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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The European Art Sale, New York · 25 October 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4969083
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Montague Dawson, Sovereign of the Rolling Sea. Sotheby's, 25 Oct 2021, lot 524. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4969083.
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Montague Dawson, Sovereign of the Rolling Sea. Sotheby's, 25 Oct 2021, lot 524. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4969083.
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From the same sale The European Art Sale · Oct 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landscape with Three Rhinoceros | David Shepherd | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Mrs. William Burden, A. M. (née Margaret Livingston Partridge) | Philip Alexius de László, P.R.B.A. | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Hommage à Gustave Courbet | Aimé Perret | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Before the Ball | Petrus Van Schendel | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Bacchante au Tambourin | Affortunato Gory | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Le Porte-Étendard | Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier | $25,000–$35,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montague Dawson | 'Pacific Swell - The Australian clipper Royal Family' | $60,060 | Bonhams, Oct 2024 | |
| Montague Dawson | 'Morning Mist' | Bonhams, Apr 2021 | ||
| Montague Dawson | The Carrie Reed of Boston - 'On a Long Tack' | Bonhams, Apr 2021 | ||
| Montague Dawson | Rounding the buoy | Bonhams, Nov 2020 | ||
| Montague Dawson | The Torrens in California waters 28 x 42in (71.1 x 106.7cm) | Bonhams, Apr 2023 | ||
| Montague Dawson | Happy Days | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Montague Dawson | 'Blue Seas' - The Maitland | Bonhams, Apr 2024 | ||
| Montague Dawson | montague dawson | the clipper ship tamar | Sotheby's, Oct 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.