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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & 19th Century European Art, New York · 29 January 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3908758
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ary Bitter 1883-1973, elephant bookends: a pair. Sotheby's, 29 Jan 2010, lot 822. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908758.
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Ary Bitter 1883-1973, elephant bookends: a pair. Sotheby's, 29 Jan 2010, lot 822. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908758.
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From the same sale Old Master & 19th Century European Art · Jan 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Embrace | Gaston La Touche | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| A Young Woman of Leisure | Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Contemplation | Ferdinand Vichi | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Peaks in Snow | Arseniy Ivanovich Meshchersky | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Portrait of a child | Edouard Cabane | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Sleigh Riding Through a Village | Wladyslaw T. Chmielinski | $5,000–$7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ary Bitter 1883-1973 | pair of bookends with elephants | $10,228 | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | |
| Ary Bitter 1883-1973 | a pair of elephant book ends | Sotheby's, Nov 2005 | ||
| Ary Bitter 1883-1973 | Serre-livres " Éléphants " - circa 1939 | Artcurial, Jul 2020 | ||
| Ary Bitter 1883-1973 | a pair of elephant bookends | Sotheby's, Dec 2004 | ||
| Ary Bitter 1883-1973 | cupidon chevauchant un éléphant (cupid riding an elephant) | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| Ary Bitter 1883-1973 | Deux Biches a La Fontaine | Sotheby's, Oct 2003 | ||
| Antoine-louis Barye | Candelabra base with three goddesses | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Ary Bitter 1883-1973 | éléphants presse papiers (a pair of elephant bookends) | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 |
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.