Lot 21 · American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture
The Pick of the Orchard (Picking Apples)
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- Estimate
- $125,000–$175,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, New York · 3 December 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3821749
- Record
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Seymour Joseph Guy, The Pick of the Orchard (Picking Apples). Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 21. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3821749.
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Seymour Joseph Guy, The Pick of the Orchard (Picking Apples). Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 21. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3821749.
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|---|---|---|---|
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