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Current Events & Trends | April 15, 2010 | Rebecca Rego Barry

Rejected at Auction

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Check out this interesting little read from Daniel Grant of the Huffington Post about how and what auction houses reject. Interviews with Nick Lowry of Swann Galleries, auctioneer Leslie Hindman, and others. 

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Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601
Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors
New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London
Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

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Neal Adams’ original pen-and-ink art for the cover of World's Finest #209 (DC Comics, Feb 1972)
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Vita Sackville-West’s autograph draft of A Note of Explanation, 1922
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