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The vendue masters : tales from within the walls of America's oldest auction house / Roland Arkell & Catherine Saunders-Watson.
Lippincott Library HF5477.S24 A75 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arkell, Roland.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freeman, T. B. (Tristam B.).
- Freeman, T. B.
- Samuel T. Freeman & Co--History.
- Samuel T. Freeman & Co.
- Auctioneers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Auctioneers.
- History.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- v, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), facsimiles (some color) ; 23 x 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club, [2005]
- Summary:
- The Other Philadelphia story 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.
- Contents:
- 1 Early Days 2
- 2 Auction History 18
- 3 T.B. Freeman Years 30
- 4 T.W.L. Freeman Years 48
- 5 1850-1900 62
- 6 War and Industry 80
- 7 Fine Art 104
- 8 Great Estates 124
- 9 Declaration 144
- 10 Competition 152
- 11 Rebirth 166
- The Years At a Glance 189
- The Line of Succession 196
- The Changing Face of Catalogues 198.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200).
- ISBN:
- 1851494901
- OCLC:
- 63187091
- Publisher Number:
- 9781851494903
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