Historical auction sales results for Vrbova-Stefkova support presale estimates of $1,000-$2,000 for the present lot. Moreover, ballet scenes are widely regarded as her best and most desirable subject matter. If the prospective buyer were to assesses carefully the photographs of the results below, he or she will recognize that scenes depicting one (or at most two) dancers, command less at auction as those that depict multiple dancers. And, what’s more, it is scenes with multiple ballerinas dancing gracefully on a stage that achieve in excess of $1,300 and sometimes in the $2,000-$3,000 range.

Title/Subject: Swan Lake, signed. Oil on board. 16 7/8 in. x 23 3/8 in. Sold for $3,095 on 3/20/2011 at Agra-Art, Warsaw, Poland.

Title/Subject: Balletteuse Schnürt ihre Schuhe, im Hintergrund ein Flügel, signed. Oil on board. 15 3/8 in. x 11 3/8 in. Sold for $783 on 12/2/2010 at Michael Zeller, Lindau, Germany.

Title/Subject: Junge Tänzerin Beim Schnüren der Ballettschuhe, signed. Oil on canvas. 19 5/8 in. x 15 3/4 in. Sold for $732 on 4/24/2010 at Auktionshaus Stahl, Hamburg, Germany.

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Title/Subject: Zwei Ballerinen beim Schuhebinden, signed. Oil on Masonite. 19 5/8 in. x 23 5/8 in. Sold for $838 on 3/23/2010 at Bernd Rieber, Stuttgart, Germany.

Title/Subject: Ballettänzerinnen, signed. Oil on masonite. 20 1/8 in. x 28 in. Sold for $1,349 on 11/28/2009 at Jurgen Fischer, Heilbronn, Germany.

Title/Subject: Title, signed. Oil on canvas. 31 1/2 in. x 27 1/2 in. Sold for $2,950 on 11/28/1999 at Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria.