Lot 26 · Furniture and Decorative Objects including The Private
This Gun for Hire
This Gun For Hire · Inset with glass eyes and bone teeth
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- Estimate
- $8,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Furniture and Decorative Objects including The Private , London (South Kensington) · 16 October 2001
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5930554
- Record
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This Gun For Hire, THIS GUN FOR HIRE. Christie's, 16 Oct 2001, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5930554.
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This Gun For Hire, THIS GUN FOR HIRE. Christie's, 16 Oct 2001, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5930554.
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