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DALLAS - A work of profound national pride and historical importance, Edward S. Curtis’ The North American Indian is expected to bring $900,000+ when it makes its auction debut Dec. 11 at Heritage’s Political, Western Legends & Americana Memorabilia Signature® Auction.
December 2, 2012 (Philadelphia, Pa) - Discovery and exploration are prevalent themes of Hudson River school artists and of today's auction, Fine American & European Paintings & Sculpture, at Freeman's. The top lot, Asher B. Durand's (1796-1886) ethereal painting simply titled "…
New York, NY - For more than a century, stunningly graphic posters have been created to promote extraordinary performances by the world's great magicians. Though extremely rare by comparison to posters created to promote motion pictures or warn of war, there have been a sufficient number of magic…
New York - On December 7, Christie's New York will present two sales offering The Derrydale Press Books from the Le Vivier Library and Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana, which includes over 200 works including two important Revolutionary War maps, an important letter by…
DALLAS - A trove of letters from an officer among the first on the scene to identify bodies following Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s crushing 1876 defeat at Little Big Horn is expected to bring $75,000+ in Heritage’s $2.2 million Political, Western Legends & Americana Memorabilia Signature®…
Holabird-Kagin Americana is proud to announce the sale of two historically significant letters. The first portion of this lot discusses the 1857 wreck of the SS Central America, often called "The Ship of Gold," a 280-foot ship with over 550 passengers and crew and a cargo of $3 million in gold (the…
“Which works by American writers should world leaders read to help them gain a better understanding of America?” That is the question posed last May to 38 contemporary American writers and the reading public in the first online exhibition of the future American Writers Museum®. The exhibit,…
New York—Bonhams is pleased to offer a selection of rare items of the Canadian author L.M. Montgomery at its December 4 Fine Books sale in New York. Montgomery is best known for her 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables introducing Anne Shirley, an orphan sent to live on Prince Edward Island with a…
New York—On Tuesday, December 11 Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of Fine Photographs & Photobooks that ranges from early issues of Camera Work and views of New York City to glamour girl portraits and police mug-shot albums, to edgy…
Fairfield, Maine, November 26, 2012 — James D. Julia, Inc., one of the nation's top ten antique auction houses, has just unveiled several innovative technologies in association with their November 28th and 29th Lamp & Glass and November 30th Advertising, Toy & Doll Auctions. …
