Lot 281 · Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra
the dining room at langton (near malton, yorkshire), family at breakfast
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- Estimate
- $8,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, New York · 21 October 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4039947
- Record
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Mary Ellen Best, the dining room at langton (near malton, yorkshire), family at breakfast. Sotheby's, 21 Oct 2011, lot 281. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4039947.
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Mary Ellen Best, the dining room at langton (near malton, yorkshire), family at breakfast. Sotheby's, 21 Oct 2011, lot 281. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4039947.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| An American Silver Eight-piece Tea, Coffee and Chocolate Set, Tiffany… | — | $14,000–$18,000 | |
| A Set of Twenty-four English Silver Side Plates, C.J. Vander, Sheffie… | — | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| The Grand Reception Room at Windsor Castle | English School | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Ritchie, Leitch | — | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| The Library, Ditchley Park | Alexander Borisovich Serebriakoff | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| A George III mahogany tea table | — | $8,000–$12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ellen Best | 'Portrait of Frank, Caroline and Fred, November 1845' | $8,484 | Bonhams, May 2020 | |
| Mary Ellen Best | mary ellen best | mrs. duffin in her dining room at york | Sotheby's, Jan 2020 | ||
| English School, 19th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Dec 2023 | ||
| English School | Portrait of Tsar Peter the Great as the Grand Czar of Muscov | Bonhams, Dec 2021 | ||
| Mary Ellen Best | The artist's Yorkshire sketchbook of September 1829 to Octob | Bonhams, May 2020 | ||
| Sir William Russell Flint | Nudes in an Interior | Strauss & Co, Oct 2025 | ||
| Italian School | Hagar and Ishmael 80 3/4 x 58in (205.1 x 147.4cm) | Bonhams, Apr 2021 | ||
| English School | circa 1560 Portrait of a lady, half-length, in an embroidere | Bonhams, Jul 2022 |
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.