Lot 167 · Maritime Art
Ten gelatin silver prints, including The Terra Nova seen through a grotto in an iceberg; The Terra Nova stuck in an ice pack 800 miles from land; Death of an iceberg; Midnight in the Antarctic summer; and six others.
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,200 hammer ≈ $2,416–$3,543
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Maritime Art, London (South Kensington) · 29 April 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6561957
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Herbert George Ponting, Ten gelatin silver prints, including The Terra Nova seen through a grotto in an iceberg; The Terra Nova stuck in an ice pack 800 miles from land; Death of an iceberg; Midnight in the Antarctic summer; and six others. Christie's, 29 Apr 1999, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6561957.
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Herbert George Ponting, Ten gelatin silver prints, including The Terra Nova seen through a grotto in an iceberg; The Terra Nova stuck in an ice pack 800 miles from land; Death of an iceberg; Midnight in the Antarctic summer; and six others. Christie's, 29 Apr 1999, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6561957.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Warships and other shipping in a thunderstorm | François-étienne Musin | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| H.M.S. Dreadnought , the Seamen's Hospital ship, moored in the Thames… | William Collingwood Smith, Rws | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Shipping in the Pool of London | Daniel Turner | £700–£1,000 | |
| The Colombian barquentine Zelia from Riohacha, making her numbers off… | William Howard Yorke | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Captain James Cook (1728-79) | Cook, James. 1728-1779. | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| An English galliot close in to the shore with an English flagship fir… | After Willem van de Velde II | £1,000–£1,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert George Ponting | Ponting's portfolio, inscribed 'THIS PORTFOLIO/AND CONTENTS/ | $2,941 | Christie's, Jan 2001 | |
| Herbert George Ponting | 'Death of an iceberg', 1911 | Christie's, May 2000 | ||
| Herbert George Ponting | Members of the 1910-13 Expedition in a formal group outside | Christie's, Apr 1999 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Taxi Drivers, Berlin | Phillips, Jul 2023 | ||
| Horst P. Horst | Black Corset, NY | Bonhams, Jan 2026 | ||
| Herbert George Ponting | Captain Scott writing in his diary, 7th October 1911 | Bonhams, May 2012 | ||
| Herbert George Ponting | Four gelatin silver prints, from Captain Scott's personal al | Christie's, Apr 1999 | ||
| Horst P. Horst | Hands, Hands | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2023 |
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.