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Sale Results London, Bond St

Sale L14036 Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale 03 DEC 14

Grand Total:

£53,972,000 ($84,423,002)

Exch Rate:

1.56

Sold by Lot:

83.7%

Lots Offered:

43

Sold by Value:

94.8%

Lots Sold/Unsold:

36 / 7

Lot

Price (GBP)

Estimate (GBP)

Buyer

44

£30,322,500 ($47,430,454, €38,567,303)

£15,000,000 - 20,000,000

Anonymous


JMW Turner, R.A., Rome, from Mount Aventine, oil on canvas
*RECORD FOR ARTIST AT AUCTION*
11 £5,458,500 ($8,538,186, €6,942,687) £5,000,000 - 7,000,000 Anonymous
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Venice, the Piazza San Marco looking east towards the Basilica, oil on canvas
37 £3,442,500 ($5,384,758, €4,378,529) £2,000,000 - 3,000,000 European Private
Adriaen Coorte, Three peaches on a stone ledge with a red admiral butterfly, oil on paper, laid down on panel
*RECORD FOR ARTIST AT AUCTION*
3 £2,602,500 ($4,070,830, €3,310,130) £700,000 - 1,000,000 Johnny van Haeften
Pieter Brueghel the Younger, A village street with peasants dancing, oil on oak panel
35 £1,022,500 ($1,599,394, €1,300,522) £600,000 - 900,000 European Private Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, A still life of flowers, including irises, narcissi, lily-of-the-valley and carnations, in a tall glass vase set on a stone ledge, oil on oak panel
32 £914,500 ($1,430,461, €1,163,156) £600,000 - 800,000 Anonymous Private Collector
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, The Martyrdom of Saint Paul, oil with traces of graphite underdrawing on panel, with a painted arch
38 £722,500 ($1,130,134, €918,950) £400,000 - 600,000 European Private

Willem van de Velde the Younger, The Jupiter and another Dutch ship wrecked on a rocky coast in a gale, oil on canvas

4 £722,500 ($1,130,134, €918,950) £300,000 - 400,000 European Private
Willem van de Velde the Younger, A calm sea with a kaag and a boeier close in to the shore, other ships beyond, oil on canvas
31 £662,500 ($1,036,282, €842,636) £100,000 - 150,000 Anonymous
Jan Cossiers, The Parable of the Prodigal Son, oil on canvas
*RECORD FOR ARTIST AT AUCTION*
6 £602,500 ($942,430, €766,322) £300,000 - 400,000 European Trade
Jan Asselijn, The breach of the Sint Anthonisdijk on the night of 5-6 March 1651, oil on canvas
*RECORD FOR ARTIST AT AUCTION*
20 £602,500 ($942,430, €766,322) £200,000 - 300,000 European Trade
Artemisia Gentileschi, Bathsheba at her bath, oil on canvas

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