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Sale 105


 
Lot 420

Relics From the Berlin Wall, Mount Rushmore, Great Wall of China, The Roman Coliseum, Grand Coulee Damn, and More. Group includes: a 4 x 3 x ¾" piece of the Roman Coliseum, taken in 1959; two small pieces of the Berlin Wall, each about 2 x 1¾", one with blue paint and the other with red, with small paper with attribution and date (7-4-90); 4 x 10¼ " scaling from Mount Rushmore, with plaque--image of Mount Rushmore has been superimposed on verso; a 2¼ x 3½ x ¾" piece of the Great Wall of China, with image on one side; several fragments of stone taken in 1984 from the Eagles's Nest in Bertechgaden; a 5 x 4½ x 1¾" piece of wood which has a high-relief miniature tomb engraved on one side which proclaims the wood as being from the tomb of Absalom (son of David), but a note with the piece says that it is from a tomb from the Hellenistic period; and three items from Grand Coulee Dam--a 1½ x 2" piece of granite from the diamond drill core, a 4" piece of granite in a wooden base with "Chapter 237 O.E.S.", and a 1967 presentation plaque. Estimate Value $250 - UP

 
Realized $333



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