Lot 144 · Sotheby's N08224
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 N08224 · 13 September 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3472978
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Norman Rockwell, mark twain, 'life on the 'mississippi' and 'tom sawyer, detective': a pair of drawings. Sotheby's, 13 Sep 2006, lot 144. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3472978.
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Norman Rockwell, mark twain, 'life on the 'mississippi' and 'tom sawyer, detective': a pair of drawings. Sotheby's, 13 Sep 2006, lot 144. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3472978.
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|---|---|---|---|
| No Chance | Joe Neil Beeler | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| Summer Landscape | Maurice Braun | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Black Mountain Road | Henry Martin Gasser | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Falling Behind | William Moyers | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Mura Lucano | Joseph Stella | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Spring | Anna Mary Robertson "grandma" Moses | $40,000–$60,000 |
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