Lot 45 · The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer
‘“k” and his (anti) german garden’(‘the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, | have a great deal to do with the case!’)
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- Estimate
- £800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,116–$1,675
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, London · 14 March 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4640907
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Tennyson Reed, ‘“k” and his (anti) german garden’(‘the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, | have a great deal to do with the case!’). Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2018, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640907.
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Edward Tennyson Reed, ‘“k” and his (anti) german garden’(‘the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, | have a great deal to do with the case!’). Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2018, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640907.
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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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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Tennyson Reed | ‘the bystander 1000th number’ | $1,396 | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 | |
| Feliks Topolski | London Suite 6 | Bonhams, Nov 2025 | ||
| Ronald William Fordham Searle | Reindeer | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2025 | ||
| Ernest Howard Shepard | Original pen and ink illustration, cover for Punch magazine, | Bonhams, Sep 2015 | ||
| Feliks Topolski | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Mar 2026 | ||
| Feliks Topolski | Churchill and the peace talk rumours | Bonhams, Jun 2015 | ||
| Ronald William Fordham Searle | Yes, but have you seen the NEW Strand Magazine? | Heritage Auctions, May 2025 | ||
| Ernest Howard Shepard | Asziociatung – Phootballen, Unreported casualty to the footb | Bonhams, Dec 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.