Lot 20 · Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale
Playing the mandoline
Christian Meyer Ross · oil on panel
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- Estimate
- €7,000–€9,000 hammer ≈ $11,080–$14,245
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale, New York · 15 April 2008
- Dimensions
- 66 x 52.5 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4423872
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Christian Meyer Ross, Playing the mandoline. Christie's, 15 Apr 2008, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423872.
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Christian Meyer Ross, Playing the mandoline. Christie's, 15 Apr 2008, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423872.
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From the same sale Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale · Apr 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle on a riverbank | Hendrikus Van De Sande Bakhuyzen | €15,000–€20,000 | |
| Mint (Red) | Ed Ruscha | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | |
| Black: Two Dots and Eleven | Alexander Calder | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | |
| Marching Figure | Bruce Nauman | $400,000–$600,000 | |
| Andrew Head/Andrew Head, Stacked | Bruce Nauman | $1,500,000–$2,500,000 | |
| Untitled (locomotive) | Robert Rauschenberg | $350,000–$550,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Meyer Ross | Gazing out the window | $8,125 | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2024 | |
| José Villegas Y Cordero | Portrait of a woman with fan | Heritage Auctions, May 2020 | ||
| José Villegas Y Cordero | Sevillana con mantilla blanca y abanico | Ansorena, Apr 2022 | ||
| Christian Meyer Ross | A Lady Beside a Piano | Sotheby's, Jan 2006 | ||
| José Villegas Y Cordero | The Harem Guard | Sotheby's, Nov 2009 | ||
| Hendrik Pieter Koekkoek | Elegant ladies strolling in the country | Christie's, Oct 2005 | ||
| José Villegas Y Cordero | The Andalusian Fates | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Evert Pieters | The sculptor Alphonse van Beurden in his studio | Bonhams, Mar 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.