Lot 70 · British and Continental Pictures & 20th Century British Art
Tabletop Still Life
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,380–$7,300
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — British and Continental Pictures & 20th Century British Art, London · 25 March 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3843744
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Margaret Mellis, Tabletop Still Life. Sotheby's, 25 Mar 2009, lot 70. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3843744.
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Margaret Mellis, Tabletop Still Life. Sotheby's, 25 Mar 2009, lot 70. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3843744.
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From the same sale British and Continental Pictures & 20th Century British Art · Mar 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechi Farm, Cumberland | Sheila Fell R.a. | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Flying Dutchman with Charles Marlow, and Voltigeur with Nat Flatman | John Frederick Herring, Snr. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Portrait of a man | Polychronis Lembessis | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Low Tide Brixham | William Lee Hankey | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Sunset | Howard Hodgkin | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| La Pâté en Croûte | Andrea Landini | £12,000–£18,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Mellis | Still with fish in a pan | $5,316 | Bonhams, Mar 2016 | |
| Margaret Mellis | Boats, Garoupe 46.5 x 61.3 cm. (18 1/4 x 24 1/8 in.) | Bonhams, Sep 2024 | ||
| Margaret Mellis | boy | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 | ||
| Margaret Mellis | Boats & Trees, Garoupe (Red & Green) 65.5 x 54.2 cm. (25 3/4 | Bonhams, Sep 2024 | ||
| Margaret Mellis | House on Sand - 1974-75 | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2020 | ||
| Margaret Mellis | Bottles 63.2 x 75.7 cm. (24 7/8 x 29 3/4 in.) | Bonhams, Sep 2024 | ||
| Margaret Mellis | Pharos 116.8 x 82.6 cm. (46 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.) | Bonhams, Sep 2022 | ||
| Margaret Mellis | Over the Moon | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 |
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.