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Lot 100 · Native American Art

Fruit and shells, with butterflies, a dragonfly, a lizard, a snail and a fly on a stone ledge

Balthasar Van Der Ast

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Estimate
$60,000–$80,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Native American Art, New York · 9 May 2001
Record ID
TB-2026-5558115
Record
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Balthasar Van Der Ast, Fruit and shells, with butterflies, a dragonfly, a lizard, a snail and a fly on a stone ledge. Christie's, 9 May 2001, lot 100. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5558115.

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Balthasar Van Der Ast, Fruit and shells, with butterflies, a dragonfly, a lizard, a snail and a fly on a stone ledge. Christie's, 9 May 2001, lot 100. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5558115.

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Portrait of Willem Borski (1765-1814), standing full length by a drap… Martinus Houtman I (1746-1819) $12,000–$16,000
Dead partridges suspended from ropes on a tree in a forest Joannes Fyt, called Goudvink (1611-1661) $40,000–$60,000
The Lamentation Master of the Martyrdom of Saint John (active circa 1525) $100,000–$150,000
A peasant family in a barn Jan Molenaer (born 1654) $15,000–$20,000

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Balthasar Van Der Ast A Semper Augustus tulip, a carnation and roses, with shells Christie's, Jul 2018
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