Lot 380 · L13408
"he used to console himself by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers and other idle personages, which held its sessions before a small inn"
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $13,151–$19,726
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L13408, London · 10 December 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4222829
- Record
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Arthur Rackham, "he used to console himself by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers and other idle personages, which held its sessions before a small inn". Sotheby's, 10 Dec 2013, lot 380. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4222829.
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Arthur Rackham, "he used to console himself by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers and other idle personages, which held its sessions before a small inn". Sotheby's, 10 Dec 2013, lot 380. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4222829.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Richard Ingrams | Gerald Scarfe | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| "This he threw in front of one of the hens" | Arthur Rackham | £1,000–£1,500 | |
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| View Through a Wood | Alan Reynolds Stone | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| The Holly Seller | English School, 19th Century | £1,000–£1,500 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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