Sale 1971
New York
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4 - 5 March 2008
Price realised
USD 625
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A SPANISH COLONIAL POLYCHROME-PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A SAINT, 19TH CENTURY, on a later stand 21in. (53.5cm.) high
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