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- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N07998 · 22 June 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3062013
- Record
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John Sherburne Blunt, Watermelon on a Blue Oblong Platter. Sotheby's, 22 Jun 2004, lot 196. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3062013.
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John Sherburne Blunt, Watermelon on a Blue Oblong Platter. Sotheby's, 22 Jun 2004, lot 196. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3062013.
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|---|---|---|---|
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