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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $8,284–$11,597
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Russian Paintings Day Sale, London · 1 December 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3899196
- Record
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Marie Vassilieff, First Communion. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2009, lot 407. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3899196.
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Marie Vassilieff, First Communion. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2009, lot 407. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3899196.
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From the same sale Russian Paintings Day Sale · Dec 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of an old Tibetan | Sviatoslav Roerich | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Circassian Rider | Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| A well-deserved Rest | Eugen Gustav Dücker | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Tbilisi view | Vasily Ivanovich Shukhaev | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| The new necklace | Fedot Vasilievich Sychkov | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Embankment with Vysotka | Valery Koshlyakov | £15,000–£20,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Vassilieff | Chimera | $8,277 est. | Hermitage Fine Art, Nov 2021 | |
| Marie Vassilieff | Baigneuses | Artcurial, Feb 2016 | ||
| Marie Vassilieff | Mother and a child | Bonhams, Nov 2020 | ||
| Marie Vassilieff | Madonna | Bonhams, Mar 2021 | ||
| Marie Vassilieff | A Saint | Sotheby's, Jun 2011 | ||
| Marie Vassilieff | Nature morte à la sculpture abstraite | Artcurial, Oct 2018 | ||
| Marie Vassilieff | Still life with Salamander | Sotheby's, Nov 2008 | ||
| Marie Vassilieff | Christ En Croix, 1931 | Artcurial, May 2011 |
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.