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Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 342

Paul Desmond Brown

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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(New York/Minnesota, 1893-1958) First Time Round at Valentine's-hrand National 1928, signed lower right "Paul Brown" and inscribed "Valentines' 1st Time, Aintree 1928" and inscribed across bottom from left to right: "May King -fell next jump 2nd round", "Great Span whose saddle turned next to last jump. Horse did not fall.", "Billy" (Billy Barton was ridden by T.B. Cullihan.), "Magnelonne fell next jump 2nd time around", "The Ace Fell next Jump", crayon and gouache on paper on card with Greatorex label, 19-3/8 x 29 in.; gilt wood frame, toning, some minor loss to gold powder on jockey's colors far left; frame with separations at corners, abrasions. Provenance: With Arthur Greatorex, Ltd., London; with The Newman Galleries, Philadelphia; purchased Saratoga Sporting Art Sale, August 11, 1996; The Estate of the late John and Martha Daniels, Camden, South Carolina

Condition

toning, some minor loss to gold powder on jockey's colors far left; frame with separations at corners, abrasions