Lot 510 · Old Master & British Paintings
Still-life of dead game and songbirds
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,441–$9,662
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & British Paintings, London · 29 October 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4297284
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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William Gouw Ferguson, Still-life of dead game and songbirds. Sotheby's, 29 Oct 2014, lot 510. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4297284.
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William Gouw Ferguson, Still-life of dead game and songbirds. Sotheby's, 29 Oct 2014, lot 510. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4297284.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A pair of Battle Scenes | Charles Parrocel | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Counting the tithes | Cornelis Van Coninxloo II | £6,000–£8,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Gouw Ferguson | Hunting still life with birds. | $11,324 | Koller, Mar 2025 | |
| William Gouw Ferguson | A partridge, a kingfisher, a finch and other birds hanging f | Christie's, Nov 2014 | ||
| William Gouw Ferguson | A partridge, bullfinches and other birds, with hunting parap | Christie's, Apr 2015 | ||
| Venetian School, 18th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2025 | ||
| William Gouw Ferguson | Game Still Life on a Marble Slab | Lempertz, May 2017 | ||
| William Gouw Ferguson | A Still Life of Dead Game and Songbirds | Lyon & Turnbull, Jun 2021 | ||
| Flemish School 18th Century | Head of a smiling black woman wearing a veil | Christie's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Flemish School 18th Century | Study of the Head of a young man seen in profile | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 |
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.