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- Estimate
- $400–$600 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Period Art & Design, San Francisco · 25 August 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2109273
- Record
- first seen 25 Jul 2026 · updated 25 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Benton Murdoch Spruance, Moby Dick: The Passion of Ahab. Bonhams, 25 Aug 2013, lot 3177. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2109273.
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Benton Murdoch Spruance, Moby Dick: The Passion of Ahab. Bonhams, 25 Aug 2013, lot 3177. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2109273.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A rocky landscape with a waterfall and figures in the foreground 44 1… | Follower Of Salvator Rosa | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| A skirmish in a courtyard 18 x 21 1/2in | Giuseppe Bernardino Bison | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Saint Barbara 15 1/2 x 12 1/4in | French School | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| A portrait of a gentleman 32 1/4 x 26in | Manner Of Jean François De Troy | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| fête champêtre 15 1/4 x 14in | Manner Of Nicolas Lancret | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Manner of Jean Antoine Watteau A girl asleep; The young lovers (a pai… | — | $2,000–$3,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Murdoch Spruance | Caustic Comment, 1936 | $512 est. | Freeman's | Hindman, Jun 2025 | |
| Benton Murdoch Spruance | Studio Press | Locati LLC, Jan 2023 | ||
| Benton Murdoch Spruance | Middle Germantown ; together with Schuylkill Bridges , 1934 | Freeman's | Hindman, Dec 2024 | ||
| Benton Murdoch Spruance | Orpheus in Hell | Locati LLC, Jan 2023 | ||
| Benton Murdoch Spruance | Midsummer Spiel, 1946 | Freeman's | Hindman, Dec 2024 | ||
| Benton Murdoch Spruance | Macbeth Act V | Bonhams, May 2024 | ||
| Benton Murdoch Spruance | Two Works | Locati LLC, Sep 2023 | ||
| Benton Murdoch Spruance | Introduction to Love, 1935 | Freeman's | Hindman, Jun 2025 |
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