Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.
- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $16,141–$24,211
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12225, London · 24 April 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4081526
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4081526 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4081526
Olivier Le May, A rest on the Southern Turkish coast. Sotheby's, 24 Apr 2012, lot 294. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4081526.
Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable
Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4081526.
Olivier Le May, A rest on the Southern Turkish coast. Sotheby's, 24 Apr 2012, lot 294. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4081526.
The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.
From the same sale L12225 · Apr 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Blue and White Iznik Albarello, Turkey, circa 1510-20 | — | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| An Album of Ottoman Calligraphy, signed by Mehmed Imamzade, Turkey, f… | — | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| An Iznik Polychrome Dish, Turkey, circa 1580 | — | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Tophane Fountain, Constantinople | Antoine Ignace Melling | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| An Iznik Arch-form Polychrome Tile, Turkey, circa 1580 | — | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Melling, Antoine Ignace. Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des … | — | £20,000–£30,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivier Le May | Ball given by the Duke de Liancourt for the Countess de Roch | $15,691 | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | |
| French School, 19th Century | A still life with books, shells, an hour glass and an astrol | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Grapes on a vine with a moth | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | a monkey | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | The Birth of Adonis | Christie's, Jul 2022 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Diagoras of Rhodes carried in triumph by his sons | Sotheby's, Feb 2021 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a red dress | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Portrait of the Composer and Organist Hendrik Liberti | Lempertz, Nov 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.