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- Estimate
- £500–£700 hammer ≈ $779–$1,091
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century British Art, London (South Kensington) · 14 July 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6519308
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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William Johnstone Obe, Abstract. Christie's, 14 Jul 1999, lot 237. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6519308.
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William Johnstone Obe, Abstract. Christie's, 14 Jul 1999, lot 237. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6519308.
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From the same sale 20th Century British Art · Jul 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooded Landscape | Elliot Seabrooke | £200–£300 | |
| Ballerina | John Thomas Young Gilroy | £200–£300 | |
| Caroline and her Puppets | James Cleaver (b.1911) | £300–£500 | |
| Woman reading | Sir William Rothenstein | £25–£200 | |
| Portrait of a Woman wearing a Mantilla | Sir Robin Darwin | £600–£800 | |
| Portrait of a young Man | Henry Lamb | £200–£300 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Johnstone Obe | Border Landscape II - C.1975 | $806 | Lyon & Turnbull, Aug 2024 | |
| William Johnstone Obe | Untitled (Borders Landscape) | Lyon & Turnbull, Aug 2021 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Border Landscape I - C.1975 | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2024 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Landscape, Brown and Red - C.1968 | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2024 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Black Abstract unframed | Bonhams, Jun 2019 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Untitled (Ink) | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2022 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Near Toledo, Spain | Bonhams, Dec 2023 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Abstract in Red and Black | Bonhams, Jun 2019 |
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.