Lot 430 · Modern and Contemporary Art | to include the James Birch Collection
A steam train in a yard
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- Estimate
- £800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,070–$1,605
- Result
- upcoming — 7 October 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Sworders — Modern and Contemporary Art | to include the James Birch Collection · 7 October 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-17796775
- Record
- first seen 11 Sep 2026 · updated 11 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Terence Cuneo, A steam train in a yard. Sworders, 7 Oct 2026, lot 430. estimate £800–£1,200, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17796775.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
83% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 82%, 73% sold.
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Terence Cuneo, A steam train in a yard. Sworders, 7 Oct 2026, lot 430. estimate £800–£1,200, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17796775.
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| 'Juste Parce Que Je Suis Belle' (Pin-Up No. 9), 2010 | Reuben Mednikoff | £5,000–£8,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled (October 5, 1938 no. 4) | Reuben Mednikoff | £1,500–£2,500 | upcoming |
| Untitled (April 24 1944) | Reuben Mednikoff | £1,200–£1,800 | upcoming |
| A night-time view of a house | Reuben Mednikoff | £400–£600 | upcoming |
| Untitled (September 17 1935) | Reuben Mednikoff | £3,000–£5,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled (Sept 21 1941) | Reuben Mednikoff | £25,000–£35,000 | upcoming |
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| Terence Cuneo | Cape Dutch House | Strauss & Co, Jun 2022 | ||
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| Terence Cuneo | Voortrekker Monument from the Amphitheatre, Pretoria, South | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Terence Cuneo | Dolgoch Station on the Talylln Railway | Bonhams, Jan 2023 | ||
| Terence Cuneo | Flowers in a cart | Christie's, Apr 2008 |
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.