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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $24,215–$32,287
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Art of Illustration, London · 12 December 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4135164
- Record
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Arthur Rackham, "Once Upon a Time". Sotheby's, 12 Dec 2012, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4135164.
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Arthur Rackham, "Once Upon a Time". Sotheby's, 12 Dec 2012, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4135164.
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From the same sale The Art of Illustration · Dec 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Ulalume" | Edmund Dulac | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| "Mustapha doubted much of his ability to refrain from question" | Edmund Dulac | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| "They carried the mirror from place to place" | Robinson, William Heath. 1872-1944. | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| "The Negro compels Udea to Walk" | Henry Justice Ford | £500–£700 | |
| "Taking the keys of the castle, Jack unlocked all the doors" | Arthur Rackham | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| "It is the evil things that we shall be fighting against" | Edmund Dulac | £10,000–£15,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Rackham | Fantasy Scene with characters from Alice (1907), A Midsummer | $25,000 | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2021 | |
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| Arthur Rackham | Moonlight & Romance, Cashmere Bouquet Soap advertisement | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2025 | ||
| Arthur Rackham | "he used to console himself by frequenting a kind of perpetu | Sotheby's, Dec 2012 | ||
| Arthur Rackham | rackham, "hey! up the chimney, lass! hey after you!", 1907, | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
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| Arthur Rackham | "Once Upon a Time" | Sotheby's, Dec 2013 | ||
| Arthur Rackham | rackham, "the wayfarer, as he reached him, saluted...", wate | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 |
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.