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American art auction catalog collection, 1785-1962

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Creator:
Archives of American Art  Search this
Subject:
A.Levy (Firm)  Search this
Allen B. Miner (Firm)  Search this
American Art Association  Search this
Anderson Galleries, Inc.  Search this
Associated Auctioneers  Search this
Bangs & Co.  Search this
Barker (Firm)  Search this
Benjamin S. Wise (Firm)  Search this
Birch & Son  Search this
Bleecker & Van Dyke (Firm)  Search this
C.F. Libbie & Co.  Search this
C.F. Wetmore (Firm)  Search this
C.G. Sloan & Company  Search this
Chicago Book & Art Auctions  Search this
Clarke's Art Galleries  Search this
C.W. Brown (Firm)  Search this
Daniel A. Mathews (Firm)  Search this
Davis & Harvey (Firm)  Search this
E. A. Haaseman Galleries  Search this
Elder Coin & Curio Company  Search this
Elliott Blakeslee & Noyes  Search this
Field, Morris, Fenner & Co.  Search this
Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms  Search this
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Freeman, Son & Potter (Firm)  Search this
Galton-Orsburn Co  Search this
George A. Leavitt & Co.  Search this
Haseltine Galleries  Search this
Henry A. Hartman (Firm)  Search this
Henry H. Leeds & Co.  Search this
Henry H. Leeds & Miner (Firm)  Search this
Henry D. Miner (Firm)  Search this
Hiram H. Parke (Firm)  Search this
House of Duveen  Search this
Howe, Leonard & Co.  Search this
Hudson's (Firm)  Search this
James P. Silo  Search this
J.C. Morgenthau & Co.  Search this
Kende Galleries  Search this
Knickerbocker Auction Rooms  Search this
Kreiser Gallery  Search this
G.R. Leonard & Co.  Search this
Leonard & Cunningham  Search this
Leonard Galleries  Search this
Levy & Spooner  Search this
Lewis J. Bird & Co.  Search this
Lihou Art Gallery  Search this
Merwin-Clayton Sales Company  Search this
Merwin Sales Company  Search this
Metropolitan Art Association  Search this
Miller & Morris (Firm)  Search this
Miner & Somerville (Firm)  Search this
Monarch Auction Co  Search this
Monarch Auction Rooms  Search this
Moore's Auction Rooms  Search this
M. Thomas & Sons Auctioneers  Search this
National Art Galleries  Search this
Ortgies & Co.  Search this
O. Rundle Gilbert (Firm)  Search this
Parke-Bernet Galleries  Search this
Philadelphia Art Galleries and Auction Rooms  Search this
Plaza Art Auction Galleries  Search this
Rains Galleries  Search this
Ritter Galleries  Search this
Ritter-Hopson Galleries  Search this
Samuel T. Freeman & Co.  Search this
Savoy Art & Auction Galleries  Search this
Schenck's Art Gallery  Search this
Scott & O'Shaughnessy (Firm)  Search this
Stan. V. Henkels (Firm)  Search this
Swann Auction Galleries  Search this
Thos. E. Kirby & Co.  Search this
Thomas J. Miller (Firm)  Search this
Walpole Galleries  Search this
William B. Norman (Firm)  Search this
Wm. D. Morley (Firm)  Search this
Young's Art Galleries  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
ca. 30,000 items (on 559 microfilm reels)
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Auction catalogs from the holdings of various libraries and auction houses in the United States, borrowed for microfilming for AAA's Auction Catalog Project, 1961-1965.
The majority of the catalogs are for auctions held in New York City and Philadelphia, although other locales are represented. Firms with significant numbers of catalogs include: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Associated Auctioneers, Bangs & Co., Barker, Benjamin S. Wise, Birch & Son, Bleecker & Van Dyke, C.F. Wetmore, C.G. Sloan & Co., Charles F. Libbie & Co., Chicago Book & Art Auctions, Clarke's Art Galleries, C.W. Brown, Daniel A. Mathews, Davis & Harvey, E. A. Haaseman Galleries, Elder Coin & Curio Company, Elliott, Blakeslee & Noyes, Field, Morris, Fenner & Co., Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, Galton-Orsburn Co., George A. Leavitt & Co., Haseltine Galleries, Henry A. Hartman, Leeds, Miner, Hiram H. Parke, Duveen, Leonard & Co., Hudson's, James P. Silo, J.C. Morgenthau & Co., Kende Galleries, Knickerbocker, Kreiser Gallery, Levy & Spooner, Lewis J. Bird & Co., Lihou Art Gallery, Merwin-Clayton Sales Company, Metropolitian Art Association, Miller & Morris, Monarch, Moore's, M. Thomas & Sons, National Art Galleries, Ortgies & Co., O. Rundle Gilbert, Parke-Bernet, Philadelphia Art Galleries, Plaza Art Auction Galleries, Rains Galleries, Ritter Galleries, Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Savoy, Schenck's Art Gallery, Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Stan V. Henkels, Swann Auction Galleries, Thomas Kirby, Walpole Galleries, William B. Norman, William D. Morley, and Young's Art Gallery; many others were also microfilmed.
Citation:
American art auction catalog collection, 1785-1962. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Loan:
Loan
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming for AAA's Auction Catalog Project, 1961-1965. Among the institutions who participated are the American Antiquarian Society (29 reels), Art Institute of Chicago (2 reels), Boston Public Library (1 reel), Brooklyn Museum (16 reels), Cleveland Museum of Art (2 reels), Cooper Union (21 reels), Enoch Pratt Free Library (1 reel), Huntington Library (1 reel), Library Co. of Philadelphia (1 reel), Library of Congress (1 reel), Metropolitan Museum of Art (25 reels), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, New York Historical Society (23 reels), New York Public Library (284 reels), New York State Library (1 reel), Parke-Bernet Galleries (128 reels), Pennsylvania Historical Society (2 reels), Philadelphia Museum of Art (10 reels), Walters Art Gallery (1 reel), and others.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American -- Catalogs  Search this
Art objects -- Catalogs  Search this
Art auctions  Search this
Theme:
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6216
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216505
AAA_collcode_archaaac
Theme:
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216505