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- Estimate
- $20,000–$30,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08182 · 28 April 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3418067
- Record
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Fedor Petrovich Tolstoy, butterflies. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2006, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3418067.
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Fedor Petrovich Tolstoy, butterflies. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2006, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3418067.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N08182 · Apr 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composition Abstraite, Lie de vin | Serge Poliakoff | €60,000–€80,000 | |
| Polish cavalry | Antoni Piotrowski | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Surreal Composition | Leopold Lvovich Survage | $120,000–$150,000 | |
| Gymnasts | Lev Tabenkin | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Weathervane | Alexander Grigorievich Tishler | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| The Rescue | — | $200,000–$300,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fedor Petrovich Tolstoy | butterflies, 1819 | $37,000 | Sotheby's, Apr 2008 | |
| Fedor Petrovich Tolstoy | goosberrries, 1818 | Sotheby's, Apr 2008 | ||
| Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov | Tête de jeune fille | Bonhams, Nov 2019 | ||
| Vladimir Nemukhin | Composition with Maze | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Boris Sveshnikov | Maison d'angle/ Corner house sans cadre | Bonhams, Apr 2025 | ||
| Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev | Street Scene in a Provincial Town | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev | Riverside | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Vladimir Nemukhin | Composition with mask and cards, 1969/'72 | Finarte, Jul 2025 |
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