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30 October 2014

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Results: Topographical Pictures

London EMEA 30 October 2014

Topographical Pictures

London, Thursday, 30 October 2014, Sale 10235

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

41 lots sold

Total: £1,255,625 /$2,005,233 /€1,590,877

     65% sold by lot

63 lots offered

$ 1.597= £1 / € 1.267=£1

    84% sold by value

Lot  

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

 

60

 

Félix-Émile Taunay (1795-1881), La Barre de Rio de Janeiro

200,000 – 300,000

£218,500

$348,945

€276,840

Anonymous

 

62

 

Jean Leon Pallière (1823-1887), A caravan of gauchos and their wagons crossing the Pampas, Argentina

60,000 - 80,000

£146,500

$233,961

€185,616

Anonymous

 

5

 

Captain The Hon. Foley Charles Prendergast Vereker, R.N. (1850-1900), The surveying voyage of HMS Myrmidon, North West Australia, April 1888 – January 1889

60,000 - 80,000

£122,500

$195,633

€155,208

Anonymous

       

 

 

 

Nicholas Lambourn, Head of Topographical Pictures, commented: “We were very pleased with our top three prices for important early views of Brazil, Argentina and Australia, led by Taunay’s recently discovered view of Rio de Janeiro. The sale attracted interest from around the world, with buyers emerging from Trinidad and Brazil, Australia and South Africa, Singapore and India, Argentina and the Philippines. We look forward to developing an extended programme of sales in London in this category in 2015”

 

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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, 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.