Sale 4027
Paris
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28 - 29 April 2015
Price realised
EUR 2,750
Estimate
GEORGES COLIN (1876-1917) ICARE OU LA CONQUÊTE DE L'AIR, MASCOTTE SUR SON BOUCHON POUR LES AUTOMOBILES FARMAN, VERS 1921-1925 En bronze argenté. Hauteur: 19 cm. (7 ½ in.) Signée Georges Colin et portant les inscriptions CONTENOT & LELIEVRE 24 et 3361 et une pastille Syndicat des fabricants de bronze 1818 Unis France
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'ICARE OU LA CONQUETE DE L'AIR', A SILVERED BRONZE CAR MASCOT BY GEORGES COLIN, CIRCA 1921-1925
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