Lot 270 · Old Master Paintings Day Sale
an upturned basket of figs, together with apricots, other fruit and flowers in a landscape setting
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $43,891–$73,151
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings Day Sale, London · 4 December 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3823407
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Baldassare De Caro, an upturned basket of figs, together with apricots, other fruit and flowers in a landscape setting. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 270. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823407.
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Baldassare De Caro, an upturned basket of figs, together with apricots, other fruit and flowers in a landscape setting. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 270. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823407.
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From the same sale Old Master Paintings Day Sale · Dec 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and the ten thousand virgins | Peter De Witte, Called Candid | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Alpheus and Arethusa | — | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| A capriccio view of the custom house and embankment in London with fi… | Jean-baptiste Lallemand | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Tobias and the Angel | — | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Landscape with a view of Dordrecht from the south with a lumber yard | Aelbert Cuyp | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Coriolanus begged to spare Rome; The Magnanimity of Scipio | Erasmus Quellinus The Younger | £30,000–£50,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldassare De Caro | A bloodhound | $44,230 | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | |
| Baldassare De Caro | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Oct 2015 | ||
| Genoese School, 17th Century | a forest floor still life with a dog, a cockerel, horse ches | Sotheby's, Dec 2016 | ||
| Baldassare De Caro | Still life with dowitcher, hoopoe, woodpecker, yellowhammer | Christie's, Jul 2008 | ||
| Roman School, 17th Century | Seneca | Christie's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Baldassare De Caro | A basket of fruit with game and fish on a stone ledge | Bonhams, Jul 2017 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | A Classical Scene , 1775-1799 | Freeman's | Hindman, May 2026 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | Portrait of a moor, half-length, smoking a churchwarden pipe | Christie's, Dec 2016 |
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.