Sale 5142
London, South Kensington
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22 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 204
Estimate
Slipping slides ten wood-mounted hand-painted slides showing a man fighting a tiger, a spider in a web, an egg-collector falling into a river, a policeman arresting a clown, an animal biting a man's nose, and other scenes, c. 7 x 4 inches (10)
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