Lot 642 · Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale
Oranges, nuts, spices, boxes of sweetmeats, a jug and a cask on a table
Luis Meléndez · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £2,000,000–£3,000,000 hammer ≈ $3,176,478–$4,764,716
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale, London · 9 February 2012
- Dimensions
- 14½ x 19½ in. (36.8 x 49.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4618327
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4618327 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4618327
Luis Meléndez, Oranges, nuts, spices, boxes of sweetmeats, a jug and a cask on a table. Christie's, 9 Feb 2012, lot 642. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4618327.
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Luis Meléndez, Oranges, nuts, spices, boxes of sweetmeats, a jug and a cask on a table. Christie's, 9 Feb 2012, lot 642. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4618327.
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From the same sale Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale · Feb 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | BAMANA FIGURE, JONYELENI | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Book of Hours, in Latin with Some Rubrics in French, Use of Troyes, I… | BOOK OF HOURS, IN LATIN WITH SOME RUBRICS IN FRENCH, USE OF TROYES, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Shéhérazade | René Magritte | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Sans titre | Yves Tanguy | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| Two Legs and a Belly | Alexander Calder | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Personnages et oiseaux devant le soleil | Joan Miró | £4,000,000–£7,000,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Meléndez | Still Life with a Cauliflower, a Basket with Eggs, Leeks, an | $6,272,000 | Sotheby's, May 2025 | |
| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | Portrait of a young woman, half-length, holding a chain | Christie's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | An Andalusian horse (recto) ; A wooded landscape – a sketch | Christie's, Dec 2024 | ||
| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | the virgin and christ child, with saints elizabeth and john | Sotheby's, Jan 2020 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Portrait of Jacob de Witte; Portrait of Maria Nutius 《雅各布・德維 | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | sir peter paul rubens | portrait of a lady, three-quarter le | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Luis Meléndez | Still Life of Artichokes and Tomatoes in a Landscape | Sotheby's, Feb 2024 | ||
| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | Saint Sebastian tended by two angels | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 |
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.