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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $12,290–$18,434
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — The South African Sale, London, New Bond Street · 9 September 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1860568
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-1860568 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-1860568
Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche, Portrait of Mrs Idy Stern. Bonhams, 9 Sep 2015, lot 17. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1860568.
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Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche, Portrait of Mrs Idy Stern. Bonhams, 9 Sep 2015, lot 17. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1860568.
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From the same sale The South African Sale · Sep 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ships at anchor in Table Bay | Josephus Jones | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| A Worcester Street | Pieter Hugo Naudé | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Still life with magnolias | Frans David Oerder | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| 'Landscape with two Quagga' | Walter Whall Battiss | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Portrait of the Bailey children | Irma Stern | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Street scene | Erik | £3,000–£5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche | Congolese Women | $13,384 | Strauss & Co, Jun 2017 | |
| Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche | Kongo Man en Drie Vroue (Congolese Man and Three Women) | Strauss & Co, Nov 2022 | ||
| Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche | On the beach | Sotheby's, May 2017 | ||
| Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche | Women and Children in a Landscape | Strauss & Co, Oct 2017 | ||
| Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche | La Seine à Bougival Rivière | Strauss & Co, Jun 2018 | ||
| Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche | Fishermen on a Beach | Strauss & Co, Mar 2019 | ||
| Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche | Fisher Folk on the Beach | Strauss & Co, Sep 2022 | ||
| Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche | A Standing Woman | Strauss & Co, May 2011 |
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.