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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,699–$10,049
- Result
- upcoming — 3 June 2014
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Modern British and Irish Art, London, Knightsbridge · 3 June 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2014865
- Record
- first seen 25 Jul 2026 · updated 9 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-2014865 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-2014865
David Shepherd, The Sub Nigel Steam Train. Bonhams, 3 Jun 2014, lot 187. estimate £4,000–£6,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2014865.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
76% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 74%, 75% sold.
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David Shepherd, The Sub Nigel Steam Train. Bonhams, 3 Jun 2014, lot 187. estimate £4,000–£6,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2014865.
From the same sale Modern British and Irish Art · Jun 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windbreak, Cornwall | Ken Howard R.a. | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Evening Bathers, Arcachon | Frederick Cuming Ra Neac | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Still life | Mary Fedden R.a. | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Still life with orange bowl | Mary Fedden R.a. | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The Sabines's Theme, from the Rape of the Sabine's series, 1949 | Ceri Richards | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Farmers and Welsh cob | Aneurin M Jones | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Shepherd | Lion | $6,480 | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | |
| David Shepherd | Elephant by a Watering Hole | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| David Shepherd | david shepherd | masai village sketches | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| David Shepherd | Buffalo | Bonhams, Nov 2025 | ||
| David Shepherd | The Three Elms | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | ||
| David Shepherd | Giraffe Pair | Strauss & Co, May 2021 | ||
| David Shepherd | Crocodiles | Bonhams, Apr 2022 | ||
| David Shepherd | Untitled Landscape , 1980 | Freeman's | Hindman, Nov 2022 |
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.