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Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction [27] 27 Andreas Gursky: 99 Cent (1999) $2,256,000: May 6, 2006: Sotheby's New York [28] 28 Andreas Gursky: 99 Cent II Diptychon ...
In June 1693, John Evelyn mentions a "great auction of pictures (Lord Melfort's) in the Banqueting House, Whitehall", [1] [2] and the practice is frequently referred to by other contemporary and later writers. [1] Normally, an auction catalog, that lists the art works to be sold, is written and made available well before the auction date.
The American Art Association (AAA) was founded by James F. Sutton (President of AAA), R. Austin Robertson, and Thomas Kirby (1846–1924) in 1883. [4] Thomas Kirby had grown up in Philadelphia and moved his family to New York in 1876, in the years prior to starting the AAA, he worked at various auction firms and importers in New York. [5]
A series of rare photos of American icon Marilyn Monroe are set to hit the auction block soon and they're expected to fetch a pretty penny. Six photos taken by photographer and friend George ...
On September 10, 2011, Freeman's held an auction that brought $3.5 million for an Imperial white jade seal from the Qianlong period, triple the highest sale in the company's history. [9] Other notable auction records set at Freeman's include a sculpture by Wharton Esherick as part of their annual Pennsylvania Sale in November 2014. [ 10 ]
Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office as President of the United States, after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy November 22, 1963. John F. Kennedy - 1961.
As the leading German auction house, Lempertz has been auctioning contemporary art as well as photography and photographic works in its own auctions since 1989. With its representative offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Brussels, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai, the Kunsthaus Lempertz is one of the most important art auction houses in ...
Drug traffickers whose entire organized crime ring was brought down by a photo of a French Bulldog were ordered to fork over more than $1.4 million, the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency said