Sea; and Mending the Nets. Christie's, 14 May 1998, lot 399. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6684285.
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From the same sale Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, including Property from the Estate of Ernst Beyeler · May 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Going to the Rescue | William Clarkson Stanfield | £300–£500 | |
| A Squadron of the Red lying Offshore making Preparations to Sail | Peter Monamy | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The Evening Gun | Circle Of Peter Monamy | £200–£300 | |
| The Anjer and the Bombay in coastal Waters | Joseph Heard | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| BLIGH, William. A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of H… | BLIGH, William. A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit tree to the West Indies, in his Majesty's Ship the Bounty, London: for George Nicol, 1792, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait and 7 plans and maps, 5 folding (portrait offset onto title, "Bread Fruit" plate lightly spotted, occasional light spotting and staining, one text leaf cleanly torn at inner margin), contemporary calf (rebacked preserving old gilt spine, rubbed and scuffed). [Ferguson 125; Sabin 5910] | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| BISSELIUS, Joannes. Argonauticon Americanorum, Munich: formis Lucae S… | BISSELIUS, Joannes. Argonauticon Americanorum, Munich: formis Lucae Straubii, 1647, 12°, FIRST EDITION IN LATIN, engraved map (lacks engraved title, map cropped, occasional light browning and staining), contemporary vellum (lightly rubbed), stamp of Kantonsebibliothek Solothurn on title. [Sabin 99443] With Raveneau de Lussan's Journal du Voyage fait a la Mer de Sud, avec les Flibustiers de l' Amerique (Paris, 1690). (2) | £100–£200 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Joseph Meadows | 'Early Morning' and 'Folkestone Harbour', a pair | $2,905 | Bonhams, Apr 2025 | |
| Arthur Joseph Meadows | Shipping off a harbour wall | Bonhams, Nov 2020 | ||
| Arthur Joseph Meadows | Shipping on a moonlit harbour; Fisherman hauling in their ne | Bonhams, Mar 2019 | ||
| Arthur Joseph Meadows | Fishing boats off the ruins of Sandesfoot Castle, Weymouth | Bonhams, Oct 2023 | ||
| Arthur Joseph Meadows | 'Smack Making Harbour in a Gale' | Bonhams, Mar 2013 | ||
| Arthur Joseph Meadows | The Grand Canal, Venice | Bonhams, Jun 2015 | ||
| Arthur Joseph Meadows | 'On the Somme Morning'; 'Rye, Sussex', a pair | Bonhams, Apr 2025 | ||
| Arthur Joseph Meadows | Fishing boats off Weymouth | Bonhams, Apr 2015 |
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.