Lot 37 · Photographs
"Hullo, old chap, you look as if you'd had sport! In at the kill?" "Well, no. I was in at the ditch and in at the river. We can't expect to be in everywhere."
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- Estimate
- £25–£200 hammer ≈ $40–$322
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs , New York · 17 December 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6454495
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Philip William May, "Hullo, old chap, you look as if you'd had sport! In at the kill?" "Well, no. I was in at the ditch and in at the river. We can't expect to be in everywhere.". Christie's, 17 Dec 1999, lot 37. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6454495.
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Philip William May, "Hullo, old chap, you look as if you'd had sport! In at the kill?" "Well, no. I was in at the ditch and in at the river. We can't expect to be in everywhere.". Christie's, 17 Dec 1999, lot 37. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6454495.
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|---|---|---|---|
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