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- Estimate
- £12,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $19,398–$24,247
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12132, London · 10 May 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4086487
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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John Steven Dews, Sir Winston Churchill, off Whitby. Sotheby's, 10 May 2012, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4086487.
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John Steven Dews, Sir Winston Churchill, off Whitby. Sotheby's, 10 May 2012, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4086487.
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From the same sale L12132 · May 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late October | John Atkinson Grimshaw | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| The Seamstress | Stanley Cursiter Cbe Rsa Rsw | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| A View of Fin Lough and Delphi Lodge | James Arthur O'connor | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Birds over loop | John Shinnors | £15,000–£25,000 | |
| Joan of Arc | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| A Game of Billiards | William Henry Bartlett | £20,000–£30,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Steven Dews | The action between H.M.S. Java and the U.S. frigate Constitu | $37,705 | Christie's, Jul 2019 | |
| John Steven Dews | Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, 1-7 October 2006: Lulworth hard | Christie's, Jul 2018 | ||
| John Steven Dews | britannia racing navahoe, valkyrie ii, satanita, calluna and | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 | ||
| John Steven Dews | 'Sceptre and Evaine off East Cowes Castle, 1958' | Bonhams, Apr 2024 | ||
| John Steven Dews | the america's cup, 1987 - stars and stripes crossing ahead o | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 | ||
| John Steven Dews | britannia (1) beating up the solent off yarmouth, with westw | Sotheby's, May 2013 | ||
| John Steven Dews | Vigilant Racing Valkyrie for the America's Cup off Rhode Isl | Christie's, Jun 2024 | ||
| John Steven Dews | droits de l'homme versus infatigable (commanded by pellew), | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 |
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.