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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,583–$3,874
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Modern British and Irish Art, London, Knightsbridge · 11 July 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1521038
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ruskin Spear R.a., Portrait of a seated lady. Bonhams, 11 Jul 2017, lot 142. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1521038.
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Ruskin Spear R.a., Portrait of a seated lady. Bonhams, 11 Jul 2017, lot 142. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1521038.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruskin Spear R.a. | 'The Life Class' | $1,262 | Sworders, Jul 2026 | |
| Ruskin Spear R.a. | Cornish Landscape, C.1944 | Lyon & Turnbull, Oct 2025 | ||
| Ruskin Spear R.a. | ruskin spear, r.a. | cornish landscape | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | ||
| Ruskin Spear R.a. | Pavement Artist | Bonhams, Apr 2021 | ||
| Ruskin Spear R.a. | Portrait of Thomas Horsley Brazier | Christie's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Ruskin Spear R.a. | The riverside | Christie's, Oct 2015 | ||
| Ruskin Spear R.a. | Life Class | Bonhams, Nov 2025 | ||
| Ruskin Spear R.a. | An unexpected lunch | Chiswick Auctions, Jun 2026 |
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.