Lot 148 · California and Western Paintings & Sculpture
Lone blue smoke tree 40 x 30in
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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — California and Western Paintings & Sculpture, Los Angeles · 12 December 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2257924
- Record
- first seen 26 Jul 2026 · updated 26 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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James Swinnerton, Lone blue smoke tree 40 x 30in. Bonhams, 12 Dec 2012, lot 148. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2257924.
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James Swinnerton, Lone blue smoke tree 40 x 30in. Bonhams, 12 Dec 2012, lot 148. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2257924.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pastoral II 16 x 20in | Fred Grayson Sayre | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Stream through a wooded landscape 30 x 50in | Ransome Gillet Holdredge | $4,000–$6,000 | |
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| Mountain lake 12 x 15in | Hermann Herzog | $3,000–$5,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Swinnerton | On the Indian Trail 28 x 34 in. framed 37 x 42 in. | $3,328 | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | |
| James Swinnerton | Cabin Amid Pines (In Southern Utah) 30 x 30 in. framed 37 1/ | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| James Swinnerton | The House by the River | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2025 | ||
| James Swinnerton | Desert Afternoon | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2022 | ||
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| James Swinnerton | Smoke Tree 24 x 18 in. framed 34 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. | Bonhams, Feb 2023 | ||
| James Swinnerton | Two Smoke Trees 18 x 28 in. framed 25 x 35 in. | Bonhams, Feb 2023 | ||
| James Swinnerton | Navajo Home 30 x 30 in. framed 38 x 38 in. | Bonhams, Nov 2023 |
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.