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Devil's Playground
John Frost (American, 1890–1937)
$61,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £36,709≈ €40,754
Hammer $50,000 · with buyer’s premium $61,000
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 26 x 30in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and American Paintings and Sculpture (17538)
- Date
- November 23, 2009
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 108
- Estimate
- $60,000 – $80,000 (≈ £36,108 – £48,143) (≈ €40,086 – €53,447)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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