Lot 51 · American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture
Tom Sawyer (Schoolmaster Flogging Tom Sawyer)
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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, New York · 2 December 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3971571
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Norman Rockwell, Tom Sawyer (Schoolmaster Flogging Tom Sawyer). Sotheby's, 2 Dec 2010, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3971571.
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Norman Rockwell, Tom Sawyer (Schoolmaster Flogging Tom Sawyer). Sotheby's, 2 Dec 2010, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3971571.
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