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Nocturne
Will Sparks (American, 1862–1937) · 1925
$7,930 price realized incl. premium
≈ £5,414≈ €5,983
Hammer $6,500 · with buyer’s premium $7,930
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on panel”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 10 x 13in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and American Paintings & Sculpture (16947)
- Date
- April 7, 2009
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 43
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £2,731 – £4,097) (≈ €3,018 – €4,527)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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