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Jack-Philippe Ruellan

142 - GRÉVIN (Museum). An intriguing handwritten letter from Gabriel THOMAS, administrator of the Musée Grévin, Paris, January 22, 1929, 1 p., in-8 on letterhead, with an envelope addressed to Marcel Robinson, who questioned the authenticity of the Marat bathtub held in the museum’s collections, following claims by Mr. D’Alméras, who had seen another bathtub supposedly belonging to Marat at a secondhand dealer’s and which was reportedly sold at auction in New York in 1927.

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€30 - 40

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GRÉVIN (Museum). An intriguing handwritten letter from Gabriel THOMAS, administrator of the Musée Grévin, Paris, January 22, 1929, 1 p., in-8 on letterhead, with an envelope addressed to Marcel Robinson, who questioned the authenticity of the Marat bathtub held in the museum’s collections, following claims by Mr. D’Alméras, who had seen another bathtub supposedly belonging to Marat at a secondhand dealer’s and which was reportedly sold at auction in New York in 1927.

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Books & Documents
Saturday, November 28
10:00 AM
8, rue du docteur Joseph-Audic, zone d'activités du Ténénio
56001 Vannes, France

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On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 23,000 lots published

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