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Lot 120 · Victorian & Edwardian Art

It Being Saturday we started early

Helen Bradley

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Estimate
£40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $81,309–$121,964
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Victorian & Edwardian Art, London · 12 July 2007
Record ID
TB-2026-3662439
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Helen Bradley, It Being Saturday we started early. Sotheby's, 12 Jul 2007, lot 120. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3662439.

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From the same sale Victorian & Edwardian Art · Jul 2007

LotArtistEstimateResult
The Farmer Stanhope Alexander Forbes, Ra £20,000–£30,000
Spring Cecil Kennedy £15,000–£20,000
Trees and Cattle near Barton Mills R.w.s. Edward Seago £8,000–£12,000
Farmyard Gossip John Frederick Herring, Snr. £15,000–£20,000
The Farmyard in Winter John Frederick Herring, Snr. £120,000–£180,000
Arriving at the Hall John Atkinson Grimshaw £80,000–£120,000

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