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Tall Rebar teapot
Peter Shire (American, b. 1947) · 1981
$3,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,102≈ €2,485
Hammer $2,600 · with buyer’s premium $3,250
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “glazed stoneware, enameled rebar, steel wire”
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 15½ h x 7 w x 14½ d in (39 x 18 x 37 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Living Contemporary (auctions/2013/04/living-contemporary)
- Date
- April 25, 2013
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 192
- Estimate
- $3,000 – — (≈ £1,940) (≈ €2,294)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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