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Lot 50 · 20th Century Design

An Important and Extremely Rare Cocktail Shaker

Paul Lobel

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Estimate
$30,000–$40,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — 20th Century Design, New York · 15 December 2012
Record ID
TB-2026-4137414
Record
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Paul Lobel, An Important and Extremely Rare Cocktail Shaker. Sotheby's, 15 Dec 2012, lot 50. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4137414.

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