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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,691–$7,819
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12040, London · 4 July 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4102294
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Lear, Fomm Ir-Rih, Malta. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2012, lot 196. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4102294.
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Edward Lear, Fomm Ir-Rih, Malta. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2012, lot 196. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4102294.
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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 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lear | Mont Blanc | $7,746 | Christie's, Jul 2025 | |
| Edward Lear | 'There was an old man with an Owl who continued to bother an | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | A view across Kozhikode (Calicut), Malabar, India | Bonhams, Dec 2024 | ||
| Edward Lear | Zante | Bonhams, May 2026 | ||
| Edward Lear | Two views of Thebes | Christie's, Dec 2023 | ||
| Edward Lear | Civita Castellana , 1843 | Freeman's | Hindman, May 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | 'There was an old man of Toulouse who purchased a new pair o | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | Noli, Italy; together with Topolia, Greece | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 |
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.