Lot 87118 · 2010 February Signature Illustration Art Auction
Black Book Detective, pulp cover, August
Rafael De Soto · Oil on canvas
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- Heritage Auctions — 2010 February Signature Illustration Art Auction · 18 February 2010
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- TB-2026-13674523
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Rafael De Soto, Black Book Detective, pulp cover, August. Heritage Auctions, 18 Feb 2010, lot 87118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13674523.
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Rafael De Soto, Black Book Detective, pulp cover, August. Heritage Auctions, 18 Feb 2010, lot 87118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13674523.
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From the same sale 2010 February Signature Illustration Art Auction · Feb 2010
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