Lot 167 · Sotheby's L03033
A still life of crabs, oysters, apricots, a roemer, and a pipe, all upon a stone ledge
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $34,920–$52,380
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L03033 · 11 December 2003
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3022151
- Record
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Theodoor Smits, A still life of crabs, oysters, apricots, a roemer, and a pipe, all upon a stone ledge. Sotheby's, 11 Dec 2003, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3022151.
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Theodoor Smits, A still life of crabs, oysters, apricots, a roemer, and a pipe, all upon a stone ledge. Sotheby's, 11 Dec 2003, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3022151.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L03033 · Dec 2003
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sleeping Christ Child | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The rape of the Sabines | Johann Heiss | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Christ carrying the Cross | Andrea Solario | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A fire in a village at night | Egbert Lievensz. Van Der Poel | £12,000–£16,000 | |
| A Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase on a stone ledge | Ernst Stuven | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The Madonna and Child with a goldfinch ('The Solly Madonna') | Called Raphael Raffaello Sanzio | £30,000–£50,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodoor Smits | A silver dish with an oyster and a crab, a walnut, white gra | $43,021 | Christie's, Nov 2006 | |
| Nicolaes Maes | Portrait of a boy with a bullfinch and a spaniel | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | ||
| Herman Saftleven | herman saftleven | an extensive mountain landscape with a vi | Sotheby's, May 2019 | ||
| Gillis Van Tilborgh | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2020 | ||
| Herman Saftleven | Panoramic Fantasy | Lempertz, Nov 2024 | ||
| Egbert Lievensz. Van Der Poel | A winter landscape with townsfolk on the ice | Christie's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Herman Saftleven | herman saftleven | a barn interior with light streaming thro | Sotheby's, May 2019 | ||
| Theodoor Smits | Toebackje Still Life with Pewter Jug, Tobacco, Pipe and Cand | Sotheby's, May 2006 |
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.