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Auction result
A nesting goose
Archibald Thorburn (British, 1860–1935)
£2,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,955≈ €2,664
Hammer £1,800 · with buyer’s premium £2,250
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour on blue paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 24cm x 33cm (9.5in x 13in)
- Auction house
- Lyon & Turnbull
- Sale
- Scottish Paintings (584)
- Date
- December 5, 2019
- Lot
- 69
- Estimate
- £1,000 – £1,500 (≈ $1,313 – $1,970) (≈ €1,184 – €1,776)
- Source
- Auction house lyonandturnbull.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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