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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Eclectic | New York, New York · 4 August 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4948102
- Record
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John Francis, John F. Francis, Portrait of Joseph Ritner. Sotheby's, 4 Aug 2021, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4948102.
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John Francis, John F. Francis, Portrait of Joseph Ritner. Sotheby's, 4 Aug 2021, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4948102.
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