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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,551–$7,585
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Made In Britain, London · 30 September 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4390575
- Record
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Ben Nicholson O.m., painted wooden box. Sotheby's, 30 Sep 2015, lot 185. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4390575.
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Ben Nicholson O.m., painted wooden box. Sotheby's, 30 Sep 2015, lot 185. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4390575.
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From the same sale Made In Britain · Sep 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Circus | Dorothy Annan | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| A large dish with fish motif | Bernard Leach | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Le Figure Mascherate dal Don Giovanni | Philip Jackson | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Sonata | Ceri Richards | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Moonlight | Ben Nicholson O.m. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Jug and Landscape at Kynance | Bryan Ingham | £3,000–£5,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Nicholson O.m. | Involved Still Life 43.5 x 37.6 cm. (17 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.) | $15,619 | Bonhams, Jun 2022 | |
| Ben Nicholson O.m. | White Relief | Wright, Feb 2024 | ||
| Ben Nicholson O.m. | Mauve and Blue, May 1978 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Ben Nicholson O.m. | 1967 (pillar in monastery at Patmos) 66 x 51 cm. (26 x 20 1/ | Bonhams, Nov 2020 | ||
| Ben Nicholson O.m. | Spanners Inside Circle | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Ben Nicholson O.m. | King IIII (Painted Box) | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Ben Nicholson O.m. | still life, torre del grillo, rome | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| Ben Nicholson O.m. | ben nicholson | 1970 (one plain, one curly goblet) | Sotheby's, Nov 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.