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Fri, Mar 27, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 237

Continental School

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

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$100 $50
$1,000 $100
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$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
(circa 1665)Portrait of a Gentleman Holding a Book, 1665, unsigned, inscribed at top left "AEtatis Suce 47/Ano Dom: 1665", oil on canvas, 29 x 23 in.; carved and black painted wood frame, 33-1/2 x 27-3/4 in., Provenance: Collection of Laurence and Helen Alspaugh, Greensboro, North Carolina

Condition

linen lined, surface dirt, yellowed varnish, crackle; frame with abrasions and paint loss, broken gilt liner
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