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- Estimate
- £700–£900 hammer ≈ $1,142–$1,468
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Maritime Art, London (South Kensington) · 13 May 1998
- Dimensions
- 23 x 35 in. (58.4 x 88.9 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5211531
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Tony Butler, Sails to the wind. Christie's, 13 May 1998, lot 159. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5211531.
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Tony Butler, Sails to the wind. Christie's, 13 May 1998, lot 159. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5211531.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Designed by Walter Crane, Manufactured by Maw and Co., Circa 1888/9 | an earthenware lustre glazed vase | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Talwyn Morris, Circa 1905 | A group of sixty-one bindings | £900–£1,200 | |
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| Castle Cornet, off St. Peter Port, at high tide, with the towering cl… | Peter Monamy | £8,000–£12,000 |
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