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- Estimate
- £200,000–£300,000 hammer ≈ $372,178–$558,268
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05006 · 9 February 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3199284
- Record
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Vincent Van Gogh, man standing, reading a book. Sotheby's, 9 Feb 2005, lot 247. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3199284.
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Vincent Van Gogh, man standing, reading a book. Sotheby's, 9 Feb 2005, lot 247. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3199284.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L05006 · Feb 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baigneuses | Camille Pissarro | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Marine, Soleil Couchant | Edgar Degas | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Des Caresses | Fernand Khnopff | £70,000–£90,000 | |
| Soleil | Max Ernst | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Paysage | Maurice De Vlaminck | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Homme au Doigt et femme assise | Pablo Picasso | £25,000–£35,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Van Gogh | Two women strolling, one of them carrying a kettle | $395,758 | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | |
| Vincent Van Gogh | Jong meisje met een brood (Young Girl with a Loaf of Bread) | Christie's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Vincent Van Gogh | Back yards with two figures | Sotheby's, Feb 2014 | ||
| Vincent Van Gogh | Head of a Peasant Woman, Left Profile | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Vincent Van Gogh | Orphan Man, Wearing a Blouse, with Broom and Pipe (Weesman m | Christie's, Nov 2011 | ||
| Vincent Van Gogh | peasant digging up potatoes | Sotheby's, Feb 2020 | ||
| Vincent Van Gogh | Le Pêcheur | Christie's, Dec 2014 | ||
| Vincent Van Gogh | Hoofd van een visser, driekwart naar rechts gekeerd (Head of | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 |
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.