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- Estimate
- $700,000–$1,000,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08165 · 15 February 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3386891
- Record
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Edward Steichen, 'the pond -- moonlight'. Sotheby's, 15 Feb 2006, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3386891.
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Edward Steichen, 'the pond -- moonlight'. Sotheby's, 15 Feb 2006, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3386891.
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