Daily Painting No. 2022
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Melon de Cavaillon
Won by an anonymous bidder in United States
Winning bid: $451.00
Auction closed Fri, Aug 2, 2013 10:00 PM CEST.
Daily Painting No. 2022
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Won by an anonymous bidder in United States
Winning bid: $451.00
Auction closed Fri, Aug 2, 2013 10:00 PM CEST.
“Melons from Cavaillon owe their renown to the 19th-century railroads (and the ease with which they could be transported to Paris). Alexandre Dumas gave an entire set of his novels to the library in Cavaillon in exchange for 12 melons a year, which were dutifully provided by the town until his death in 1870.”