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Lot 125 · Important Watches including Property from an Important European Collection

An aerial torpedo attack on a German capital ship

George Horace Davis

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Estimate
$2,000–$4,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Important Watches including Property from an Important European Collection, Geneva · 10 February 2004
Record ID
TB-2026-4286347
Record
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George Horace Davis, An aerial torpedo attack on a German capital ship. Christie's, 10 Feb 2004, lot 125. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4286347.

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George Horace Davis, An aerial torpedo attack on a German capital ship. Christie's, 10 Feb 2004, lot 125. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4286347.

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