1938 Parke-Bernet Galleries Auction Catalog #4418 Dec 2 & 3

Description: Collectors of Auction Catalog take note: 1938 Parke-Bernet Galleries Auction Catalog (Sotheby's) December 2 & 3 FURNITURE & OTHER ART PROPERTY of MRS. OGDEN ARMOUR (Meat Packing fame) and MRS HAROLD C. MATHEWS plus Oriental Rugs from Charles Calmer Hart etc . see pictures 1938 Parke-Bernet Galleries Auction Catalog #4418 Dec 2 & 3 - Mrs OGDEN ARMOUR + 1938 Parke-Bernet Galleries Auction Catalog #4418 Dec 2 & 3 - Mrs OGDEN ARMOUR + Description Black Horse Games & Collectibles has For Sale (1) Parke-Bernet Galleries Auction Catalog #4418 1938 December 2 & 3 English, Continental & American FURNITURE & OTHER ART PROPERTY of Mrs. J. Ogden Armour and Mrs. Harold C. Mathews ORIENTAL & PERSIAN RUGS from Collections of Charles Calmer Hart Former United States Minister to Persia 70 Catalog Pages Unique Sections on each with some Black/White Pictures Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 980 Madison Avenue New York (known today as Sotheby's) HISTORY of: Parke-Bernet Galleries was an American auction house, active from 1937 to 1964, when Sotheby's purchased it. 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, with 115 employees and total sales of $11 million ($104 million in 2022). That year, Sotheby's purchased a controlling interest of 75% in the gallery for $1.5 million ($14 million in 2022). The company was founded in 1937, by a group of forty former employees of the American Art Association, including Otto Bernet, Hiram H. Parke, Leslie A. Hyam, Lewis Marion and Mary Vandergrift. In January 1938, the first auction was held in a gallery at 742 Fifth Avenue. The next year, the company took over the American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, consisting of the American Art Association and the Anderson Auction Company. Parke-Bernet oversaw the sale of the estate of Georges Lurcy [fr], a prominent art collector, whose estate included works by Raoul Dufy, Alfred Sisley and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The collection sold for over 2 million pounds in 1957, a record. Other customers of the company included Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Paul Mellon and Henry Ford II. Ford's purchase of La Serre by Renoir through Parke-Bernet was a world record. Parke-Bernet also oversaw the sale of the estate of Hagop Kevorkian, the Armenian archaeologist, antiquities dealer, and philanthropist whose foundation gave major contributions to support the study of the Near East and Middle East at the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, and Columbia University. CONDITION of the CATALOG Good to Very Good No Tears SESSION ONE has all Realized Prices neatly pencil written but a very slight smell See Pictures Create your brand with Auctiva's Customizable Templates. Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com. Track Page Views With Auctiva's CounterHappy Holidays from Black Horse Games & Collectibles! Merry Christmas & a Happy New YearMerry Christmas & a Happy New YearHave a Hollly Jolly Christmas!Shop now and receive in time for Christmas15 Days until Christmas!

Price: 79.99 USD

Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin

End Time: 2024-01-08T02:12:34.000Z

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