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Mel Fillerup, oil on canvas
Currency:USD
Category:Collectibles
Start Price:100.00 USD
Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
SOLD
100.00USD+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2026 Mar 20 @ 14:51UTC-06:00 : CST/MDT
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Mel Fillerup (1924-2010) Mother and Daughter 16" x 12" oil on canvas Signed lower left Verso: 11th Annual AICA Exhibition and Sale tag. Titled. $600-900 Provenance: Private Collection, Mountain Center, CA.
Auction Location:
500 1st Avenue South, Great Falls, Montana, 59401, United States
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March 19: 9am-5pm
March 20: 9am-5pm
March 21: 9am-11am
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