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- Estimate
- £150–£250 hammer ≈ $189–$314
- Result
- upcoming — 6 May 2024
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Discovery Sale, Online, London, New Bond Street · 6 May 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-324362
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-324362 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-324362
Sir James Thornhill, Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734); Moses and the Daughters of Jethro. Bonhams, 6 May 2024, lot 61. estimate £150–£250, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-324362.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
72% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 72%, 69% sold.
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Sir James Thornhill, Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734); Moses and the Daughters of Jethro. Bonhams, 6 May 2024, lot 61. estimate £150–£250, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-324362.
From the same sale Discovery Sale · May 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sailing boats in a choppy sea, a pair | Follower Of Clarkson Stanfield, Ra | £600–£800 | |
| Market M'Babane, Africa | Jean Burgess | £200–£400 | |
| Taking the horses to water | George Wright | £300–£500 | |
| Buddhist monks before a temple, thought to be in Burma | William Samuel Horton | £300–£500 | |
| A musical interlude 17 x 19cm (6 11/16 x 7 1/2in) framed with arched top. | George Murray | £150–£250 | |
| Seascape No. 4 | William Gear | £300–£500 |
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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.