Lot 23128 · 2005 March FAI Signature Auction
Collier's May 5, 1951, for The Big Idea...
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- Heritage Auctions — 2005 March FAI Signature Auction · 4 March 2005
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- TB-2026-13701885
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Earl Oliver Hurst, Collier's May 5, 1951, for The Big Idea. Heritage Auctions, 4 Mar 2005, lot 23128. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13701885.
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Earl Oliver Hurst, Collier's May 5, 1951, for The Big Idea. Heritage Auctions, 4 Mar 2005, lot 23128. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13701885.
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