Lot 117 · Marine Sale
'"A Gusty Nor' Wester" - Valkyrie III Racing Britannia and Ailsa for the Muir Memorial Challenge Cup on the Clyde - July 3rd 1895'
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- Estimate
- £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $81,015–$113,422
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Marine Sale, London, Knightsbridge · 2 October 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2162305
- Record
- first seen 25 Jul 2026 · updated 25 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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John Steven Dews, '"A Gusty Nor' Wester" - Valkyrie III Racing Britannia and Ailsa for the Muir Memorial Challenge Cup on the Clyde - July 3rd 1895'. Bonhams, 2 Oct 2013, lot 117. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2162305.
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John Steven Dews, '"A Gusty Nor' Wester" - Valkyrie III Racing Britannia and Ailsa for the Muir Memorial Challenge Cup on the Clyde - July 3rd 1895'. Bonhams, 2 Oct 2013, lot 117. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2162305.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing and sailing boats off shore | Thomas Luny | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| A calm morning | Henry Redmore | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| A collection of four White Star Line side plates 8ins.(20cm)diam 4 | A collection of four White Star Line side plates 8ins.(20cm)diam 4 | £800–£1,200 | |
| Topsail schooner off the Dutch coast | Thomas A. Binks | £2,000–£4,000 | |
| 2 | A Siebe Gorman Antimagnetic Diver's Knife | £500–£700 | |
| A decorated whale's tooth, 7ins. (18cm)long. | A Decorated Whale's Tooth 7ins. | £500–£700 |
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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.