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Watercolor · Paper
Bonhams · May 5, 2022$10,838 ≈ £8,736 ≈ €10,255Sign up free to see price
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Benjamin Walter Spiers (British, 1845–1894) · 2011-2012
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £12,000 – £18,000 (≈ $15,192 – $22,788) (≈ €13,981 – €20,972)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'Ben Spiers' on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 91.7 x 66.8 cm (36 1/8 x 26 1/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century to Now (UK010423)
- Date
- June 30, 2023
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 105
- Estimate
- £12,000 – £18,000 (≈ $15,192 – $22,788) (≈ €13,981 – €20,972)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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