‘HOLLYWOOD’S MOST BELOVED FILM’ RELEASED 75 YEARS AGO. A LOOK AT RELATED COLLECTIBLES FROM THE HERITAGE AUCTIONS ARCHIVES 2 NUMBER OF AUTOGRAPHS (Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid) on this 8-by-10-inch publicity photo. It sold for $776.75 at a November 2009 auction. 7 NUMBER OF CAST MEMBERS on this first post-war Italian Quattro Fogli poster (1946). […]
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Treasures: Prices Realized
A painting by Birger Sandzén (1871-1954) that languished for years in a Milwaukee high school storage room sold for $516,500 at a May 2017 Heritage auction. Creek at Twilight (detail above) realized the third-highest price for a Sandzén piece. The money will be used to fund college scholarships for students at Washington High School. AMERICAN […]
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Event: Heritage Auctions’ Reception Benefiting Paws
215 W. OHIO ST., CHICAGO Photographs by Mila Samokhina A reception and preview for Heritage Auctions’ inaugural Chicago summer fine jewelry and luxury accessories auctions attracted more than 100 friends of Heritage and supporters of PAWS Chicago. Founded in 1997, PAWS Chicago is dedicated to building “no-kill communities” – starting with Chicago – where all […]
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Looking Back … 1945
As the year begins, Adolf Hitler takes residence in his underground bunker in Berlin. Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a fourth term as president, but dies shortly after his inauguration. U.S. Marines capture Iwo Jima and raise the American flag. Nazi Germany surrenders in May, followed by Japan in August. At the Academy […]
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