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Oil · Canvas
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2026$28,160 ≈ £20,844 ≈ €24,064Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Self-Portrait
James Valerio (American, b. 1938) · 1981
$6,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,041≈ €4,778
Hammer $5,000 · with buyer’s premium $6,250
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 92 h x 71¾ w in (234 x 182 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Living Contemporary (auctions/2013/04/living-contemporary)
- Date
- April 25, 2013
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 223
- Estimate
- $10,000 – — (≈ £6,466) (≈ €7,645)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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