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- Estimate
- £500–£700 hammer ≈ $815–$1,140
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20TH CENTURY BRITISH ART, London (South Kensington) · 11 June 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6672299
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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A.r.a. John Armstrong, ABSTRACT PAINTING. Christie's, 11 Jun 1998, lot 118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6672299.
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A.r.a. John Armstrong, ABSTRACT PAINTING. Christie's, 11 Jun 1998, lot 118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6672299.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Ducks by a Pond | Hugh Boycott-brown | £300–£400 | |
| A Ploughing Team | Harry Fidler | £500–£700 | |
| Portrait of Norman Bowler | John Minton | £300–£500 | |
| Young Boy Reading | John Minton | £200–£300 | |
| Girl in a Green Dress | Bernard Meninsky | £600–£800 | |
| Portrait of Freda | Arthur Henry Knighton Hammond | £25–£200 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.r.a. John Armstrong | Brown Abstract Study | $1,433 | Christie's, Nov 2008 | |
| John Piper C.h. | Les Junies | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| Keith Vaughan | Portrait of a Woman | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Castlemartin - 1976 | Lyon & Turnbull, Oct 2025 | ||
| Sir Terry Frost R.a. | Red, Black and White with Cream | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2023 | ||
| Sir Terry Frost R.a. | Red and Black Squeeze | Rago, Jun 2025 | ||
| A.r.a. John Armstrong | Pale Day | Christie's, May 2001 | ||
| Sir Terry Frost R.a. | Trembath Blues (Kemp 208) - 2000 | Lyon & Turnbull, Mar 2026 |
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.