Lot 63 · The Marine Sale
Galatea and Mayflower crossing the start line of the opening race of the 1886 challenge for the America's Cup
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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $53,684–$80,526
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — The Marine Sale, Online, London, Knightsbridge · 13 April 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-031831
- Record
- first seen 19 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Richard Brydges Beechey, Galatea and Mayflower crossing the start line of the opening race of the 1886 challenge for the America's Cup. Bonhams, 13 Apr 2026, lot 63. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-031831.
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Richard Brydges Beechey, Galatea and Mayflower crossing the start line of the opening race of the 1886 challenge for the America's Cup. Bonhams, 13 Apr 2026, lot 63. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-031831.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Brydges Beechey | View of part of Dublin Bay, from the Rocks between Salthill | $65,300 | Sotheby's, May 2010 | |
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| John Wilson Carmichael | The Mary White life boat rescuing the crew of the American S | Bonhams, Apr 2015 | ||
| Thomas Luny | The Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 | Sotheby's, Jan 2017 |
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.