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Etching
Michaan's Auctions · Sep 17, 2021$4,800 ≈ £3,478 ≈ €4,075Sign up free to see price
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Hippopotamus
Sargent Claude Johnson (American, 1887–1967) · 1939
$19,063 price realized incl. premium
≈ £13,497≈ €15,621
Hammer $15,000 · with buyer’s premium $19,063
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “glazed ceramic”
- Category
- Ceramics & studio pottery
- Dimensions
- 6 1/2in high (16.5cm high), on a 2in high (5.1cm high) semi-gloss rosewood base
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- American Art (26628)
- Date
- May 20, 2021
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 1
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $25,000 (≈ £10,620 – £17,700) (≈ €12,292 – €20,487)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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