Lot 29 · Old Master Paintings Day Auction
A river landscape with villagers unloading their boats by the shore
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- Estimate
- £26,000–£35,000 hammer ≈ $32,658–$43,963
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings Day Auction, London · 7 December 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5178623
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Theobald Michau, A river landscape with villagers unloading their boats by the shore. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2023, lot 29. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5178623.
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Theobald Michau, A river landscape with villagers unloading their boats by the shore. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2023, lot 29. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5178623.
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theobald Michau | Harvest. | $43,293 | Koller, Sep 2019 | |
| Theobald Michau | A lively village scene with a market. | Koller, Mar 2022 | ||
| Theobald Michau | The village festival. | Koller, Sep 2019 | ||
| Theobald Michau | landscape with travellers and waggons approaching a village | Sotheby's, Apr 2007 | ||
| Theobald Michau | View of a village with peasants and cattle | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Theobald Michau | Village Landscape with Figures and a Well | Lempertz, Nov 2019 | ||
| Theobald Michau | Festive village gathering. | Koller, Sep 2019 | ||
| Theobald Michau | Pair of works: Lively river landscape with figures/Coastal l | Koller, Mar 2018 |
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.