Sale 3280
London, South Kensington
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6 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 625
Estimate
Harry Hargreaves (1922-2004) A selection of London Dolly Birds including Vulgar Woodchat, Domesticated Belgravia Pipit and King's Road Auk, on four sheets (one illustrated) all variously signed 'HARGREAVES' and variously inscribed with species and habitat pen and black ink, one heightened with white, unframed 12 1/8 x 15 in. (30.8 x 38.2 cm.); and smaller Sold with a copy of Life Magazine (4)
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Life Atlantic, London, 20 March 1967, pp 66-67.
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