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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $53,361–$80,041
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 19th & 20th Century European Art, London · 4 December 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5342350
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Valentine Cameron Princep, The Death of Cleopatra. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2025, lot 318. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5342350.
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Valentine Cameron Princep, The Death of Cleopatra. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2025, lot 318. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5342350.
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From the same sale 19th & 20th Century European Art · Dec 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bouquet | Albert Lynch | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| The Kiruna mine under the snow | Bror Lindh | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Far Away Thoughts | Jean François Portaëls | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Graziella | Charles Edward Perugini | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| La Curiosa (the curious one) | Adolfo Cipriani | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Canal St-Martin in Winter | Eugene Galien-laloue | £6,000–£8,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentine Cameron Princep | Martaba, a Kashmiree Nautch girl | $68,015 | Christie's, Oct 2014 | |
| Valentine Cameron Princep | My Lady Betty | Christie's, Jun 2002 | ||
| Valentine Cameron Princep | The First Awakening of Eve | Christie's, Jun 2004 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Forge Valley by moonlight | Bonhams, Mar 2023 | ||
| Valentine Cameron Princep | The handmaidens of Sivawara preparing the sacred bull at Tan | Christie's, Jul 2009 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | john atkinson grimshaw | knostrop old hall at dusk | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Valentine Cameron Princep | Study of a girl reading | Christie's, Jun 2005 | ||
| Valentine Cameron Princep | Sisters | Christie's, Jul 2021 |
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.