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Auction result
Sharing a secret
Charles Baxter (British, 1809–1879)
£768 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,012≈ €871
Hammer £600 · with buyer’s premium £768
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 72 x 54cm (28 3/8 x 21 1/4in).
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Discovery Sale (31073)
- Date
- November 13, 2025
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 32
- Estimate
- £600 – £800 (≈ $791 – $1,054) (≈ €680 – €907)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2025 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Sep 23, 2025 · Bonhams
Home & Interiors, lot 24
Bought in / unsold · est. £800 – £1,200
As catalogued
Charles Baxter, “Sharing a secret”
oil on canvas
72 x 54cm (28 3/8 x 21 1/4in).
Nov 13, 2025 · Bonhams this result
Discovery Sale, lot 32
Sold £768Sign up to see · est. £600 – £800
As catalogued
Charles Baxter, “Sharing a secret”
oil on canvas
72 x 54cm (28 3/8 x 21 1/4in).
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