Lot 1294 · British, Continental & Russian Pictures
Catching up on the local gossip
Richard Wagner · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £300–£500 hammer ≈ $544–$907
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British, Continental & Russian Pictures, London (South Kensington) · 15 June 2004
- Dimensions
- 8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 50.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5587034
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Richard Wagner, Catching up on the local gossip. Christie's, 15 Jun 2004, lot 1294. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5587034.
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Richard Wagner, Catching up on the local gossip. Christie's, 15 Jun 2004, lot 1294. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5587034.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A Birds Eye view of the City of Ghent 1434 (Ganda Gallie Belgice Civi… | Continental School, 19th Century | £500–£700 | |
| The philosopher | Follower Of Jusepe De Ribera | £300–£500 | |
| Portrait of Peter the Great, quarter-length, in armour | Follower Of Sir Peter Lely | £300–£500 | |
| Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), bust-length, in armour, feig… | After Robert Walker, 19th Century | £300–£500 | |
| Portrait of William Slater Walker Esq. (British, d.1883), half-length… | English School, 19th Century | £300–£500 | |
| Picking flowers | Manner of Sir William Beechey | £300–£500 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Wagner | A Freshening Breeze | $836 | Strauss & Co, Oct 2025 | |
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| Giuseppe Verdi | Autographed business card Small picture | Bertolami Fine Art, Jan 2022 | ||
| Richard Wagner | Mending the lobster pot | Christie's, Dec 2004 | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | [Verdi Giuseppe]: (1813-1901) | International Autograph Auctions, Mar 2026 | ||
| Richard Wagner | Fishing boats in a bay; and Fishing boats off the coast | Christie's, Oct 2008 | ||
| Richard Strauss | Autograph + 2 Beigaben. 3 Tle., 1926 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2011 |
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.