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Auction result
Cotton Picking
William Aiken Walker (American, 1839–1921)
$9,600 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,736≈ €6,960
Hammer $8,000 · with buyer’s premium $9,600
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on panel”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 8 x 4in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and American Paintings and Sculpture (15355)
- Date
- August 7, 2007
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 21
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £1,480 – £2,467) (≈ €2,175 – €3,625)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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