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- Estimate
- £3,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $5,008–$6,677
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L03622 · 15 October 2003
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2996753
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Lear, Beer Suez. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2003, lot 114. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2996753.
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Edward Lear, Beer Suez. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2003, lot 114. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2996753.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L03622 · Oct 2003
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murtadh ibn al-Khalif. | — | £400–£600 | |
| Omar Khayyam. | — | £500–£700 | |
| Al-Shidyaq, Ahmad Faris. | — | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Russell, Alexander. | — | £400–£600 | |
| Rutter, Eldon. | — | £500–£700 | |
| Ives, Edward. | — | £700–£1,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lear | Civita Castellana , 1843 | $5,625 est. | Freeman's | Hindman, May 2021 | |
| Edward Lear | A view of the Temple of Karnak at sunset, Thebes, Egypt | Christie's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Edward Lear | Zante | Bonhams, May 2026 | ||
| Edward Lear | 'There was an old man with an Owl who continued to bother an | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | Bordighera (Lands of orange blossom); Constantinople (Below | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2024 | ||
| Edward Lear | Mont Blanc | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Edward Lear | A view of Eremo di Camaldoli, Frascati, near Rome | Christie's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Edward Lear | A view across Kozhikode (Calicut), Malabar, India | Bonhams, Dec 2024 |
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.