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Lot 502 · L13313

"now, your lordship if you wouldn't mind pressing the trigger"

Graham Laidler

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Estimate
£600–£900 hammer ≈ $910–$1,364
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — L13313, London · 21 March 2013
Record ID
TB-2026-4152887
Record
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Graham Laidler, "now, your lordship if you wouldn't mind pressing the trigger". Sotheby's, 21 Mar 2013, lot 502. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4152887.

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portrait of Jack Nicola Hicks £3,000–£4,000
Langham-on-the-Stour £15,000–£20,000
Alciston and Firle Beacon, Sussex Frank Wootton £1,500–£2,000

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