Lot 51 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Session II
An elegant couple counting money by candlelight, at a stone niche
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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Session II, New York · 6 November 2000
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6339127
- Record
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Michiel Versteegh, An elegant couple counting money by candlelight, at a stone niche. Christie's, 6 Nov 2000, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6339127.
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Michiel Versteegh, An elegant couple counting money by candlelight, at a stone niche. Christie's, 6 Nov 2000, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6339127.
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