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- Estimate
- CHF 6,000–CHF 8,000 hammer ≈ $7,333–$9,778
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Swiss Art, Zurich · 26 November 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3820300
- Record
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Walter Ropélé, rosenbäume, 2003 rose trees, 2003. Sotheby's, 26 Nov 2008, lot 80. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3820300.
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Walter Ropélé, rosenbäume, 2003 rose trees, 2003. Sotheby's, 26 Nov 2008, lot 80. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3820300.
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|---|---|---|---|
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