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Auction result
The Bat
Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905–1985) · 1940
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $1,000 – $2,000 (≈ £655 – £1,311) (≈ €767 – €1,534)
Offered at Bonhams and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Ferrotyped gelatin silver print, mounted on Crescent Illustration board, probably printed late 1950s-early 1960s”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 13 1/2 x 10 3/4in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Period Art & Design (20985)
- Date
- June 30, 2013
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 5148
- Estimate
- $1,000 – $2,000 (≈ £655 – £1,311) (≈ €767 – €1,534)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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