Lot 27 · Old Master Pictures
A sprig of damask roses, a white and red carnation and a thistle, tied with a blue ribbon, with a red admiral, on a stone ledge
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- Estimate
- £100,000–£120,000 hammer ≈ $155,147–$186,176
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures , London · 9 July 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6520378
- Record
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Willem Van Aelst, A sprig of damask roses, a white and red carnation and a thistle, tied with a blue ribbon, with a red admiral, on a stone ledge. Christie's, 9 Jul 1999, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6520378.
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Willem Van Aelst, A sprig of damask roses, a white and red carnation and a thistle, tied with a blue ribbon, with a red admiral, on a stone ledge. Christie's, 9 Jul 1999, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6520378.
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From the same sale Old Master Pictures · Jul 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peasants talking on a path, a washerwoman before a house, a church beyond | David Ii Teniers | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Studies of butterflies, moths, a dragonfly, a grasshopper and other insects | Jan Van Kessel II | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Elegant company at table in an interior | Dirck Hals | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| A States yacht and other shipping offshore in a calm | Willem I Van De Velde | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| A view of the River Vecht, with a ferry and fishermen unloading their… | Salomon Van Ruysdael | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| A village kermesse, a church and mountainous landscape beyond | Lucas Van Valckenborch | £150,000–£250,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willem Van Aelst | [no title recorded] | $122,524 | Dorotheum, Apr 2017 | |
| Willem Van Aelst | A bouquet with a sunflower, roses, an iris, tulips, carnatio | Christie's, Jan 2024 | ||
| Willem Van Aelst | A nautilus cup, a pickled herring and a fillet on a pewter p | Christie's, Jul 1998 | ||
| Willem Van Aelst | a partridge, a pheasant, a hunting bag and traps on a partia | Sotheby's, Jan 2011 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Head study of Saint Anthony of Padua | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Willem Van Aelst | A partridge, a hunting horn, hawking hoods and a gold-trimme | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Salomon Van Ruysdael | the river lek with a rowing boat and cattle ferry, and liesv | Sotheby's, Dec 2014 | ||
| Salomon Van Ruysdael | Cattle by a Pond (The Robbery) | Lempertz, May 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.