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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,887–$2,830
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's W06704 · 14 September 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3474554
- Record
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Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples, A Venetian Flirtation. Sotheby's, 14 Sep 2006, lot 115. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3474554.
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Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples, A Venetian Flirtation. Sotheby's, 14 Sep 2006, lot 115. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3474554.
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