Lot 15 · The Orientalist Sale including Works from the Najd Collection
Towing on the Nile
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- Estimate
- £150,000–£250,000 hammer ≈ $206,277–$343,795
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Orientalist Sale including Works from the Najd Collection, London · 30 March 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4913015
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Towing on the Nile. Sotheby's, 30 Mar 2021, lot 15. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4913015.
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Towing on the Nile. Sotheby's, 30 Mar 2021, lot 15. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4913015.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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