Lot 138 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I
View of Portencross Castle, North Ayrshire
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£40,000 hammer ≈ $38,327–$51,103
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I, London · 6 July 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5138648
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Alexander Nasmyth, View of Portencross Castle, North Ayrshire. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2023, lot 138. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5138648.
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Alexander Nasmyth, View of Portencross Castle, North Ayrshire. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2023, lot 138. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5138648.
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From the same sale Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I · Jul 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of Mrs Dorothy Jordan (1761–1816) as Rosalind in Shakespeare… | Sir William Beechey R.A | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Saint Ursula | School Of Utrecht, 17th Century | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The Flaying of Marsyas | French Artist Working In Rome, Circa 1700 | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A wooded landscape with travellers and peasants on a path by a pond, … | Abraham Govaerts | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| The stakenets at Villerville | Édouard Dantan | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Vulcan casting his net over Mars and Venus | Johann Carl Loth | £30,000–£40,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Nasmyth | Veduta di Napoli da Posillipo and Veduta della costa Sorrent | $48,000 est. | Freeman's | Hindman, Nov 2025 | |
| Alexander Nasmyth | The Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh 44 x 61 cm. (17 1/16 x 24 in.) | Bonhams, May 2019 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | Veduta di Napoli da Posillipo; Veduta della costa Sorrentina | Bonhams, Mar 2017 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | The Miller's Linn at Inveraray 67.5 x 89 cm. (26 9/16 x 35 | Bonhams, Sep 2015 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | The Miller's Linn, Inverary | Lyon & Turnbull, Dec 2021 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | A view of Loch Tay, from the West, at Killin, with traveller | Christie's, May 2012 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | view of stirling castle from dunmore park | Sotheby's, Jun 2006 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | Four views of the lands surrounding Stonefield House, Tarber | Bonhams, Oct 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.