Lot 39 · The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer
‘draughting a bill at the board of trade’ (‘mr churchill: “oh, i understand all these figures, right enough. what we’ve got to do, gentlemen, is to put some - er - humanising ginger into ’em”’)
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $6,978–$9,769
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, London · 14 March 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4640913
- Record
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Beerbohm, Max. 1872-1956., ‘draughting a bill at the board of trade’ (‘mr churchill: “oh, i understand all these figures, right enough. what we’ve got to do, gentlemen, is to put some - er - humanising ginger into ’em”’). Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2018, lot 39. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640913.
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Beerbohm, Max. 1872-1956., ‘draughting a bill at the board of trade’ (‘mr churchill: “oh, i understand all these figures, right enough. what we’ve got to do, gentlemen, is to put some - er - humanising ginger into ’em”’). Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2018, lot 39. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640913.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beerbohm, Max. 1872-1956. | ‘prime ministers in my day - and mostly tremendous luminarie | $45,356 | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 | |
| Beerbohm, Max. 1872-1956. | 'mr churchill' | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 | ||
| J. K. Rowling | rowling, harry potter and the philosopher's stone, 1997 | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Fleming, Ian. 1908-1964. | fleming, casino royale, 1953 | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Fleming, Ian. 1908-1964. | FLEMING | Dr No, 1958, uncorrected proof | Sotheby's, Nov 2020 | ||
| Beerbohm, Max. 1872-1956. | two caricatures, comprising: | Sotheby's, Jul 2014 | ||
| Winston Churchill | churchill, signed calligraphic copy of his 1940 speech "we s | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Shepard, E.h. 1879-1976. | "no, don't do that! listen to my story." | Sotheby's, Dec 2016 |
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.