A tricky move — Victor Marais-Milton (French, 1872-1948)

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Estimate: £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,481–$9,721
Result
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Sale: Christie's — Old Masters & 19th Century Works of Art, London (South Kensington) · 10 July 2009
Dimensions: 21¼ x 25½ in. (54 x 64.7 cm.)
Record ID: TB-2026-5300172
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Victor Marais-milton, A tricky move. Christie's, 10 Jul 2009, lot 333. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300172.

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Victor Marais-milton, A tricky move. Christie's, 10 Jul 2009, lot 333. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300172.

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From the same sale Old Masters & 19th Century Works of Art · Jul 2009

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Portrait of a young woman, bust-length, in a linen headdress, and fur…	After Rogier Van Der Weyden	£3,000–£5,000
Portrait of Don Ambrogio Spinola, Marqués de los Balbases (1569-1630)…	After Sir Anthony Van Dyck	£5,000–£8,000
Tulips and peonies on stone steps	Circle Of Andrea Scacciati	£2,000–£3,000
An Italianate landscape with a figure on a track, a town and mountain…	Called Gaspard Poussin Gaspard Dughet	£6,000–£8,000
A rocky river landscape with figures conversing on a bank	Circle Of Salvator Rosa	£6,000–£8,000
Ducks and ducklings in a river landscape with peahens perched on a tomb	Circle Of Melchior D'hondecoeter	£2,000–£3,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Victor Marais-milton	The Card Game	$7,620	Sotheby's, May 2023
Victor Marais-milton	le prefere		Sotheby's, Jun 2006
Victor Marais-milton	The Cardinal's favorite		Christie's, Jun 2000
Victor Marais-milton	A difficult move		Christie's, Sep 2013
Victor Marais-milton	interesting news		Sotheby's, Apr 2008
Victor Marais-milton	Un cas de conscience: a case of conscience		Christie's, Nov 2015
Victor Marais-milton	l'amateur d'orfevrerie		Sotheby's, Nov 2009
Antonietta Brandeis	antonietta brandeis \| a venetian palazzo		Sotheby's, Dec 2019

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.