Lot 7 · Sotheby's N08185
Benjamin Franklin and Boy Flying a Kite in a Landscape
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- Estimate
- $3,000–$4,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08185 · 2 March 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3394033
- Record
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John Sherburne Blunt, Benjamin Franklin and Boy Flying a Kite in a Landscape. Sotheby's, 2 Mar 2006, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3394033.
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John Sherburne Blunt, Benjamin Franklin and Boy Flying a Kite in a Landscape. Sotheby's, 2 Mar 2006, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3394033.
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