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Balancing acrobats with key
Ronald Ferns (British, 1925–1997)
£320 hammer
≈ $424≈ €369
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 41 x 27cm, unframed
- Auction house
- Sworders
- Sale
- Modern and Contemporary Art (1293)
- Date
- March 31, 2026
- Location
- Stansted Mountfitchet, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 225
- Estimate
- £300 – £400 (≈ $397 – $530) (≈ €346 – €461)
- Source
- Auction house sworder.co.uk ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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