Lot 71130 · 2015 May 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Beverly Hills
They're Easy To Handle When You Know How, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration preliminary, December
Gil Elvgren · Charcoal, pencil, and gouache on vellum
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2015 May 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Beverly Hills · 14 May 2015
- Dimensions
- 23.75 x 17.25 in. (sheet)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13635415
- Record
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Gil Elvgren, They're Easy To Handle When You Know How, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration preliminary, December. Heritage Auctions, 14 May 2015, lot 71130. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13635415.
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Gil Elvgren, They're Easy To Handle When You Know How, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration preliminary, December. Heritage Auctions, 14 May 2015, lot 71130. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13635415.
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