Lot 100 · Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection
The happy return
Elchanon Verveer · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- €15,000–€20,000 hammer ≈ $19,176–$25,568
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection, New York · 26 October 2004
- Dimensions
- 91 x 126 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5881283
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Elchanon Verveer, The happy return. Christie's, 26 Oct 2004, lot 100. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5881283.
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Elchanon Verveer, The happy return. Christie's, 26 Oct 2004, lot 100. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5881283.
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