Vendue Masters; Tales from within the Walls of America's Oldest Auction House

Arkell, Roland & Saunders-Watson, Catherine

ISBN 10: 1851494901 / ISBN 13: 9781851494903

Edité par ANTIQUE COLLECTORS CLUB, NEW YORK, 2005

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As Stated, brand new!! Tight binding, clean body and unmarked text. Great color & b&w photos and illustrations, black ribbon marker. However, small tear in cover. If your vice is auction houses, this is a book for you. DATE PUBLISHED: 2005 EDITION: 200. N° de réf. du vendeur 089051

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Titre : Vendue Masters; Tales from within the Walls ...

Éditeur : ANTIQUE COLLECTORS CLUB, NEW YORK

Date d'édition : 2005

Reliure : HARD BACK BLACK

Etat : AS NEW. JACKET: SM TEAR

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Book by Arkell Roland

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On November 12, 1805 Tristram B. Freeman was appointed to the office of auctioneer for the city of Philadelphia. It was at the Merchant's Coffee House that Tristram Freeman first encountered members of the business and maritime communities who gathered there not for refreshment but to cut deals, chew the fat of current affairs, read newspapers and attend auctions. The Vendue Masters marks the 200th anniversary of Freeman's, America's oldest auction house. The archives of this auction house allow us to explore the real life-cycle of the Philadelphia community. Through them we encounter the estranged relationships, the waxing and waning of economic fortune, debtors and creditors, the evolving industrial base, the personalities and the changing faces of taste and fashion. Items that were previously sold at Freeman's include: a Dunlap Declaration of Independence, an entire WWI boom town, Impressionist paintings, four US Navy ships, the Centennial exhibition, a chess-playing Turk, two Canadian provinces, the pen that signed the Emancipation Proclamation and innumerable world records.