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- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Hip Hop, New York · 15 September 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4851563
- Record
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Tupac Shakur, tupac shakur | autograph letter signed, new york, 1995. Sotheby's, 15 Sep 2020, lot 90. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4851563.
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Tupac Shakur, tupac shakur | autograph letter signed, new york, 1995. Sotheby's, 15 Sep 2020, lot 90. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4851563.
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