Lot 465 · Christie's Interiors
Versuvian Boy, Buy a box sir!
Henry Turner Munns · oil on canvas, framed oval
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,696–$2,545
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Christie's Interiors, London (South Kensington) · 19 November 2003
- Dimensions
- 23 7/8 x 19¾ in. (60.7 x 50.2 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4521062
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Henry Turner Munns, Versuvian Boy, Buy a box sir!. Christie's, 19 Nov 2003, lot 465. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4521062.
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Henry Turner Munns, Versuvian Boy, Buy a box sir!. Christie's, 19 Nov 2003, lot 465. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4521062.
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