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- Estimate
- £80,000–£120,000 hammer ≈ $107,866–$161,799
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Victorian & Edwardian Art, London · 9 December 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3825753
- Record
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Arthur John Elsley, Mother's Darling. Sotheby's, 9 Dec 2008, lot 135. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3825753.
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Arthur John Elsley, Mother's Darling. Sotheby's, 9 Dec 2008, lot 135. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3825753.
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From the same sale Victorian & Edwardian Art · Dec 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cockerel and Hen; Chickens and Pigeons | Edgar Hunt | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Heathersett Races | R.w.s. Edward Seago | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| On the Threshold | Edgar Hunt | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| The Hunt outside the Blacksmith's Forge | John Frederick Herring, Jnr. | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Salthouse Docks, Liverpool | John Atkinson Grimshaw | £150,000–£250,000 | |
| Streamlet at Bettws-y-Coed | Benjamin Williams Leader, Ra | £7,000–£10,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur John Elsley | Well Done! | $120,000 | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | |
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| Arthur John Elsley | Pick of the Litter | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | Here He Comes | Christie's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | before the bath | Sotheby's, Dec 2010 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | arthur john elsley | an unlikely pair | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | The Joy of Spring | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| Arthur John Elsley | The New Dress | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 |
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.