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Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath brings George Stubbs into the elite circle of Old Master artists whose work has sold for over £20 million.
George Stubbs, A.R.A. (Liverpool 1724-1806 London)
Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a trainer, a jockey and a stable lad
Estimate £20,000,000–30,000,000
Sold for £22,441,250 ($35,906,000)
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The most impressive female full-length portrait to appear at auction in a generation achieved a new world record for Thomas Gainsborough.
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury, Suffolk 1727-1788 London)
Portrait of Mrs. William Villebois, full-length, in masquerade dress, with a blue gown and a lace-edged satin skirt, holding a diaphanous wrap, beside a pilaster
Estimate £4,000,000–6,000,000
Sold for £6,537,250 ($10,459,600)
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This ethereal picture by the most important Dutch marine painter of the first half of the 17th century sold for over three times its estimate.
Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger (Rotterdam 1600/1-1653 Weesp)
Dutch frigates exchanging salutes in a calm, with yachts, a rowing boat, a sloop carrying personnel, and fishermen on the shore
Estimate £400,000–600,000
Sold for £1,553,250 ($2,485,200)
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