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- Estimate
- $15,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 15 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3796175
- Record
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Dr. Dain L. Tasker, 'x-ray of a lily'. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2008, lot 80. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3796175.
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Dr. Dain L. Tasker, 'x-ray of a lily'. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2008, lot 80. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3796175.
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