Photo © Toomey & Co. — view this lot on Toomey & Co. ↗The Sandpipers, 1948
Watercolor · Board
Toomey & Co. · Jun 30, 2026$12,800 ≈ £9,682 ≈ €11,234Sign up free to see price
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Boy and Bird
Karl Priebe (American, 1914–1976) · 1950
$2,415 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,704≈ €2,754
Hammer $2,100 · with buyer’s premium $2,415
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolor on artist board”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 20 h x 15 w in (51 x 38 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- The American Scene: Art of the 1930s and 1940s (auctions/2001/05/the-american-scene-art-of-the-1930s-and-1940s)
- Date
- May 15, 2001
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 362
- Estimate
- $1,800 – — (≈ £1,270) (≈ €2,053)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 3, 2026
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