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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $6,061–$8,486
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Orientalist Art, London, New Bond Street · 25 October 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-506663
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Niels Simonsen, Watching for sunrise. Bonhams, 25 Oct 2023, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-506663.
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Niels Simonsen, Watching for sunrise. Bonhams, 25 Oct 2023, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-506663.
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From the same sale Orientalist Art · Oct 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Study of an Arab warrior | Continental School, 19th Century | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Fleurs de Jerico | Antonio Maria Fabres Y Costa | £50,000–£70,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niels Simonsen | L'arrivée à Gibraltar | $8,769 | Bonhams, Oct 2021 | |
| Niels Simonsen | Prayers in the desert | Christie's, Jan 2016 | ||
| Eugene Galien-laloue | L'église Saint-Germain-des-Prés en hiver | Christie's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Antonietta Brandeis | Santa Maria della Salute, Venice | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| Niels Simonsen | A North African Port | Sotheby's, Nov 2008 | ||
| Giulio Rosati | A hard bargain | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| Antonietta Brandeis | Sunset in the lagoon | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | A seated Arnaut | Heritage Auctions, Nov 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.