Lot 439 · The Elegant Home: Select Furniture, Silver, Decorative and Fine Arts
Mother's darling 18 x 14 1/2in (45.8 x 37cm)
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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — The Elegant Home: Select Furniture, Silver, Decorative and Fine Arts, Los Angeles · 27 February 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1494519
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Fritz Zuber-bühler, Mother's darling 18 x 14 1/2in (45.8 x 37cm). Bonhams, 27 Feb 2017, lot 439. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1494519.
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Fritz Zuber-bühler, Mother's darling 18 x 14 1/2in (45.8 x 37cm). Bonhams, 27 Feb 2017, lot 439. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1494519.
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From the same sale The Elegant Home: Select Furniture, Silver, Decorative and Fine Arts · Feb 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| by Frank W. Smith; retailed by Black, Starr & Frost, New York, NY, e… | An American sterling silver oval reticulated footed swing-handle cake basket | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| by Tiffany & Co., New York, NY, 1892-1902 | An American Sterling Silver Floral-decorated Bowl | $600–$800 | |
| by Tiffany & Co., New York, NY and Frank M. Whiting, North Attleboro,… | Three American Sterling Silver Hollowwares | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| by Shreve & Co., San Francisco, CA, 20th century | An American Sterling Silver Six-piece Table Suite | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| by various makers, late 18th/early 19th century | An assembled group of Georgian sterling silver tableware | $800–$1,200 | |
| by Thomas Ducrow, Birmingham, 1904 | An Edward VII sterling silver three-piece tea service | $1,000–$1,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Zuber-bühler | Admiring the baby | $3,849 | Christie's, Sep 2015 | |
| Fritz Zuber-bühler | Playing with baby in the garden 28 1/2 x 23 1/2in (72.4 x 5 | Bonhams, Jun 2017 | ||
| Fritz Zuber-bühler | Feeding the baby | Christie's, Jan 2015 | ||
| Fritz Zuber-bühler | The tambourine player 29 3/4 x 36 1/2in (75.6 x 92.7cm) | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Hans Zatzka | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Sep 2024 | ||
| Fritz Zuber-bühler | Mother's darling | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2025 | ||
| Eugene Galien-laloue | Harbor Scene | Freeman's | Hindman, Sep 2022 | ||
| Eugene Galien-laloue | La Place du Marché | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 |
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.