Lot 42 · Photographs
contact prints album, 1920s
Georgy Zelma · Small oblong album containing 14 pages with 154 vintage silver contact prints
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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $16,970–$25,454
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, London · 7 May 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4257769
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Georgy Zelma, contact prints album, 1920s. Sotheby's, 7 May 2014, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4257769.
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Georgy Zelma, contact prints album, 1920s. Sotheby's, 7 May 2014, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4257769.
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