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- Estimate
- £250,000–£350,000 hammer ≈ $298,296–$417,614
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — European & British Art, Part I, London · 13 July 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5043657
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Georg Friedrich Kersting, Reading by Lamplight. Sotheby's, 13 Jul 2022, lot 23. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5043657.
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Georg Friedrich Kersting, Reading by Lamplight. Sotheby's, 13 Jul 2022, lot 23. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5043657.
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From the same sale European & British Art, Part I · Jul 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Convalescent | Helene Schjerfbeck | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| Girls in the Field | Emile Claus | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| The Picture Book | Helene Schjerfbeck | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| At the Doorway | Lady Alma-tadema Laura | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Brown Eyes | Helene Schjerfbeck | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Trees Near Gundsømagle, Roskilde | Vilhelm Hammershøi | £150,000–£250,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georg Friedrich Kersting | Caspar David Friedrich auf dem Felsen („Ausblick aufs Meer“) | $206,026 | Grisebach, May 2024 | |
| Leopold Carl Müller | The Water carriers | Sotheby's, May 2011 | ||
| Leopold Carl Müller | the cotton spinner | Sotheby's, Jun 2007 | ||
| Deutsch, Um 1880 | Zwei Ölstudien: Nelke und Blätterzweig. | Grisebach, May 2024 | ||
| Leopold Carl Müller | Halt in the Desert | Sotheby's, May 2008 | ||
| Carl Philipp Fohr | „Bildnis Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl“. 1816 | Grisebach, May 2019 | ||
| Leopold Carl Müller | a street scene, cairo | Sotheby's, Oct 2009 | ||
| Leopold Carl Müller | The Camel Market, Cairo | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 |
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.