Art Collecting, Gilded Age, Ephemera Lot.

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Art Collecting, Gilded Age, Ephemera Lot.
Three-ring binder containing catalogs of art dealers and auction houses, and receipts for purchase of art by Edward F. Patchen (1839-1911) of Brooklyn, New York; fifteen catalogs, mostly from the Barker Art Gallery, an auction house on Liberty Street, in New York City, most 1883-1885, one from 1890, and another from 1910, with many receipts, some with prices realized added in pencil.
Estimate $300-400


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