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Oil
Grisebach · Nov 30, 2023€190,500 ≈ $208,236 ≈ £164,535Sign up free to see price
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Der Bahnwärter
Albert Birkle (German, 1900–1986) · 1927
€824,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $923,704≈ £745,765
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on card”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 103 x 71.5 cm
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 1155 Modern and Contemporary Art -Evening Sale (1155-1)
- Date
- June 19, 2020
- Location
- 19.06.2020 18:00, Cologne
- Lot
- 3
- Estimate
- €80,000 – €100,000 (≈ $89,680 – $112,100) (≈ £72,404 – £90,505)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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