Photo © Circle Auction — view this lot on Circle Auction ↗Edge of Town, 1938
Lithograph · ed. edition of 250
Circle Auction · Aug 22, 2026$3,900 ≈ £2,856 ≈ €3,334Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Old Man Reading
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $1,500 – $2,500 (≈ £1,166 – £1,943) (≈ €1,281 – €2,135)
Offered at James D. Julia and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Lithograph”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in pencil lower right
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- Plate: 9-7/8" x 12". Overall: 17-3/4" x 21-3/4"
- Auction house
- James D. Julia
- Sale
- Annual Summer Fine Art, Asian & Antiques Auction (annual-summer-fine-art-asian-antiques-auction/?session=1)
- Date
- August 16, 2017
- Location
- Fairfield, Maine
- Lot
- 1235
- Estimate
- $1,500 – $2,500 (≈ £1,166 – £1,943) (≈ €1,281 – €2,135)
- Source
- Auction house jamesdjulia.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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