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Auction result
Melancholy
Frank Spears (British, 1906–1991)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000 (≈ $413 – $619) (≈ £339 – £509) (≈ €392 – €588)
Offered at Strauss & Co 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 board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 59,5 by 37cm excluding frame; 74 by 51,5 by 5,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern and Contemporary Art (270)
- Date
- October 9, 2023
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 98
- Estimate
- ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000 (≈ $413 – $619) (≈ £339 – £509) (≈ €392 – €588)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2023 and 2024 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Oct 9, 2023 · Strauss & Co this result
Modern and Contemporary Art, lot 98
Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000
As catalogued
Frank Spears, “Melancholy”
oil on board
59,5 by 37cm excluding frame; 74 by 51,5 by 5,5cm including frame
Apr 15, 2024 · Strauss & Co
April Art, lot 332
Sold ZAR 7,035Sign up to see · est. ZAR 6,000 – ZAR 9,000
As catalogued
Frank Spears, “Melancholy”
oil on board
59,5 by 37cm excluding frame; 74 by 51,5 by 5,5cm including frame
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). 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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