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Premier Auctions | Session III

Sat, Dec 5, 2020 09:00AM EST
Lot 581

Attributed to John Flaxman

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
(British, 1755-1826)Profile Wax Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, polychrome wax with impressed mark with several indecipherable letters under right shoulder, printed paper label verso, "America" over handwritten "Benjamin Franklin", possibly original painted molded frame, 6-1/4 x 5-1/4 in.ÿ - Provenance: John Walton, Inc. New York; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Condition

discoloration to painted details especially along nose profile, surface dirt layer to interior of glass, separations and abrasions to frame
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