Lot 23263 · 2005 March FAI Signature Auction
Most likely published as a magazine cover or advertisement.
Verne Tossey · Gouac...
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- Heritage Auctions — 2005 March FAI Signature Auction · 4 March 2005
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- TB-2026-13702018
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Verne Tossey, Most likely published as a magazine cover or advertisement. Heritage Auctions, 4 Mar 2005, lot 23263. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13702018.
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Verne Tossey, Most likely published as a magazine cover or advertisement. Heritage Auctions, 4 Mar 2005, lot 23263. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13702018.
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