Lot 7 · Orientalist Art
Arabian horses in the desert; Arab stallions at sunset. (2)
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- Estimate
- £12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $14,547–$21,821
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Orientalist Art, London, New Bond Street · 25 October 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-506625
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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John Alexander Harrington Bird, Arabian horses in the desert; Arab stallions at sunset. (2). Bonhams, 25 Oct 2023, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-506625.
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John Alexander Harrington Bird, Arabian horses in the desert; Arab stallions at sunset. (2). Bonhams, 25 Oct 2023, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-506625.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Market scene, Cairo | Rws Charles Robertson | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Jerusalem | Edward Lear | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| The Sultan's favourite | Pierre Jean Edmond Castan | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Figures outside the Eyüp Sultan Mosque, Istanbul | Louis Emile Pinel De Grandchamp | £15,000–£20,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Alexander Harrington Bird | Desert Rider | $13,145 | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2009 | |
| Paul Signac | Villefranche-sur-Mer | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Paul Signac | Paris. Le pont Marie | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| Paul Signac | Lézardrieux. Mouillage de l'Île à Bois | Bonhams, Mar 2022 | ||
| John Alexander Harrington Bird | Ashurbanipal and Assur-Sharratt at a Lion hunt | Christie's, Sep 2013 | ||
| Paul Signac | Saint-Tropez, tartane à quai | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| Paul Signac | Tartane à quai | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Paul Signac | Donzère. Le pont | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 |
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.