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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,382–$8,073
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 19th and 20th Century Sculpture, London · 9 December 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4886097
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Christolphe Fratin, ours dentiste (dentist bear). Sotheby's, 9 Dec 2020, lot 54. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4886097.
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Christolphe Fratin, ours dentiste (dentist bear). Sotheby's, 9 Dec 2020, lot 54. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4886097.
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From the same sale 19th and 20th Century Sculpture · Dec 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venus and Cupid | Auguste Louis Mathurin Moreau | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Venus Anadyomene | Guglielmo Pugi | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Narcissus | Vincenzo Gemito Naples | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| The Flight of Love | Dante Zoi | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| relief of Psyche | Harry Bates | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| First Lesson | Alfred Drury A.r.a. R.i. | £2,000–£3,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christolphe Fratin | ours violoniste dit le père odry (bear playing violin, a con | $6,631 | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | |
| Christolphe Fratin | pair of flambeaux, ours acrobates (small candelabra with acr | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Christolphe Fratin | Ours phiosophe et Ours dentiste (Bear philosopher & Bear den | Christie's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Christolphe Fratin | Ours et Singe Pédicure (A Bear in the Bath having its Toenai | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Christolphe Fratin | inkwell with a boar hunt | Sotheby's, May 2016 | ||
| Christolphe Fratin | pair of candélabres, ours et singes (pair of candelabra, wit | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Christolphe Fratin | paire de consoles au sanglier et au cerf dans des feuillages | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Christolphe Fratin | christophe fratin | a tight finish | Sotheby's, Sep 2020 |
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.