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- Estimate
- £25,000–£35,000 hammer ≈ $40,586–$56,820
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Victorian & Edwardian Art, London · 17 May 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4008800
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 9 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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John Mckirdy Duncan, the legend of orpheus - design for mural. Sotheby's, 17 May 2011, lot 78. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4008800.
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John Mckirdy Duncan, the legend of orpheus - design for mural. Sotheby's, 17 May 2011, lot 78. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4008800.
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From the same sale Victorian & Edwardian Art · May 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| When the west with evening glows | Ra Joseph Farquharson | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| The Widow's Birthday | Walter Dendy Sadler | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The Bog Road | Paul Henry, R.H.A., R.U.A. | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| A Moonlight scene, Venice | Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Still Life with a Bird's Nest, a pear, a peach, grapes, strawberries … | Edward Ladell | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| The Crest of a Wave | Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A. | £25,000–£35,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Maclauchlan Milne Rsa | A Street in St Tropez | $40,976 | Lyon & Turnbull, Jun 2025 | |
| John Duncan Fergusson Rba | Effulgence | Lyon & Turnbull, Jun 2021 | ||
| John Maclauchlan Milne Rsa | Fontaine du Palmier, Place du Châtelet, Paris (1920) 50.8 x | Bonhams, Oct 2022 | ||
| Sir David Young Cameron Ra Rsa Rws Rsw Re | Castle Urquhart and Loch Ness | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| John Duncan Fergusson Rba | Montgeron | Lyon & Turnbull, Jun 2024 | ||
| John Duncan Fergusson Rba | La Parisienne (Yvonne Davidson) | Lyon & Turnbull, Dec 2025 | ||
| John Duncan Fergusson Rba | La Francaise | Lyon & Turnbull, Dec 2025 | ||
| John Maclauchlan Milne Rsa | Prunus Blossom in a Jug 61 x 50.8 cm. (24 x 20 in.) | Bonhams, Oct 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.