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POSTMAN ON A BIKE
Basil Blackshaw (British, 1932–2016)
€3,600 hammer
≈ $3,812≈ £3,071
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in pencil lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 10 x 8in. (25.40 x 20.32cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (798)
- Date
- November 28, 2016
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 80
- Estimate
- €3,000 – €5,000 (≈ $3,176 – $5,294) (≈ £2,559 – £4,265)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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