Lot 82 · Photographs
"There! I knew nobody would be silly enough to burn old tramcars.."
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- Estimate
- £500–£700 hammer ≈ $805–$1,128
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs , New York · 17 December 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6454522
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rowland Emett, "There! I knew nobody would be silly enough to burn old tramcars..". Christie's, 17 Dec 1999, lot 82. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6454522.
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Rowland Emett, "There! I knew nobody would be silly enough to burn old tramcars..". Christie's, 17 Dec 1999, lot 82. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6454522.
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