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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $80,299–$107,065
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Orientalist Art, London · 29 April 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5290078
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rudolf Ernst, The Palace Warden. Sotheby's, 29 Apr 2025, lot 204. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5290078.
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Rudolf Ernst, The Palace Warden. Sotheby's, 29 Apr 2025, lot 204. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5290078.
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From the same sale Orientalist Art · Apr 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Morning Prayer | Carl Haag | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Mashallah! | Carl Haag | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Seated Arnaut | Alexandre Bida | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| The Guard | Raphael Von Ambros | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A Hunter and his charge on the shores of the Nile | Henri Rousseau | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The Melon Seller | Alberto Pasini | £20,000–£30,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Ernst | A Still life with Moroccan Objects | $94,746 | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | |
| Rudolf Ernst | The manicure | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | Arab smoking a nargilah | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | Reciting the Koran | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | A Bashi-Bazouk | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | The Musicians | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | The farrier | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | The narghile Smoker | Christie's, Nov 2020 |
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.