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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $23,456–$31,275
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12040, London · 4 July 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4101626
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Lear, philae, egypt. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2012, lot 193. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4101626.
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Edward Lear, philae, egypt. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2012, lot 193. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4101626.
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From the same sale L12040 · Jul 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A centaur holding a lyre, galloping with a female faun | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | £14,000–£18,000 | |
| The stoning of St. Stephen | Giovanni Baglione | £12,000–£15,000 | |
| Portrait of Thomas Brudenell, later Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Aile… | Catherine Read | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Study of a printmaker | — | £4,000–£5,000 | |
| The Abduction of Helen | Charles-joseph Natoire | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Italianate landscape with ruins | Jan Symonsz Pynas | £3,000–£4,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lear | Kom Ombos, Egypt | $40,356 | Christie's, Jul 2026 | |
| Edward Lear | The Plains of Bethany | Christie's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Edward Lear | The Campagna di Roma | Bonhams, Sep 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | Monte Soratte near Rome, Italy | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Edward Lear | Kandy, Ceylon | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Edward Lear | View of the Acropolis and the temple of Hephaistos, Athens | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Edward Lear | Parga, Greece; and Monastir, Albania | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Edward Lear | View of Cairo, with the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx in t | Christie's, Jul 2025 |
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.