Lot 31 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours (Day Sale)
Fly Bea
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- Estimate
- £500–£700 hammer ≈ $827–$1,158
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours (Day Sale), London · 5 February 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6709881
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Josef Müller-brockmann, FLY BEA. Christie's, 5 Feb 1998, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6709881.
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Josef Müller-brockmann, FLY BEA. Christie's, 5 Feb 1998, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6709881.
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From the same sale Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours (Day Sale) · Feb 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A wooded landscape with elegant figures riding, shooting and conversi… | Workshop Of Sebastian Vrancx | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| A lady in a landscape with a fly on her shoulder: an Allegory of Touch | Frans Van Der Mijn | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Michelin | ANONYMOUS | £200–£300 | |
| You Can Be Sure of Shell, 'Roman' Tower, Tutbury | Leonard Rosoman Obe Ra | £150–£250 | |
| Study of the head of a man | Circle Of Cornelis De Vos | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Journalists, You Can Be Sure of Shell | Zero | £1,000–£1,500 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphonse Mucha | L’illustration Noël 1896-1897 | $836 | Lyon & Turnbull, Jun 2026 | |
| Josef Müller-brockmann | Fly Viscount, Fly Bea | Christie's, Sep 1999 | ||
| Alphonse Mucha | Box Designs for Lefèvre-Utile, Biscuits Champagne (two sheet | Heritage Auctions, Jun 2026 | ||
| Alphonse Mucha | La Samaritaine, from Les Maîtres de l'affiche, vol. 4 | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2024 | ||
| Alphonse Mucha | Woman with Bearskin, plate no. 47 from Documents Décoratifs | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2020 | ||
| Alphonse Mucha | Poster publicitário 'Documents Décoratifs' | Marques dos Santos Leilões, Mar 2022 | ||
| Alphonse Mucha | Poster for "La Samaritaine" in Theatre de la Renaissance | Hermitage Fine Art, Jun 2022 | ||
| Alphonse Mucha | L'Art Photographique No. 10, L'Art Photographique cover, Apr | Heritage Auctions, Jan 2021 |
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.