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Wife selling in England was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest. After parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband would publicly auction her to the highest bidder.
1933 Double Eagle — Auction Record: $18,872,250 (June 2021) 1933 Indian Head Gold Eagle — Auction Record: $881,250 (June 2016) 1932-D Washington Quarter — Auction Record: $143,750 (April 2008)
Heritage Auctions August 18, 2021 $2,350,000 1808 Quarter eagle United States Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers [38] April 20, 2015 $2,350,000 1793 1793 Cent Chain S-4 United States Heritage Auctions [39] January 2015 $2,300,000 1804 Bust Dollar United States Adams, Carter Heritage Auctions: April 2009 $2,280,000 1928 Dollar Pattern China: Stack's ...
By the end of the 18th century, auctions of art works were commonly held in taverns and coffeehouses. These auctions were held daily, and auction catalogs were printed to announce available items. In some cases, these catalogs were elaborate works of art themselves, containing considerable detail about the items being auctioned.
Auction house $559.7 $450.3 Salvator Mundi: Leonardo da Vinci: c. 1500: November 15, 2017: 1 Dmitry Rybolovlev: Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud [note 2] Christie's, New York [20] ~$386 ~$300 Interchange: Willem de Kooning: 1955 September 2015: 1 David Geffen Foundation Kenneth C. Griffin: Private sale [21] $339 + $250 + [note 3] The Card Players ...
Christie married twice. From his first marriage he had four sons, of whom the eldest, James Christie the Younger (1773–1831), succeeded him; the second, Charles, captain in the 5th regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, was killed (1812) in Persia during a Russian attack; the third, Albany, died in 1821; and Edward, the fourth son, died a midshipman at Port Royal, Jamaica, 1821.
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