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- Estimate
- $25,000–$35,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and 19th Century Paintings, New York · 2 February 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4142626
- Record
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Giovanni Battista Torriglia, The Storyteller. Sotheby's, 2 Feb 2013, lot 754. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4142626.
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Giovanni Battista Torriglia, The Storyteller. Sotheby's, 2 Feb 2013, lot 754. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4142626.
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From the same sale Old Master and 19th Century Paintings · Feb 2013
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Berated by His Wife and Three Friends | Théodule Ribot | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| Portrait of the Countess Lily de Roussy de Sales | Charles-émile-august Carolus-duran | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Portrait of a Lady | Albert Besnard | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| Madonna and Child with God the Father | Genoese School, 17th Century | $800–$1,200 | |
| Jupiter and Venus | Circle Of Jacob De Wit | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| The Head of a Mastiff | Edwin Douglas | $2,000–$3,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Battista Torriglia | The Wool Winders | $45,766 | Sotheby's, Nov 2012 | |
| Giovanni Battista Torriglia | The Soap Bubble | Heritage Auctions, Jun 2013 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Torriglia | The Centre of Attention | Sotheby's, May 2018 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Torriglia | a new arrival | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Torriglia | Family in an Interior | Sotheby's, May 2008 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Torriglia | The Thread of Life | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Torriglia | Blowing Bubbles | Sotheby's, Apr 2010 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Torriglia | giovanni battista torriglia | admiring the baby | Sotheby's, Jan 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.