Lot 176 · Modern British Art Day Sale
The Scalp-Lock
Alfred Jacob Miller · bronze with a brown patina
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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern British Art Day Sale, London · 5 December 2002
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4387642
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alfred Jacob Miller, The Scalp-Lock. Christie's, 5 Dec 2002, lot 176. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4387642.
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Alfred Jacob Miller, The Scalp-Lock. Christie's, 5 Dec 2002, lot 176. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4387642.
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From the same sale Modern British Art Day Sale · Dec 2002
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plums and Gooseberries | George E. Forster (1817-1896) | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Fire at Twilight | Alexander Wust (1837-1876) | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| Fountain: Boys with Sea Shells | Enid Yandell (1870-1934) | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| 'Duck Baby': A Fountain | Edith Barretto Parsons (1878-1956) | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| At the Point of Rocks | Ogden Milton Pleissner (1905-1983) | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| View in the Canyon of the Coppermines, Santa Rita, New Mexico | Henry Cheever Pratt (1803-1880) | $60,000–$80,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Jacob Miller | Crow Indians Attacking a Buffalo with the Lance Near the Swe | $87,500 | Christie's, Jan 2022 | |
| Alfred Jacob Miller | two arapaho | Sotheby's, May 2019 | ||
| Alfred Jacob Miller | A Bourgeois of the Rocky Mountains | Sotheby's, May 2011 | ||
| Alfred Jacob Miller | Sioux Reconnoitering | Christie's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Alfred Jacob Miller | The Lost "Green-horn" | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Alfred Jacob Miller | Landscape with Snake Indians | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Alfred Jacob Miller | Reconnoitering | Sotheby's, May 2008 | ||
| Milton Avery | Bird Over Sea 28 x 22 1/8 in. (71.1 x 56.2 cm.) | Bonhams, Nov 2021 |
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.