Christie's 19th-Century American Sale Could Realize $5m

Sanford Robinson Gifford Sunset Over the Palisades on the Hudson (1879) is the highest-value lot announced by Christie's in its '19th Century American and Western Art' auction in New York on January 23.

• Pre-sale low estimates total $5.15m.

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• 110 works are for sale.
• Estimates total: $5.15m (low) and $7.8m (high), excluding premiums.
• 0 lots have undisclosed estimates.

The highest-value lot announced is: Sanford Robinson Gifford, Sunset Over the Palisades on the Hudson (1879), which is estimated to sell for between $1.2m and $1.8m. It has been traded 4 times in the past.

Guaranteed lots

2 works are backed by guarantees, including: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Home of Jeanne D'Arc (1918). It is estimated to sell for between $200,000 and $300,000. It has been traded 4 times in the past.

Withdrawn lots

Works are sometimes withdrawn from a sale, which will affect pre-sale estimates.

Terms and definitions

Guarantees: Sometimes an auction house guarantees to pay a seller for a work, regardless of whether the bidding reaches the reserve price, a figure that is typically confidential.

All figures are accurate at time of publication.