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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $5,314–$8,857
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L04230 · 21 April 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3040512
- Record
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Jean-léon Grégoire, two vestals burning love letters. Sotheby's, 21 Apr 2004, lot 120. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3040512.
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Jean-léon Grégoire, two vestals burning love letters. Sotheby's, 21 Apr 2004, lot 120. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3040512.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L04230 · Apr 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A large coquilla nut casket | — | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Circe | Jean-alexandre-joseph Falguière | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Eve after the fall | Jean-baptiste Carpeaux | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Mercury | — | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| A bronze bust of a boy | — | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| a Halberdier | — | £8,000–£10,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-léon Grégoire | La Joie du Foyer | $6,000 | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | |
| Ferdinand Barbedienne | ferdinand barbedienne after michelangelo | lorenzo di medici | Sotheby's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Ferdinand Barbedienne | ANTOINE COYSEVOX (1640-1720) after Flora et l’Amour ou Hamad | Hermitage Fine Art, Jul 2025 | ||
| Jean-léon Grégoire | Pandore | Sotheby's, Nov 2011 | ||
| Albert-Ernest De Carrier-Belleuse | Bust of a Bacchante | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Emmanuel Frémiet Paris | Saint Michel terrassant le dragon | Artcurial, Sep 2024 | ||
| Albert-Ernest De Carrier-Belleuse | albert-ernest carrier-belleuse | bust of a woman | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Albert-Ernest De Carrier-Belleuse | Flore | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 |
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.