Sale 3730
New York
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20 May 2015
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Price realised
USD 8,750
Estimate
TSAR NICHOLAS II (1868-1918) Portrait photograph signed in Cyrillic 'Nikolai/1913', shown half length in military uniform, by Boissonnas et Eggler, St. Petersburg, 8¾ x 6¾ in. (222 x 171 mm.), in a later gilt wood and red fabric frame, surmounted by a gilt-metal Imperial crown, signed bottom edge; together with a leather folio with gilt Imperial crown
Provenance
With St. Petersburg Antiques, Paris. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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