Lot 64 · Cameras and Photographic Equipment
An architectural fantasy: the entrance to a palace with a monumental staircase by a fountain
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- Estimate
- $120,000–$180,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, London (South Kensington) · 24 January 2001
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6058010
- Record
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, An architectural fantasy: the entrance to a palace with a monumental staircase by a fountain. Christie's, 24 Jan 2001, lot 64. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6058010.
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, An architectural fantasy: the entrance to a palace with a monumental staircase by a fountain. Christie's, 24 Jan 2001, lot 64. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6058010.
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