A 19th-century percussion target pistol made by Morgan James, New York State gunsmith, will be sold at auction on Saturday, September 20, at Hesse Galleries in Otego, New York.
James was born in 1815. He began making firearms in 1830 when he was only fifteen. He worked mostly in Utica, New York, except for a few […]
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Rare Pistol To Sell At Hesse Galleries
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, is to auction a telescope believed to have belonged to George Washington, in their October 5-6 Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts auction.
The telescope has been consigned by the renowned Illinois Institute of Technology. Washington possessed many telescopes during his lifetime, having eleven in his collection at the time of his death in […]
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George Washington Telescope for Auction
LESLIE HINDMAN AUCTIONEERS TO SELL TELESCOPE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN OWNED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON IN OCTOBER AUCTION
(Chicago, Illinois) October 2008 – Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, one of the nation’s leading fine art auctioneers, is pleased to announce the sale of a telescope believed to have belonged to George Washington. The telescope has been consigned by the […]
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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers to Auction Telescope from the Collection of George Washington
Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches was riding high with the sale of three equine paintings by George Ford Morris (American 1873-1960).
Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, FL celebrated its fifth anniversary with a highly successful sporting and fine arts summer sale on June 30 with 312 lots, many from the […]
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MORRIS WINS BY A NOSE AND A NOSE AND A NOSE
LONDON - Sotheby’s announced that it will offer Study for Head of George Dyer, 1967 by Francis Bacon (1909-92) in its Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008. Francis Bacon is widely regarded as one of the greatest painters of the 20th century and this work is not only an exceptionally rare, […]
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Sotheby?s London to Offer Exceptionally Rare Study for Head of George Dyer by Francis Bacon
