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Oil · Board
Sloans & Kenyon · Nov 13, 2009$1,500 ≈ £899 ≈ €1,009Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
The Blacksmith
James Augustus McLean (American, 1904–1989)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $2,500 – $3,500 (≈ £1,712 – £2,396) (≈ €1,889 – €2,645)
Offered at Sloans & Kenyon 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 3 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 48 in. x 60 in
- Auction house
- Sloans & Kenyon
- Sale
- Three-day Estate Catalogue Auction (42)
- Date
- April 24, 2009
- Location
- Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
- Lot
- 1391
- Estimate
- $2,500 – $3,500 (≈ £1,712 – £2,396) (≈ €1,889 – €2,645)
- Source
- Auction house sloansandkenyon.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered 3 times between 2007 and 2009 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 2
Apr 22, 2007 · Sloans & Kenyon
April Estate Catalogue Auction, lot 1303
Bought in / unsold · est. $3,000 – $5,000
As catalogued
James Augustus McLean, “The Blacksmith”
Oil on board
48 in. x 60 in
Apr 24, 2009 · Sloans & Kenyon this result
Three-day Estate Catalogue Auction, lot 1391
Bought in / unsold · est. $2,500 – $3,500
As catalogued
James Augustus McLean, “The Blacksmith”
Oil on board
48 in. x 60 in
Nov 13, 2009 · Sloans & Kenyon
5th Annual Auction of Americana and More, lot 1411
Sold $1,500Sign up to see · est. $2,000 – $3,000
As catalogued
James Augustus McLean, “The Blacksmith”
Oil on board
48 in. x 60 in
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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