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Lot 110
Sale 6417 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Sep 10, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$1,000 -
1,500
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$4,800
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Lot Description
[Children's & Illustrated] [Baum, L. Frank] Quivey, Claude E. Original Portrait Miniature of L. Frank Baum
No place, 1908. Watercolor. Approximately 5 x 4 in. (127 x 102 mm). Signed in bottom right by Claude E. Quivey ("Quivey"). In gilt metal presentation case, engraved on verso, "L. Frank Baum / Age 52 / 1908."; 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 3/8 in. (133 x 108 x 9 mm). In quarter brown morocco and velvet-lined solander box.
A fine portrait miniature of Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum, by American painter Claude E. Quivey (1871-1943).