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Description: | Auctioneer Mr Peter Wilson, a director of Sotheby's, led the sale of 35 paintings owned by writer Somerset Maugham. Potential bidders, celebrities and the media crowded into the room for the auction; Art critic Douglas Cooper and ex-president of the Royal Academy Gerald Kelly were also there.
Within around 50 minutes, the auction took ��523,880. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | �� Henry Grant Collection/Museum of London | Subjects: | work Identity and Icons Art and Design | Temporal: | 1962-04-10 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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