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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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Pilot on Board
William Frederic Ritschel (American, 1864–1949) · 1921-1925
$137,575 price realized incl. premium
≈ £105,131≈ €121,694
Hammer $110,000 · with buyer’s premium $137,575
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 36 x 40in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and Western Paintings and Sculpture (25296)
- Date
- April 16, 2019
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 13
- Estimate
- $45,000 – $65,000 (≈ £34,388 – £49,671) (≈ €39,805 – €57,497)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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