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With the recent enormous growth of autograph sellers on eBay, and the appearance of a multitude of new galleries and retailers offering expensive autographs, casual autograph collectors and one-time buyers have in many instances sought certificates of authenticity issued by the seller at the time of sale.
Alexander Autographs is an auctioneer of historic militaria, autographs, manuscripts, relics, and other collectibles. Based in Chesapeake City, Maryland , the auction house first opened to bidders in 1993 and has since garnered controversy for the sale of items like Nazi memorabilia .
Highlights of the sale included the autograph manuscripts of Thomas Hardy's novel Far From the Madding Crowd and Charles Lamb's essay Dream Children. However, the fall in rare book prices steadily through the Great Depression meant that many sold lots brought only a fraction of prices they would have realized at the time of the Jerome Kern sale ...
The idea to found the "Autograph" Gallery belongs to Tatiana Nabrosova-Brusilovskaya and to the artist German Metelev. [2] It was decided to set up the gallery in the home of Tatiana Nabrosova-Brusilovskaya and the artist Misha Brusilovsky, where artists as well as other creative professionals frequently gather, thanks to which the Brusilovskys' home has the creative atmosphere and intensity ...
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The Galleries were active from 1923 until 1994. [3] For 29 years they were located on the sixth floor of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. At their 1923 opening, the Galleries covered 14,000 square feet (1,300 m 2) and offered nine exhibition areas and a reception room, [4] described as "the largest sales gallery of art in the world."
It's not quite "The House That Ruth Built," but Babe Ruth's former home in Sudbury, Mass., is on sale for $1.65 million. "Home Plate Farm" was built in 1800 and purchased by Ruth in 1922. He lived ...
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]