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Lot 69 · Sotheby's L07135

Full Sail at Sunset

John Steven Dews

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Estimate
£4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $8,350–$12,525
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Sotheby's L07135 · 6 November 2007
Record ID
TB-2026-3699912
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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John Steven Dews, Full Sail at Sunset. Sotheby's, 6 Nov 2007, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3699912.

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John Steven Dews, Full Sail at Sunset. Sotheby's, 6 Nov 2007, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3699912.

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From the same sale Sotheby's L07135 · Nov 2007

LotArtistEstimateResult
The Frigate Sobraon William Howard Yorke £3,000–£5,000
A Frigate off the Devon Coast Thomas Whitcombe £5,000–£7,000
Pathway to the Sea John Wilson Carmichael £3,000–£5,000
Lulworth off Old Harry Rock John Steven Dews £40,000–£60,000
Tacking for the Windward Mark Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A. £20,000–£30,000
Homeward Bound Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A. £30,000–£50,000

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John Steven Dews In full sail $6,677 Bonhams, Oct 2016
John Steven Dews 'Norwegian barque "Petrellen", Mounts Bay 1883' Bonhams, May 2020
John Steven Dews Schooners Racing Sotheby's, Jan 2017
John Steven Dews jeune hortense aground, may 17th 1888, penzance lifeboat at Sotheby's, Jan 2005
John Steven Dews Velsheda beating to windward off the Needles Christie's, Apr 1999
John Steven Dews The Tweed passing a fishing boat at dawn in the Channel Christie's, Nov 2011
John Steven Dews SS Archimedes off the North Coast of Spain Bonhams, May 2019
John Steven Dews The legendary British ironclad Warrior getting up steam off Christie's, May 2009

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