Man Holding Possum
Oil · Canvas
Brunk Auctions · May 18, 2019$42,000 ≈ £32,931 ≈ €37,594Sign up free to see priceImage courtesy Brunk Auctions
Auction result
Still Life with Grapefruit
Caroline Compton (Mississippi, 1907–1987)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $1,500 – $2,500 (≈ £1,176 – £1,960) (≈ €1,343 – €2,238)
Offered at Brunk Auctions 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 board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 14-1/4 x 16-3/4 in.
- Auction house
- Brunk Auctions
- Sale
- Premier Auction | Session III (4102)
- Date
- May 18, 2019
- Lot
- 1751
- Estimate
- $1,500 – $2,500 (≈ £1,176 – £1,960) (≈ €1,343 – €2,238)
- Source
- Auction house live.brunkauctions.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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