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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $26,967–$40,450
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, London · 17 December 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4437096
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Holl, The First Violin. Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2015, lot 24. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4437096.
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Frank Holl, The First Violin. Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2015, lot 24. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4437096.
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From the same sale Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art · Dec 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowballing | R.b.a. John Morgan | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Ballerinas, At the Make-Up Table | Dame Laura Knight | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Visitors to an Exhibition | Joseph Edward Southall, R.W.S., R.B.S.A., N.E.A.C. | £5,000–£8,000 | |
| The Ten Virgins | John Melhuish Strudwick | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| On the Medway, Early Morning | Afred H. Green | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| The Lord Gave and the Lord hath Taken Away | Frank Holl | £20,000–£30,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Holl | The Lord Gave and the Lord hath Taken Away | $27,975 | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | |
| Frank Holl | Sisters | Sotheby's, Jul 2007 | ||
| Thomas Sidney Cooper, Ra | In the meadows at curfew hour | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | ||
| John William Godward R.b.a. | Study of a Classical Beauty | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Thomas Sidney Cooper, Ra | On a farm in East Kent | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| Frank Holl | Besieged | Sotheby's, Apr 2026 | ||
| R.w.s. Edward Seago | A House in Wanchai, Hong Kong | Sotheby's, Dec 2023 | ||
| John William Godward R.b.a. | sitting for her portrait | Sotheby's, Feb 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.