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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Sotheby's Annual Americana Week Auctions To Be Held on 25 & 26 January 2013

Sotheby’s annual Americana Week auctions will take place in New York on 25 & 26 January 2013. The Important Americana sale will begin at 10:00am on the 25th with a selection of Audubon prints, Chinese export porcelain, and carpets from the early-19th to early-20th centuries. The auction will continue that afternoon with a 2:00pm session dedicated to silver, featuring a remarkable group of more than 1,000 pieces descended through the Astor family to Brooke Astor. The third and final session of the various-owners sale will be held at 10:00am on the 26th, highlighted by furniture and folk art from several notable private and museum collections. Sotheby’s Americana Week sales will conclude with a dedicated auction of Property from the Collection of Dr. Larry McCallister at 2:30pm on Saturday. The Americana Week exhibitions will be on view in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries beginning 19 January.



Sotheby’s is also pleased to share the Wunsch Americana Foundation’s announcement of a new merit award that recognizes outstanding dedication and contribution to the American arts. The Wunsch Americana Foundation Award supports scholarly investigation, appreciation and preservation of early American decorative arts by recognizing individuals or institutions who inspire students and collectors through leadership, research, mentoring, education, passion and generosity.



The inaugural winner of this monetary prize is Patricia E. Kane, Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery. 




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