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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $8,281–$11,593
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's W03712 · 1 October 2003
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2992840
- Record
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John Robertson Reid, boys fishing in looe harbour. Sotheby's, 1 Oct 2003, lot 153. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2992840.
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John Robertson Reid, boys fishing in looe harbour. Sotheby's, 1 Oct 2003, lot 153. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2992840.
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From the same sale Sotheby's W03712 · Oct 2003
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossing the River | Louis-aimé Japy | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Off The Market | Julius Caesar Ibbetson | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| A sad farewell | David Monies | £1,000–£2,000 | |
| Al Fresco | Joseph Pauwels | £600–£800 | |
| The Rose Arch | R.w.s. Helen Allingham | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| River above Rouen | David Farquharson A.R.A., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. | £1,000–£2,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Robertson Reid | 'Capturing a German Mine off the Cornish Coast, 1918' | $7,795 | Bonhams, May 2020 | |
| John Robertson Reid | The Treasures of the Deep | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 | ||
| John Robertson Reid | montrose habour | Sotheby's, Aug 2003 | ||
| John Robertson Reid | Blowing Bubbles | Sotheby's, Apr 2004 | ||
| Louis Bosworth Hurt | Highland Cattle by a Mountain Loch | Lyon & Turnbull, Dec 2024 | ||
| John Robertson Reid | The Footbridge | Sotheby's, Nov 2005 | ||
| Louis Bosworth Hurt | The Sunlit Mists of Early Morning, A Marshy Pasture 61 x 101 | Bonhams, Oct 2022 | ||
| John Robertson Reid | Fishermen off the Coast | Sotheby's, May 2008 |
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.