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Oil · Board
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Auction result
An idle hour
Paolo Mei (Italian, 1831–1900)
$3,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,361≈ €2,815
Hammer $3,000 · with buyer’s premium $3,750
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on panel”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 14 1/2 x 10 1/2in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Period Art & Design, San Francisco (20893)
- Date
- January 20, 2013
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 3050
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £1,889 – £3,149) (≈ €2,252 – €3,753)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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