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Oil · Canvas
Rago Auctions · Nov 20, 2025$60,960 ≈ £46,670 ≈ €52,944Sign up free to see price
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Flying Cloud
William Frederic Ritschel (American, 1864–1949)
$35,850 price realized incl. premium
≈ £18,397≈ €27,206
Hammer $30,000 · with buyer’s premium $35,850
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 30 1/4 x 36 1/4in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and American Paintings & Sculpture (14048)
- Date
- December 11, 2006
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 171
- Estimate
- $25,000 – $35,000 (≈ £12,829 – £17,961) (≈ €18,972 – €26,561)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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