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The auctioneer and his catalogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Duncan McEuen
Duncan McEuen*
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Christies, 8 King Street, London SW1Y 6QT, UK
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Abstract

The auctioneer walks into the room, glances at his auction book and picks up his gavel. In this account of the process that lies behind the familiar sales catalogues held in so many art library collections the author highlights the differences between the sales of nearly 250 years ago and those of today. And it is clear that there can be occasions when all does not go quite as smoothly as intended.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , 2004 , pp. 10 - 13
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2004

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