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Auction result
Storm lashed coast
William Frederic Ritschel (American, 1864–1949)
$116,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £71,675≈ €88,164
Hammer $95,000 · with buyer’s premium $116,500
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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 40 1/4in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and Western Paintings & Sculpture (19976)
- Date
- May 1, 2012
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 40
- Estimate
- $80,000 – $120,000 (≈ £49,219 – £73,828) (≈ €60,542 – €90,813)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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