Lot 101 · A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation
the dream after the masked ball (the stuff dreams are made of)
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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $601,762–$902,643
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, London · 19 November 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3816765
- Record
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John Anster Fitzgerald, the dream after the masked ball (the stuff dreams are made of). Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2008, lot 101. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3816765.
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John Anster Fitzgerald, the dream after the masked ball (the stuff dreams are made of). Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2008, lot 101. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3816765.
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From the same sale A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation · Nov 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuffed Birds in a Dome | Arthur H. Davis | £400–£600 | |
| Closhes; Potted Alpine Plants | Nina Carroll | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Quai Voltaire, Paris | Ronald Ossory Dunlop | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Old Schoolfellows | Alfred Rankley | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| The Squire and the Gamekeeper | James Lobley | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Sympathy | Edward Hughes | £4,000–£6,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | a yorkshire home | $437,500 | Sotheby's, Jan 2020 | |
| John Anster Fitzgerald | The Artist's Dream | Sotheby's, Nov 2003 | ||
| John Anster Fitzgerald | Titania and Bottom: Scene From a Midsummer-Night's Dream | Christie's, Jun 1998 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Whitby at night | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Sir William Russell Flint | The Judgement of Paris | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | A Golden Idyll | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | sand, sea and sky, a summer phantasy | Sotheby's, Dec 2016 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Greenock | Bonhams, Sep 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.