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Lot 628 · Important Design

Empire State Building Architectural Base Building Working Drawings

Lamb & Harmon Architects Shreve

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Estimate
$15,000–$20,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Wright — Important Design, Uxbridge · 11 December 2008
Record ID
TB-2026-1921607
Record
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Lamb & Harmon Architects Shreve, Empire State Building Architectural Base Building Working Drawings. Wright, 11 Dec 2008, lot 628. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1921607.

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Lamb & Harmon Architects Shreve, Empire State Building Architectural Base Building Working Drawings. Wright, 11 Dec 2008, lot 628. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1921607.

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