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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $29,737–$39,650
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Pruskin: Decorative Art 1880-1960, London · 2 April 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3740598
- Record
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A.r.a. John Armstrong, Feathers' Conclave. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2008, lot 352. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3740598.
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A.r.a. John Armstrong, Feathers' Conclave. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2008, lot 352. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3740598.
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From the same sale Pruskin: Decorative Art 1880-1960 · Apr 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wisdom of Age and The Sailor and the Nursemaid | Rex Whistler | £6,000–£10,000 | |
| The Shell Nature Fossils Cover Design | Tristram Hillier R.a. | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Theatregoers use Shell | Hein Heckroth | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| Marie-Blanche de Polignac | Christian Bérard | £50,000–£60,000 | |
| Architects Prefer Shell | Hans Feibusch | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Head of a Young Man | Edwin Whitney-smith | £2,500–£3,500 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.r.a. John Armstrong | The City | $36,592 | Sotheby's, Jul 2007 | |
| A.r.a. John Armstrong | The Levitation of St. Teresa | Sotheby's, Oct 2008 | ||
| Duncan Grant | Two Handled Vase | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| A.r.a. John Armstrong | The Blue Bath | Christie's, Jun 2015 | ||
| Duncan Grant | Still Life with Flowers | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Mary Fedden R.a. | Maltese Landscape I | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | ||
| A.r.a. John Armstrong | Fish in a Landscape | Christie's, Dec 2011 | ||
| A.r.a. John Armstrong | the rape of helen | Sotheby's, Jun 2014 |
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.