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Dead Hero
Tom Phillips (British, 1937–2022)
£100 hammer
≈ $127≈ €117
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 59cm x 120cm
- Auction house
- Chorley's
- Sale
- The May Auctions 2024 (112)
- Date
- May 21, 2024
- Location
- Prinknash Abbey Park, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 100
- Estimate
- £100 – £150 (≈ $127 – $191) (≈ €117 – €176)
- Source
- Auction house chorleys.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered 3 times between 2023 and 2024 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 2
Nov 21, 2023 · Chorley's
Modern Art & Design, lot 379
Bought in / unsold · est. £1,000 – £2,000
As catalogued
Tom Phillips, “Dead Hero”
oil on board
59cm x 120cm
Feb 6, 2024 · Chorley's
Fine Art & Antiques including Marine Paintings, lot 560
Bought in / unsold · est. £400 – £600
As catalogued
Tom Phillips, “Dead Hero”
oil on board
59cm x 120cm
May 21, 2024 · Chorley's this result
The May Auctions 2024, lot 100
Sold £100Sign up to see · est. £100 – £150
As catalogued
Tom Phillips, “Dead Hero”
oil on board
59cm x 120cm
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