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In 2001, the artists Mendi and Keith Obadike listed Keith's "blackness" for sale on eBay under the "Black Americana" category as part of an art project, "Blackness for Sale." [42] [43] [44] The act was seen as a comment on the commodification of racial identity [45] and as a reference to slave auctions. [46] The auction was eventually shut down ...
Normally, an auction catalog, that lists the art works to be sold, is written and made available well before the auction date. Some of the best known auction houses are Christie's and Sotheby's. The oldest auction house is Stockholm Auction House (Stockholms Auktionsverk). It was established in Sweden in 1674.
After conducting some research and consulting with an auction house in Canada, Treibitz quickly realized his “Cinderella discovery” of a lost Emily Carr painting — titled “Masset, Q.C.I ...
Heritage Auctions is an American multi-national auction house based in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1976, Heritage is an auctioneer of numismatic collections, comics , fine art, books, luxury accessories, real estate, and memorabilia from film, music, history, and sports.
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The company was founded by a group of employees of the American Art Association, including Otto Bernet, Hiram H. Parke, Leslie A. Hyam, Lewis Marion and Mary Vandergrift. By 1964, the company was the largest auction house in America, [1] with 115 employees and total sales of $11 million ($108 million in 2023). That year, Sotheby's purchased a ...
Robert Abercrombie Lovett (September 14, 1895 – May 7, 1986) was an American politician who served as the fourth United States Secretary of Defense, having been ...
The monochromatic painting, which measures 9.6 x 7.3 inches (24.5 x 18.5 centimeters), was purchased by an anonymous buyer for €860,000 ($908,000) at the Christie’s sale.