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Auction result
THE OLD ORCHARD
Basil Blackshaw (British, 1932–2016) · 1956
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate €15,000 – €20,000 (≈ $16,332 – $21,776) (≈ £11,787 – £15,716)
Offered at Whyte's and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed on Arts Council of Northern Ireland label on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 18½ x 28½in. (46.99 x 72.39cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART (786)
- Date
- February 29, 2016
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 43
- Estimate
- €15,000 – €20,000 (≈ $16,332 – $21,776) (≈ £11,787 – £15,716)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2016 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Feb 29, 2016 · Whyte's this result
IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART, lot 43
Bought in / unsold · est. €15,000 – €20,000
As catalogued
Basil Blackshaw, “THE OLD ORCHARD”, 1956
oil on canvas
18½ x 28½in. (46.99 x 72.39cm)
Nov 28, 2016 · Whyte's
Important Irish Art, lot 62
Bought in / unsold · est. €10,000 – €15,000
As catalogued
Basil Blackshaw, “THE OLD ORCHARD”, 1956
oil on canvas
18½ x 28½in. (46.99 x 72.39cm)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 93%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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