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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $13,326–$19,989
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Travel & Exploration Sale, Online, London, Knightsbridge · 8 December 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-121730
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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William Gordon Burn Murdoch, A Greenland Whale Fishery. Bonhams, 8 Dec 2025, lot 151. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-121730.
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William Gordon Burn Murdoch, A Greenland Whale Fishery. Bonhams, 8 Dec 2025, lot 151. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-121730.
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From the same sale Travel & Exploration Sale · Dec 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Zealanders Illustrated, FIRST EDITION, SUBSCRIBER'S COPY, Tho… | Angas | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| A Dvarapala (guardian) of Candi Sewu in the glow of a bonfire | Hugo Vilfred Pedersen | £800–£1,200 | |
| 'Lane, off Bencoolen Street', Singapore | Ong Kim Seng | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| The Irrawaddy River with Sagaing Hill beyond, Burma | Saya Saung | £600–£800 | |
| A rural village scene | M.l. Poum Malakoul | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Study of Penha Hill, Macau | George Chinnery | £800–£1,200 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Gordon Burn Murdoch | A Greenland Whale Fishery | $9,635 | Bonhams, Feb 2026 | |
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| English School | 16th Century Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, half-length, in fu | Bonhams, Jul 2023 | ||
| English School | Portrait of a gentleman of the Allen family of Brindley, Che | Bonhams, May 2024 | ||
| Shackleton | SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) Cabinet portrait photograph of Sha | Bonhams, Sep 2021 | ||
| Hugo Vilfred Pedersen | Untitled (A view of the Taj with herdmen and camels in the f | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| English School | Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester | Lempertz, Nov 2025 | ||
| English School | Portrait of Tsar Peter the Great as the Grand Czar of Muscov | Bonhams, Dec 2021 |
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.