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Lot 73 · American Art Online

nantucket

William Trost Richards

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Estimate
$15,000–$25,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — American Art Online, New York · 5 October 2018
Record ID
TB-2026-4691214
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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William Trost Richards, nantucket. Sotheby's, 5 Oct 2018, lot 73. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4691214.

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From the same sale American Art Online · Oct 2018

LotArtistEstimateResult
summer reflections Frederick Judd Waugh $8,000–$12,000
untitled Howard Norton Cook $8,000–$12,000
man and woman at the masquerade Guy Pène Du Bois $800–$1,200
allegro (dancing children) Isidore Konti $3,000–$5,000
moonlit harbor William Adolphus Knell $2,000–$3,000
sailing Charles Henry Gifford $5,000–$7,000

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