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Monumental comb
$219 price realized incl. premium
≈ £181≈ €216
Hammer $175 · with buyer’s premium $219
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “carved wood”
- Support
- Panel
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 20 h x 6½ w x 1 d in (51 x 17 x 3 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Essential Design (auctions/2022/07/essential-design)
- Date
- July 28, 2022
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 314
- Estimate
- $200 – — (≈ £165) (≈ €198)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 13, 2026
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