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Lot 234 · Fine Literature, Featuring Two Private Collections

The Plant: the opening segment of an ongoing work. Bangor, ME: Philtrum Press, 1982.

King, Stephen. B. 1947.

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$4,000–$6,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Bonhams — Fine Literature, Featuring Two Private Collections, New York · 5 December 2019
Record ID
TB-2026-831217
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King, Stephen. B. 1947., The Plant: the opening segment of an ongoing work. Bangor, ME: Philtrum Press, 1982. Bonhams, 5 Dec 2019, lot 234. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-831217.

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King, Stephen. B. 1947., The Plant: the opening segment of an ongoing work. Bangor, ME: Philtrum Press, 1982. Bonhams, 5 Dec 2019, lot 234. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-831217.

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