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- Estimate
- £18,000–£25,000 hammer ≈ $31,650–$43,959
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century British Art, London · 8 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3794082
- Record
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David Shepherd, Cheetahs on the Lookout. Sotheby's, 8 Oct 2008, lot 138. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3794082.
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David Shepherd, Cheetahs on the Lookout. Sotheby's, 8 Oct 2008, lot 138. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3794082.
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From the same sale 20th Century British Art · Oct 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tree Trunk | John Bratby R.a. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Beside the Bridge | Carel Weight R.a. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Country Station | Julian Trevelyan R.a. | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Back Alley Girl | Alan Lowndes | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| After Auschwitz | Tim Threlfall | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| The Garden Gate | Fred Yates | £3,000–£5,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Shepherd | Lions in the Serengeti Park, Tanzania | $38,589 | Christie's, Jun 2024 | |
| David Shepherd | African Elephants in the Savanna | Bonhams, Sep 2020 | ||
| David Shepherd | Lion in the bush | Christie's, Jul 2018 | ||
| David Shepherd | Elephants at the Watering Hole | Bonhams, Mar 2023 | ||
| David Shepherd | The Kill | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| David Shepherd | Elephants and a Baobab Tree, Africa | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| David Shepherd | Elephant in the Brush | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | ||
| David Shepherd | david shepherd | the mud bath | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 |
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.