Sale 3730
New York
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20 May 2015
Price realised
USD 5,250
Estimate
IMPERIAL FAMILY: A POSTCARD SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY GRAND DUCHESSES OLGA NIKOLAEVNA, TATIANA NIKOLAEVNA, MARIA NIKOLAEVNA, AND ANASTASIA NIKOLAEVNA The front with a reproduction of a painting by G. Kapustin, the reverse addressed to Princess Nina Georgievna, with Christmas and New Year's greetings from all four grand duchesses, signed and dated 1915 3 ½ x 5 ½ in.
Provenance
Princess Nina Georgievna Chavchavadze (1901-1974). Prince David Pavlovich Chavchavadze (1924-2014). By descent to the present owner.
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