Upcoming Auction
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19th Century Historical and Military Rarities
Featuring items related to the Napoleonic Era and the U. S. Grant Collection of Bill Margeson
The first session in this auction features military artifacts of the late 18th and early 19th centuries – the period of the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon. An array of items are represented, including uniforms and accouterments, ceramics, snuff boxes and miniature portraits, clocks and barometers, later commemorative items and memorabilia, and a substantial library. Historical characters from Napoleon, Josephine, Marshals Ney, Berthier and Murat to Lord Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington are reflected here. Both the French and British sides are respectively represented within this collection, reflecting the vast breadth of the nations which fought the conflict until its conclusion in 1815 with ultimate defeat of France’s Emperor.
The second session features the Bill Margeson collection of Ulysses S. Grant and the Civil War. This 50-year collection includes hundreds of rare prints, letters and documents, ephemera, and books.
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Magicana: Featuring the Collection of Peter Hackhofer
This sale will highlight selected material from the collection of the late Peter Hackhofer. Built up over several decades as a dealer and seeker of the unusual, his holdings included an extensive library, unusual stone lithographs from the great illusion shows of yesteryear, and art of all types with a magic theme. An archive of material from the career of Max Auzinger, the Black Art magician, will also be featured. The Hackhofer collection will be complemented by an array of vintage posters, apparatus, and ephemera from the golden age of magic and beyond.
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Outsider, Folk, Contemporary & Fine Art
Our summer art auction includes exceptional objects in all categories. Outsider Art: Howard Finster, Purvis Young, Mary T. Smith and Mr. Imagination, et al. In Folk Art, quilts, whirligigs, wood carvings of narrative scenes, figures and animals fill out the category. In Contemporary Art we’ll offer prints by Roger Brown, Leroy Neiman, Art Shay and Tony Fitzpatrick along with original works by Macena Barton and multiple works by Medard Klein from the Estate of Joe Silverberg, Founder and CEO of the Chicago clothier Bigsby & Kruthers. The Fine Art session includes a classic French work by Arthur Fillon, Le Quai de Louvre, a very large Aubusson “Cartoon” depicting the central image of the Cluny Tapestries, and an intimate ink on paper by Rockwell Kent. We will close out the sale with a major collection of works by Edward S. Curtis, featuring platinum prints, silver gelatin prints, photogravures, and orotones.