Lot 108 · Collections: Including the Roy Astley Collection of Theatrical Designs, and Selected Items from the Estates of Geoffrey Sawyer; Sir Brian Williamson; and Howard Godfrey
A costume design for Peggy Ashcroft as 'Viola' in Twelfth Night, The Old Vic, 1950 unframed
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- Estimate
- £200–£300 hammer ≈ $267–$401
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Collections: Including the Roy Astley Collection of Theatrical Designs, and Selected Items from the Estates of Geoffrey Sawyer; Sir Brian Williamson; and Howard Godfrey, Online, London, Knightsbridge · 20 May 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-072756
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Roger Furse, A costume design for Peggy Ashcroft as 'Viola' in Twelfth Night, The Old Vic, 1950 unframed. Bonhams, 20 May 2025, lot 108. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-072756.
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Roger Furse, A costume design for Peggy Ashcroft as 'Viola' in Twelfth Night, The Old Vic, 1950 unframed. Bonhams, 20 May 2025, lot 108. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-072756.
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From the same sale Collections: Including the Roy Astley Collection of Theatrical Designs, and Selected Items from the Estates of Geoffrey Sawyer; Sir Brian Williamson; and Howard Godfrey · May 2025
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|---|---|---|---|
| A costume design for My Fair Lady, 1963, probably for Barbara Pepper … | Cecil Beaton | £800–£1,200 | |
| Cecil Beaton, circa 1937 | Christian Bérard | £600–£800 | |
| Three costume designs for 'Countess Ranevskaya' in The Queen of Spade… | Oliver Messel | £1,500–£2,500 | |
| Portrait of Picasso | Cecil Beaton | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Madonna Del Velo | Tuscan School | £500–£700 | |
| Monk musicians taking snuff | European School | £200–£300 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Furse | Early sketch for the Skin of our Teeth | $1,092 | Sotheby's, Sep 2017 | |
| Roger Furse | Archway and Statue | Sotheby's, Sep 2017 | ||
| Roger Furse | A Grecian temple | Christie's, Dec 2009 | ||
| Cecil Beaton | Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Nadia Benois | Three Landscapes: View of Albi; Landscape with Haystacks; Be | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Roger Furse | ophelia's hill, hamlet | Sotheby's, Sep 2017 | ||
| Cecil Beaton | A design for Midas, circa 1922-23 unframed | Bonhams, May 2025 | ||
| Roger Furse | four drawings, comprising: | Sotheby's, Sep 2017 |
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.