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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $17,331–$25,996
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05233 · 15 November 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3334518
- Record
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Vincenzo Vela, the last days of napoleon. Sotheby's, 15 Nov 2005, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3334518.
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Vincenzo Vela, the last days of napoleon. Sotheby's, 15 Nov 2005, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3334518.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L05233 · Nov 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francois I hunting | Jean-françois-théodore Gechter Paris | £1,800–£2,500 | |
| Sappho | Called Auguste Clésinger Jean-baptiste | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Acteon | Émile-arthur Soldi-colbert | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Galatea | Laurent Honoré Marqueste | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Ugolino | Jean-baptiste Carpeaux | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Ruth | — | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincenzo Vela | The Last Days of Napoleon | $45,681 | Sotheby's, Jun 2007 | |
| Antoine-louis Barye | Thésée et le minotaure (Theseus and the minotaur) | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Antoine-louis Barye | Theseus and the Minotaur | Thésée et le Minotaure | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Antoine-louis Barye | General Bonaparte on horseback | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Vincenzo Vela | spartaco (spartacus) | Sotheby's, Jul 2005 | ||
| Antoine-louis Barye | A Bull attacked by a tiger, the model from 1841, circa 1870 | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Jean-baptiste Carpeaux | jean-baptiste carpeaux | flore accroupie (crouching flora) | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Antoine-louis Barye | Pair of Candelabra | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 |
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.