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9 July 2015

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RESULTS | Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours - London, 7 July 2015

Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours realised £2,499,375/$3,889,027/€3,521,619
London EMEA 9 July 2015

OLD MASTER AND BRITISH DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS

Location, Tuesday, 7 July, Sale 10712

 [All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

 

 

76 lots sold

 

Total: £2,499,375/$3,889,027/€3,521,619

  

 70% sold by lot

108 lots offered

$1.556= £1 / €1.409=£1

91% sold by value

 

Lot  

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

31

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Breda 1525-1569 Brussels), A village with a group of trees and a mule

300,000 - 500,000

£1,082,500

$1,684,370

€1,525,242

Anonymous

102

Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851), The Valley of the Brook at Kidron, Jerusalem (Absalom's Tomb)

120,000 - 180,000

£290,500

$452,018

€409,314

Anonymous

103

David Roberts, R.A. (Stockbridge 1796-1864 London), The Citadel of Jerusalem

40,000 - 60,000

£98,500

$153,266

€138,786

Anonymous

       

 

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Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, third-party financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.

 

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.