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Lot 31 · British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations

A Pair of Portraits: Judge Isaac Smith and Mrs. Phoebe Lewis Smith

Ammi Phillips

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Estimate
$18,000–$22,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations , London (South Kensington) · 21 January 2000
Record ID
TB-2026-6452085
Record
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Ammi Phillips, A Pair of Portraits: Judge Isaac Smith and Mrs. Phoebe Lewis Smith. Christie's, 21 Jan 2000, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6452085.

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From the same sale British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations · Jan 2000

LotArtistEstimateResult
City of New York, from Jersey City (Gale 1225) CURRIER and IVES, Publishers (active 1852-1880) $2,000–$3,000
Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N.Y. Oct. 17th 1777, by Ott… CURRIER and IVES, Publishers $3,000–$4,000
Life on the Prairie. The Trappers Defence, "Fire Fight Fire", by Arth… CURRIER and IVES, Publishers $2,500–$3,500
American Railroad Scene. Snow Bound (G. 201) CURRIER and IVES, Publishers $2,000–$3,000
Possibly Mississippi or Hudson River Valleys, 18Th Century A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT BACK-STOOL $4,000–$6,000
Probably Philadelphia, 1760-1790 TWO CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY PIE-CRUST TRAYS $5,000–$8,000

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