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Lot# 3049 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 3049 Bahamas

    Engraved by Perkins Bacon 1859 (June 10): Perkins Bacon completed Die Proof on India paper affixed to card (50 x 60 mm.), extremely fine and rare. The finest of the two recorded, the other, ex Morris Luddington, being stained. An exquisite Proof for the connoisseur.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 21-22 Oct 2004, lot 2489; Collection 'Abaco', Grosvenor, London, 11 June 2010, lot 43.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF