Sale 2396
New York
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7 October 2010
Price realised
USD 15,000
Estimate
JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892) 164. Louksor. Bas rel[ief] (Palais de ...), [1843-1844] daguerreotype titled and numbered in ink on a label (affixed to verso) 7½ x 4¾in. (19 x 12cm.)
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