Lot 130 · Maritime Art
'That ain't tobacco you're smoking Fred'; 'But if I buy the goat I don't know how to milk it'; and 'My weight has now flopped' (all illustrated)
Edmund Blampied · pencil, pen and brown ink and coloured crayons, on paper
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,108–$4,662
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Maritime Art, London (South Kensington) · 24 November 2011
- Dimensions
- 16 5/8 x 10½ in. (42.3 x 26.7 cm.); and smaller (3)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4660356
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Edmund Blampied, 'That ain't tobacco you're smoking Fred'; 'But if I buy the goat I don't know how to milk it'; and 'My weight has now flopped' (all illustrated). Christie's, 24 Nov 2011, lot 130. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4660356.
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Edmund Blampied, 'That ain't tobacco you're smoking Fred'; 'But if I buy the goat I don't know how to milk it'; and 'My weight has now flopped' (all illustrated). Christie's, 24 Nov 2011, lot 130. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4660356.
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From the same sale Maritime Art · Nov 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch fishing boats heading out to sea | John Wilson Carmichael | £700–£1,000 | |
| The cider barrel (illustrated); The black bottle; and Country cider | Edmund Blampied | £300–£400 | |
| The brigantine James Stonard of Ulveston entering Naples, 20 t h March 1865 | Michele Funno | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| A Danish steamship in the Mediterranean | Gaetano D'esposito | £500–£700 | |
| Mariquita racing to windward during the Pendennis Cup, 2010 | Jamie Medlin | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Congested waters at the harbour mouth | Thomas Rose Miles | £1,500–£2,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Blampied | Portrait of a man with a pipe | $4,636 | Bonhams, Oct 2017 | |
| Edmund Blampied | Two Dancers | Lyon & Turnbull, Oct 2022 | ||
| Edmund Blampied | Early Morning, Jersey | Bonhams, Dec 2018 | ||
| Edmund Blampied | The Archway | Bonhams, Sep 2013 | ||
| Edmund Blampied | The Vraic Cart | Bonhams, Oct 2017 | ||
| Edmund Blampied | Vraic Harvest | Bonhams, Oct 2017 | ||
| Edmund Blampied | Elizabeth Castle | Bonhams, Jun 2015 | ||
| Graham Sutherland O.m. | Mountain in Wales | Sotheby's, Sep 2022 |
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.