Tugboat Annie Takes a Chance, an illustration for Saturday Evening Post
Oil · Canvas
Brunk Auctions · Sep 11, 2025$1,000 ≈ £740 ≈ €856Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
State Fair
Harold von Schmidt (American, 1893–1982)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £1,920 – £3,201) (≈ €2,250 – €3,749)
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”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 24 x 50in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture including Canadian Art (19420)
- Date
- November 29, 2011
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 1118
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £1,920 – £3,201) (≈ €2,250 – €3,749)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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