Lot 139 · Modern British and Irish Art
Bust of Lowry 29cm (11 1/2in) high (excluding base)
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- Estimate
- £1,200–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,550–$1,937
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Modern British and Irish Art, London, Knightsbridge · 11 July 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1521035
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-1521035 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-1521035
Sam Tonkiss, Bust of Lowry 29cm (11 1/2in) high (excluding base). Bonhams, 11 Jul 2017, lot 139. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1521035.
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Sam Tonkiss, Bust of Lowry 29cm (11 1/2in) high (excluding base). Bonhams, 11 Jul 2017, lot 139. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1521035.
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From the same sale Modern British and Irish Art · Jul 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sennen beach | Ken Howard R.a. | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| 'St Giles Courtyard, Camberwell' | Adrian Berg Ra | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Fruit and bread on a table | Bernard Meninsky | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Romanesque Churches near Caceres, 1970 | Tristram Paul Hillier | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| June of Youth (Figure) 60cm (23 1/2 in) high | Leon Underwood | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Head of a woman 48cm (19in)(high) | Sven Berlin | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Tonkiss | Portrait Head of L.S. Lowry 32.5cm (12 13/16in) high includi | $3,233 | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | |
| Sam Tonkiss | Portrait Head of L.S. Lowry 28.5cm (11 1/4in) high (excludin | Bonhams, Nov 2019 | ||
| Carel Weight R.a. | Looking Over the Fence | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Louis William Wain | Small Ginger Cat | Bonhams, Apr 2022 | ||
| Conroy Maddox | The Last Late Flowering of Extreme Romanticism | Bonhams, Mar 2026 | ||
| Carel Weight R.a. | Walking the Dog | Bonhams, Apr 2022 | ||
| Louis William Wain | The Auctioneer | Bonhams, Jul 2022 | ||
| Prunella Clough | Corrugated Fence | Bonhams, Dec 2020 |
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.