Lot 866 · Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Works on Paper Day Auction
Best friends
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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $20,481–$27,308
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Works on Paper Day Auction, London · 3 July 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5309199
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Stanislaw Wyspianski, Best friends. Sotheby's, 3 Jul 2025, lot 866. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5309199.
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Stanislaw Wyspianski, Best friends. Sotheby's, 3 Jul 2025, lot 866. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5309199.
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From the same sale Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Works on Paper Day Auction · Jul 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The martyrdom of St. Lawrence | The Younger Lorenzo Costa | £7,000–£9,000 | |
| Private and confidential | Arthur John Elsley | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Aboard the SS Bulgaria | Fausto Zonaro | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A gentle provocation | Henriette Ronner-knip | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The Holy Family, the Virgin and Child reading | Carlo Maratta | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, a river lands… | Tommaso | £60,000–£80,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanislaw Wyspianski | [no title recorded] | $24,453 | Dorotheum, Apr 2021 | |
| Frits Thaulow | Hameau en bord de rivière | Christie's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Eugene Galien-laloue | Place de la Bastille. | Koller, Sep 2021 | ||
| Stanislaw Wyspianski | the last glass | Sotheby's, Nov 2009 | ||
| Eugene Galien-laloue | Place de la République | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Antonietta Brandeis | Piazza San Marco, Venice | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Fausto Zonaro | off seraglio point, constantinople | Sotheby's, Apr 2019 | ||
| Antonietta Brandeis | On the Grand Canal, Venice | Bonhams, Mar 2024 |
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.