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Iegor - Hôtel des Encans · Jun 3, 2026CA$1,000 ≈ $722 ≈ £537 ≈ €621Sign up free to see price
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Light Bulb Breaking
Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903–1990) · 1933
£2,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ $4,305≈ €3,440
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 24.1 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago (UK040314)
- Date
- November 18, 2014
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 15
- Estimate
- £2,500 – £3,500 (≈ $3,914 – $5,479) (≈ €3,127 – €4,378)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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