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- Estimate
- £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $98,221–$137,509
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Marine Art, London · 14 December 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3563451
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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John Steven Dews, Vigilant, Britannia and Marjorie, Clyde Week 1894. Sotheby's, 14 Dec 2006, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3563451.
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John Steven Dews, Vigilant, Britannia and Marjorie, Clyde Week 1894. Sotheby's, 14 Dec 2006, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3563451.
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From the same sale Marine Art · Dec 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bombardment of Algiers | Thomas Luny | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| The City of Como | John Wilson Carmichael | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| A Trinity House Yacht off the coast | Thomas Whitcombe | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| The Cutty Sark off North Foreland | Henry Scott | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| On the breath of the foam | Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A. | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A Frigate of the Swedish Navy | Roy Cross | £6,000–£8,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Steven Dews | 'Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798' | $123,615 | Bonhams, Apr 2025 | |
| John Steven Dews | Valsheda just ahead of Astra with Candida trailing | Bonhams, Apr 2025 | ||
| John Steven Dews | britannia racing navahoe, valkyrie ii, satanita, calluna and | Sotheby's, May 2012 | ||
| John Steven Dews | Shamrock (V) outpacing Britannia at Cowes, 1935 | Christie's, Nov 2004 | ||
| John Steven Dews | Lulworth and Shamrock off the Needles, 1929 | Bonhams, Oct 2024 | ||
| John Steven Dews | Shamrock V well ahead of Candida off Cowes | Bonhams, Oct 2024 | ||
| John Steven Dews | breezy start - the final two days of the 1935 season at dart | Sotheby's, Dec 2008 | ||
| John Steven Dews | seven magnificent cutters take on the solent's lively chop, | Sotheby's, Nov 2007 |
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.