Lot 55 · Photographs
'"starvo", for the end of the game', 1972-4'"starvo", for the end of the game', 1984'"ritz" safaris, with the peace corpse', 1965
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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $13,013–$19,519
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, London · 19 May 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4566590
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Peter Beard, '"starvo", for the end of the game', 1972-4'"starvo", for the end of the game', 1984'"ritz" safaris, with the peace corpse', 1965. Sotheby's, 19 May 2017, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4566590.
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Peter Beard, '"starvo", for the end of the game', 1972-4'"starvo", for the end of the game', 1984'"ritz" safaris, with the peace corpse', 1965. Sotheby's, 19 May 2017, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4566590.
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