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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $53,108–$79,662
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Art of the Soviet Union, London · 28 November 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4617992
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Semyon Faibisovich, Portrait of Gorbachev. Sotheby's, 28 Nov 2017, lot 319. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4617992.
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Semyon Faibisovich, Portrait of Gorbachev. Sotheby's, 28 Nov 2017, lot 319. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4617992.
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