LIVE LOTS 17,750,507 HOUSES 866 UNSOLD RECORDED 4,679,484 UPDATED NIGHTLY
TheBasis.Art

Lot 197 · Sotheby's L05173

The War Office, Paris

John Scarlett Davis

Catalog image of The War Office, Paris
Catalog image, served from the auction house’s site — © the house.

Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.

Estimate
£600–£800 hammer ≈ $1,046–$1,394
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05173 · 8 December 2005
Record ID
TB-2026-3359724
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
Cite this record
TB-2026-3359724 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3359724

John Scarlett Davis, The War Office, Paris. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2005, lot 197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3359724.

Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable

Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3359724.

John Scarlett Davis, The War Office, Paris. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2005, lot 197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3359724.

Test the link

The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.

From the same sale Sotheby's L05173 · Dec 2005

LotArtistEstimateResult
A folio of drawings and watercolours Unknown Artist £800–£1,200
Figures on a street in Paris John Scarlett Davis £1,000–£1,500
Portrait of a Gentleman in Spanish costume, possibly Richard Ford Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876. £800–£1,200
Cattle crossing a stream John Linnell £1,000–£1,500
British Soldiers before the tower of the old Moorish Citadel in Gibraltar R.a. David Roberts £3,000–£4,000
A folio of drawings Unknown Artist £1,000–£1,500

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

ArtistLotvs. estimateResult USD, incl. premiumSale
John Scarlett Davis Figures on a street in Paris $5,438 Sotheby's, Dec 2005
John Scarlett Davis a folio of drawings and watercolours Sotheby's, Dec 2005
John Scarlett Davis The interior of St Sulpice Sotheby's, Jun 2007
John Scarlett Davis The Painted Hall, Greenwich Christie's, Jun 1998
Edward Lear Four vignette studies of birds - a pair of parrots, a flamin Christie's, Dec 2023
John Scarlett Davis view of chepstow; portrait of a gentleman Sotheby's, Jun 2007
Thomas Rowlandson The elopement Christie's, Dec 2023
Thomas Rowlandson 'Human nature is fond of Novelty. Pliny' Bonhams, Sep 2022

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.

This price costs one credit

Realized prices are metered. A Research Pass reads 50 of them for $19 — bought once, never expires, and a record you open stays open. Sign in to spend credits you already have, or buy a pass.

No credits? Buy a Research Pass — $19