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11 July 2014

RESULTS: Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale

London EMEA 11 July 2014

Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale

London, 9 July, 1539

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

86 lots sold

Total: £5,417,150/$9,274,161 /€6,798,523

61% sold by lot

142 lots offered

$1.712= £1 / € 1.255=£1

73% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

202

Antonio Zucchi (1726-1795),

Portrait of James Adam (1732-1794), three-quarter-length

WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

30,000 - 50,000

£374,500

$641,144

€469,998

European Trade

163

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640),

The Adoration of the Magi

100,000 - 150,000

£230,500

$394,616

€289,278

European Private

122

Marten Ryckaert (1587-1631),

A rocky landscape with figures by an iron foundry, a river and houses on the bank beyond

200,000 - 300,000

£212,500

$363,800

€266,688

Anonymous

246

Francesco Guardi (1712-1793),

A capriccio of ruined buildings, with cypresses and figures by an arch

150,000 - 250,000

£212,500

$363,800

€266,688

Anonymous

112

Italian School 17

th century, The Twelve Apostles

200,000 - 300,000

£182,500

$312,440

€229,038

UK Trade

206

Thomas Jones (1742-1803),

An extensive landscape with houses seen from the Porta Pia, Rome

20,000 - 30,000

£164,500

$281,624

€206,448

Anonymous

155

David Teniers II (1610-1690),

Saints Anthony Abbot and Paul of Thebes in a rocky landscape, a ruined castle on the hills beyond

50,000 - 80,000

£158,500

$271,352

€198,918

European Private

162

Jan Boeckhorst (c. 1604-1668),

A grey stallion in a landscape

20,000 - 30,000

£158,500

$271,352

€198,918

European Private

200

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1778),

Portrait of James Hay (1726-1778), 15th Earl of Erroll, full-length, in Coronation robes, holding the baton of the Lord High Constable of Scotland

50,000 - 80,000

£158,500

$271,352

€198,918

Anonymous

247

Feodor Mikhailovich Matveev (1758-1826 Rome),

A wooded landscape with shepherds and their flock by a stream; and A rocky wooded landscape with travellers resting by a waterfall

40,000 - 60,000

£158,500

$271,352

€198,918

European Private

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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.