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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $25,345–$33,794
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L03104 · 18 November 2003
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3008550
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Lear, a distant view of athens. Sotheby's, 18 Nov 2003, lot 2. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3008550.
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Edward Lear, a distant view of athens. Sotheby's, 18 Nov 2003, lot 2. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3008550.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L03104 · Nov 2003
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sailboats at sunset | Hector Doukas | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Sailing in moonlit seas | Emilios Prossalentis | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Signals | Vassilakis Takis | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Playtime | Diamantis Diamandopoulos | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Smoking the hookah | Apostolos Geralis | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Celebration under trees | Loucas Geralis | £4,000–£6,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lear | The Campagna di Roma | $34,437 | Bonhams, Sep 2021 | |
| Edward Lear | Coast of Malabar | Bonhams, Sep 2023 | ||
| Edward Lear | Kandy, Ceylon | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Edward Lear | View of Cairo, with the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx in t | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Edward Lear | The Plains of Bethany | Christie's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Edward Lear | Rabbato, Gozo, Malta | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | Villefranche-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur, France | Christie's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Edward Lear | Distant view of the Citadel from the village of Ascension, C | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 |
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.