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Sculpture
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 12, 2025$7,920 ≈ £5,919 ≈ €6,751Sign up free to see priceAfter the artist
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An Athlete Wrestling a Python
Frederic Leighton (British, 1830–1896)
$75,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £56,029≈ €67,204
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “bronze with dark brown patina”
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- overall height: 20 1/2 inches
- Auction house
- Capsule Auctions
- Sale
- New Day Rising (new-day-rising-2022-01-27)
- Date
- January 27, 2022
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Lot
- 20
- Estimate
- $50,000 – $80,000 (≈ £37,352 – £59,764) (≈ €44,803 – €71,685)
- Source
- Auction house capsuleauctions.com ↗Retrieved Oct 12, 2026
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