Lot 65 · Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours
Goodbye, on the Mersey
James Joseph Tissot · pencil and watercolour with gum arabic heightened with touches of bodycolour, on paper
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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $98,370–$131,160
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours, London · 18 February 1998
- Dimensions
- 16¾ x 12 in. (42.5 x 30.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4887829
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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James Joseph Tissot, Goodbye, on the Mersey. Christie's, 18 Feb 1998, lot 65. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4887829.
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James Joseph Tissot, Goodbye, on the Mersey. Christie's, 18 Feb 1998, lot 65. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4887829.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The Happy Farmyard | Edgar Hunt | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Going to the hayfield | David Cox, Sen. (1783-1859) | £30,000–£50,000 | |
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| An open faced gun metal keyless lever chronograph pocket watch, Swiss… | An open faced gun metal keyless lever chronograph pocket watch, Swiss, circa 1910, | £250–£300 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Joseph Tissot | By Water (Waiting at a Dockside), London | $80,710 | Christie's, Jul 2017 | |
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Liverpool Docks | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
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| Philip De László | Portrait of Viscountess Chaplin (Gwladys Chaplin) | Sotheby's, May 2025 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Sunset over a Lake; Ghyll Beck, Barden, Yorkshire | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| John William Godward R.b.a. | Leisure Hours | Sotheby's, May 2018 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Lights in Whitby Harbour | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 |
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.