Lot 162 · A Private View: Property from the Country Home of Christopher Cone and Stanley J. Seeger
"hit something? now, how on earth should we know!"
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- Estimate
- £600–£800 hammer ≈ $765–$1,021
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — A Private View: Property from the Country Home of Christopher Cone and Stanley J. Seeger, London · 30 October 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4697392
- Record
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Graham Laidler, "hit something? now, how on earth should we know!". Sotheby's, 30 Oct 2018, lot 162. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4697392.
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Graham Laidler, "hit something? now, how on earth should we know!". Sotheby's, 30 Oct 2018, lot 162. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4697392.
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From the same sale A Private View: Property from the Country Home of Christopher Cone and Stanley J. Seeger · Oct 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| snuff box | — | £800–£1,200 | |
| cushion | — | £150–£250 | |
| goat, sailor and asphodels | John Craxton R.a. | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| folio of flower studies | Maxwell Ashby Armfield, R.w.s. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| gypsy family by a caravan | James Lloyd | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| a tygre | — | £80–£120 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Louis William Wain | Two drawings of cats | Chiswick Auctions, Mar 2026 | ||
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| Louis William Wain | 'The City Man - A Bad Boy' | Bonhams, May 2016 |
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