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Auction result
'A Prehistoric Tiff'
British School (1701–1800)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £800 – £1,200 (≈ $1,043 – $1,565) (≈ €896 – €1,344)
Offered at Bonhams 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 canvas laid to board”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 56 x 49cm (22 1/16 x 19 5/16in).
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Home and Interiors (24193)
- Date
- July 26, 2017
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 302
- Estimate
- £800 – £1,200 (≈ $1,043 – $1,565) (≈ €896 – €1,344)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Oct 6, 2026
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