Lot #: 37
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Sewer Tile Bust of a Man, OH origin, Dated 1926, hand-modeled bust of a man wearing a hat with impressed circular eyes and incised eyebrows. Underside with black marker inscription, "BLACK PETE / 1926 / VERN." Provenance: George H. Meyer Collection; acquired from Timothy Hill. Losses to hat. Chipping to proper left ear. H 5 1/2".
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