Lot 51 · The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer
if only they’d make ‘old bill’ president of those tribunals('well what's your job me lad?' | 'making spots for rocking horses, sir' | 'three months' | 'exemption, sir?' | 'nao! exemption be ---d, three months hard')
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,396–$2,093
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, London · 14 March 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4640901
- Record
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Bruce Bairnsfather, if only they’d make ‘old bill’ president of those tribunals('well what's your job me lad?' | 'making spots for rocking horses, sir' | 'three months' | 'exemption, sir?' | 'nao! exemption be ---d, three months hard'). Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2018, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640901.
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Bruce Bairnsfather, if only they’d make ‘old bill’ president of those tribunals('well what's your job me lad?' | 'making spots for rocking horses, sir' | 'three months' | 'exemption, sir?' | 'nao! exemption be ---d, three months hard'). Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2018, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640901.
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From the same sale The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer · Mar 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| number 0 1 | Matthew Pritchett | £300–£500 | |
| ‘retire? pah! sir alex schmalex...’ | Peter Brookes | £800–£1,200 | |
| cameron deploys his veto at european summit | Peter Brookes | £800–£1,200 | |
| falling bin laden | Peter Brookes | £800–£1,200 | |
| obama beheading osama | Christian Adam | £400–£600 | |
| 'the ascent of man' | David Neil Bennett | £200–£300 |
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