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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $23,469–$31,292
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 19th and 20th Century European Sculpture, London · 11 November 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3808854
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Vincenzo Gemito Naples, Medusa. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2008, lot 93. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3808854.
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Vincenzo Gemito Naples, Medusa. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2008, lot 93. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3808854.
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From the same sale 19th and 20th Century European Sculpture · Nov 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satan | Jean-jacques Feuchère | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Le grand jockey | Isidore Jules Bonheur | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| The Bird Catcher | Albert Desenfans | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Pepin | Louis Victor Bougron | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Beethoven | Simon Charles Foucault | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| general Gordon | Edward Onslow Ford | £8,000–£12,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincenzo Gemito Naples | Self-Portrait | $20,400 | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | |
| Vincenzo Gemito Naples | coppa 'flora' ('flora' vase) | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
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| Vincenzo Gemito Naples | A Neapolitan gilt and brown painted bronze figure of the Wat | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| Vincenzo Gemito Naples | study of a young child asleep, possibly the artist's daughte | Sotheby's, Jan 2017 | ||
| Vincenzo Gemito Naples | il filosofo (the philosopher) | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Vincenzo Gemito Naples | la nutrice (nursing mother) | Sotheby's, May 2011 | ||
| Vincenzo Gemito Naples | Il Filosofo (The Philosopher) | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 |
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.