Unsigned William Bradford Painting Sells For a Record $457,000
Skinner held a highly successful auction of American and European Paintings and Prints on March 3rd, marked by a full gallery of bidders, more absentee bids than at any of its previous sales, and a gross of over $2.6 million - a figure well over the high end of expectations. Highlights included several record-breaking paintings, led by the unsigned work, The Frigate U.S.S. Congress at Sunset, Possibly Boston Harbor by William Bradford that set a record for an unsigned work by Bradford when it sold to a telephone bidder for $457,000.
