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Sotheby's Auction Lots Dataset
Sotheby’s auction data: lots from live and online auctions with artist, title, medium, dimensions, signature, provenance, literature, exhibition history, full-resolution images, estimates and realised prices, for art pricing and market research.
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| Lot key | Artist ID | Artist name | Auction house | Currency | Description | Dimensions text | Estimate high | Estimate low | Exhibition history | Extra designation line | Extra departments | Extra starting bid | Extra reserve met | Extra result hidden | Extra condition behind login | Extra auction state | Extra object ids | First seen at | Height cm | Image URL | Last seen at | Lot number | Medium | Provenance | Sale end at | Sale ID | Sale location | Sale number | Sale start at | Sale status | Sale title | Sale type | Signature | Source lot ID | Title | Width cm | Artist birth year | Artist death year | Extra artist life text |
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sothebys:af742158-b5e5-4b42-bac4-d67c9947179c | 6095 | FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY | Sotheby's | USD | PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, JAPAN SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
LA FIDÈLE
bears signature on lower left: Jules Lefebvre
oil on canvas, oval
canvas: 27⅞ by 19⅝ in.; 70.8 by 49.8 cm
framed: 35½ by 27 in.; 90.2 by 68.6 cm | canvas: 27⅞ by 19⅝ in.; 70.8 by 49.8 cm
framed: 35½ by 27 in.; 90.2 by 68.6 cm | 4000 | 2000 | Hempstead, Long Island, Hofstra University, The Emily Lowe Gallery, Art Pompier: Anti-Impressionism: 19th Century French Salon Painting, October-December 1974, no. 63 (as Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Buste de femme, lent by a Private Collection, Long Island, New York) | PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, JAPAN SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE | 19th Century Ptgs, Old Master Drawings, Old Master Paintings | 50 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Closed | 540491 | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 70.8 | https://sothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com/media-desk/3b/6b/efbb6b29430f9b88dd9831a6737c/297n10132-9xhyt-a.jpg | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 67 | oil on canvas, oval | With Schweitzer Gallery, New York, no. 7474;
Private collection, Long Island, New York, by 1974;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 14 January 1977, lot 198 (as Jules Joseph Lefebvre);
Acquired in Nagoya, Japan by the present collector circa 1985 | 2019-10-30T17:11:52.323Z | 3bc79f1f-00a0-49d6-ba92-515375988037 | New York | N10132 | 2019-10-18T16:00:00.000Z | unknown | Old Masters Online | online | bears signature on lower left: Jules Lefebvre | af742158-b5e5-4b42-bac4-d67c9947179c | FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY | LA FIDÈLE | 49.8 | — | — | — |
sothebys:1c6ff721-0b77-445a-b37d-87a7b75644f5 | 7009 | G. BALDONI | Sotheby's | USD | PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF SUSAN S. DILLON SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
G. BALDONI
AN ORGAN-GRINDER WITH MONKEYS AND DOGS
signed lower left: G. Baldoni
oil on canvas, unlined
canvas: 21¼ by 28⅛ in.; 54 by 71.4 cm.
framed: 26 by 32½ in.; 66 by 82.6 cm. | canvas: 21¼ by 28⅛ in.; 54 by 71.4 cm.
framed: 26 by 32½ in.; 66 by 82.6 cm. | 2000 | 1000 | — | PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF SUSAN S. DILLON SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE | 19th Century Ptgs, Old Master Drawings, Old Master Paintings | 50 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Closed | 540492 | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 54 | https://sothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com/media-desk/46/22/760fce7643fc858792411b6dd6f0/258n10132-4c48d-a.jpg | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 66 | oil on canvas, unlined | — | 2019-10-30T17:11:52.323Z | 3bc79f1f-00a0-49d6-ba92-515375988037 | New York | N10132 | 2019-10-18T16:00:00.000Z | unknown | Old Masters Online | online | signed lower left: G. Baldoni | 1c6ff721-0b77-445a-b37d-87a7b75644f5 | G. BALDONI | AN ORGAN-GRINDER WITH MONKEYS AND DOGS | 71.4 | — | — | — |
sothebys:bf7d5fab-76a1-448f-9ab4-ac7e0e1ab779 | 7008 | ELSIE MARIAN HENDERSON | Sotheby's | USD | SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
ELSIE MARIAN HENDERSON
1880 - 1967
FOUR WATERCOLORS, INCLUDING TIGERS, A LION, FROGS AND SWANS
All watercolor over traces of pencil
The smallest: 118 by 136 mm
The largest: 165 by 165 mm
(4) | The smallest: 118 by 136 mm
The largest: 165 by 165 mm | 1200 | 800 | New York, Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., Elsie Henderson: Animal Sketches, 1983, nos. 20, 34, 44 and 48 | SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE | 19th Century Ptgs, Old Master Drawings, Old Master Paintings | 50 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Closed | 540494 | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 11.8 | https://sothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com/media-desk/d3/b0/81b0009b438bb2c21f70c31f69cf/037n10132-b8t8z-a-combined.jpg | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 65 | All watercolor over traces of pencil | With Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York by 1983 | 2019-10-30T17:11:52.323Z | 3bc79f1f-00a0-49d6-ba92-515375988037 | New York | N10132 | 2019-10-18T16:00:00.000Z | unknown | Old Masters Online | online | — | bf7d5fab-76a1-448f-9ab4-ac7e0e1ab779 | ELSIE MARIAN HENDERSON | FOUR WATERCOLORS, INCLUDING TIGERS, A LION, FROGS AND SWANS | 13.6 | 1880 | 1967 | 1880 - 1967 |
sothebys:a3dd0076-05ee-425e-b3fe-ca98e9534219 | 7007 | ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN RUDOLFF FEYERABEND, CALLED LELONG | Sotheby's | USD | PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF SUSAN S. DILLON SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN RUDOLFF FEYERABEND, CALLED LELONG
Basel 1779 - 1814
A) STILL LIFE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
B) STILL LIFE WITH A BIRD CAGE
Both watercolor and gouache
Each: 162 by 214 mm
(2) | Each: 162 by 214 mm | 1200 | 800 | — | PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF SUSAN S. DILLON SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE | 19th Century Ptgs, Old Master Drawings, Old Master Paintings | 50 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Closed | 540518 | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 16.2 | https://sothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com/media-desk/fe/70/8596d0b146549484a6ff25e078d3/283n10132-4c48c-combined.jpg | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 64 | A) STILL LIFE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | — | 2019-10-30T17:11:52.323Z | 3bc79f1f-00a0-49d6-ba92-515375988037 | New York | N10132 | 2019-10-18T16:00:00.000Z | unknown | Old Masters Online | online | — | a3dd0076-05ee-425e-b3fe-ca98e9534219 | ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN RUDOLFF FEYERABEND, CALLED LELONG | A) STILL LIFE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS B) STILL LIFE WITH A BIRD CAGE | 21.4 | 1779 | 1814 | Basel 1779 - 1814 |
sothebys:20f4840c-b678-4807-a983-ceb217f175f2 | 3963 | JOHN NOST SARTORIUS | Sotheby's | USD | PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
JOHN NOST SARTORIUS
London 1759 - 1828
SETTING OUT; TALLY HO!; FULL CRY; AND THE KILL
The first, signed lower center: J.N. Sartorius; the second and third, signed and dated lower right: J.N. Sartorius 1826; the fourth, signed lower right: J.N. Sartorius
a set of four, each oil on canvas
canvas: each 10 by 14 in.; 25.4 by 35.6 cm.
framed: each 13¾ by 17½ in.; 34.9 by 44.5 cm.
(4)
John Nost Sartorius was one of the leading sporting artists of his day, a | canvas: each 10 by 14 in.; 25.4 by 35.6 cm.
framed: each 13¾ by 17½ in.; 34.9 by 44.5 cm. | 15000 | 10000 | — | PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION | 19th Century Ptgs, Old Master Drawings, Old Master Paintings | 9000 | No | Yes | Yes | Closed | 540523 | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 25.4 | https://sothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com/media-desk/94/8c/b7f9ede749a1bfb07198434d9bbf/164n10132-48fbq-a-combined.jpg | 2026-11-01T21:59:46.186Z | 63 | The first, signed lower center: J.N. Sartorius; the second and third, signed and dated lower right: J.N. Sartorius 1826; the fourth, signed lower right: J.N. Sartorius | Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Christie's, 16 November 1990, lot 79;
There acquired. | 2019-10-30T17:11:52.323Z | 3bc79f1f-00a0-49d6-ba92-515375988037 | New York | N10132 | 2019-10-18T16:00:00.000Z | unknown | Old Masters Online | online | — | 20f4840c-b678-4807-a983-ceb217f175f2 | JOHN NOST SARTORIUS | SETTING OUT; TALLY HO!; FULL CRY; AND THE KILL | 35.6 | 1759 | 1828 | London 1759 - 1828 |
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