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Lot 71 · Football: The Beautiful Game

Sex & Violence! It's All We Ever Get 14.5 x 20.8 cm. (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

Norman Thelwell

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Estimate
£400–£600 hammer ≈ $507–$760
Result
Performance
Sale
Bonhams — Football: The Beautiful Game, Online, London, New Bond Street · 4 December 2023
Record ID
TB-2026-385624
Record
first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Norman Thelwell, Sex & Violence! It's All We Ever Get 14.5 x 20.8 cm. (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). Bonhams, 4 Dec 2023, lot 71. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-385624.

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Norman Thelwell, Sex & Violence! It's All We Ever Get 14.5 x 20.8 cm. (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). Bonhams, 4 Dec 2023, lot 71. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-385624.

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From the same sale Football: The Beautiful Game · Dec 2023

LotArtistEstimateResult
Portrait of John Ellison McCartney Holding a Football 157.9 x 67 cm. … Harold Speed £15,000–£20,000
Pretty Play at Putney: Our press photographer catches a decorative mo… Frank Reynolds £400–£600
The Affability of the Great 17.7 x 24.7 cm. (7 x 9 3/4 in.) Joseph Morewood Staniforth £150–£200
Football Fever: Saturday Afternoon In the Midlands 17.7 x 24.2 cm. (7… Harry Furniss £600–£800
Forbidden Football 14.5 x 22.7 cm. (5 3/4 x 9 in.) Arthur Moreland £100–£150
How to Get There 28.5 x 19.7 cm. (11 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.) Eric Fraser £1,000–£1,500

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

ArtistLotvs. estimateResult USD, incl. premiumSale
Norman Thelwell Running For Safety 7 x 21.6 cm. (2 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.) $649 Bonhams, Dec 2023
Norman Thelwell Get Rid of It Man! 23 x 18 cm. (9 x 7 in.) Bonhams, Dec 2023
Norman Thelwell I wish they would get on with nationalising land; Who put my Christie's, Aug 2015
Norman Thelwell It's a good job it's only a friendly match Christie's, Oct 2014
Norman Thelwell The next time a fault develops while I'm out of the room, yo Christie's, Oct 2014
Norman Thelwell Be my valentine; Didn't you hear the sonic bang mister?; and Christie's, Aug 2015
Norman Thelwell St. Leonard's Grange, Beaulieu, Hampshire Christie's, Jan 2006
English School, 19th Century Circa 1820 Bonhams, Sep 2024

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