Lot 48 · Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale
shipping at anchor in the Thames Estuary, near Wapping
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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $653,018–$979,527
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, London · 9 December 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3902557
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Samuel Scott, shipping at anchor in the Thames Estuary, near Wapping. Sotheby's, 9 Dec 2009, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3902557.
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Samuel Scott, shipping at anchor in the Thames Estuary, near Wapping. Sotheby's, 9 Dec 2009, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3902557.
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From the same sale Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale · Dec 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A young lady holding a compass | Pietro Paolini | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| An allegory of Autumn | Sebastian Vrancx | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| An architectural capriccio with figures gathered around a fountain | Hubert Robert Paris | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Girl holding a basket of plums | Cesar Boetius Van Everdingen | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Self Portrait | Sir Anthony Van Dyck | £2,000,000–£3,000,000 | |
| The Crucifixion | Bicci Di Lorenzo | £40,000–£60,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Scott | View of Westminster Bridge with neighbouring houses, London | $562,818 | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | |
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| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | Etude pour une tête de jeune garçon | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Samuel Scott | Shipping at anchor in the Thames Estuary, near Wapping | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| George Romney | Group portrait of Dorothy Stables (1753-1832), with her daug | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | Portrait of Charlotte Grote, wearing a black dress and ribbo | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | Portrait of a lady, probably Isabella Brant (1591-1626), as | Christie's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | A double-sided page of studies: Recto: A satyress reaching f | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 |
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.