Lot 292 · Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection
The Bad News
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $6,488–$9,084
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection, London · 6 July 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4494927
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Pierre Alexandre Wille, The Bad News. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2016, lot 292. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4494927.
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Pierre Alexandre Wille, The Bad News. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2016, lot 292. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4494927.
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From the same sale Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection · Jul 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| athens: the temple of olympian zeus, from the south | Louis François Sébastien Fauvel | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| study of a right hand, playing a musical instrument | Ferraù Fenzoni | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| three studies of a left hand | Jacques De Gheyn II | £7,000–£9,000 | |
| a child on a mule, beside a second mule | Called Da San Giovanni Giovanni Mannozzi | £700–£1,000 | |
| Ploughing | David Cox Snr. O.w.s. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| caricature: an assembly in a piazza | Stefano Della Bella | £8,000–£12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Alexandre Wille | A Young Woman of the Revolution Seated at a Table, in Profil | $5,938 | Sotheby's, Sep 2012 | |
| French School, 19th Century | Eight studies of trophies of war | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Muse of Connoisseurship | Freeman's | Hindman, Feb 2023 | ||
| Edward Lear | Santa Maura | Chiswick Auctions, Jan 2026 | ||
| Thomas Rowlandson | Wool-washers, Gloucestershire | Christie's, Dec 2023 | ||
| Pierre Alexandre Wille | 'Le Marché aux Poissons' | Sotheby's, Jul 2011 | ||
| Flemish School 18th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2022 | ||
| Pierre Alexandre Wille | Portrait of a girl holding a posy of flowers | Bonhams, Apr 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.