Lot 144 · Sotheby's N01768
mark twain, 'life on the 'mississippi' and 'tom sawyer, detective': a pair of drawings
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- Estimate
- $12,000–$16,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N01768 · 16 September 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3292464
- Record
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Norman Rockwell, mark twain, 'life on the 'mississippi' and 'tom sawyer, detective': a pair of drawings. Sotheby's, 16 Sep 2005, lot 144. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3292464.
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Norman Rockwell, mark twain, 'life on the 'mississippi' and 'tom sawyer, detective': a pair of drawings. Sotheby's, 16 Sep 2005, lot 144. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3292464.
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