Publicity books and auction catalogs, 1978-1993.

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Publicity books and auction catalogs, 1978-1993.

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The collection includes publicity notebooks, auction catalogs, and a copy of the book Vendue Masters, which is about the Freeman auction house and mentions Fine Arts Co. The publicity notebooks contain newspaper and magazine advertisements for auctions being conducted by Fine Arts Co., newspaper articles about the auctions, advertising cards, fliers, and a few photographs pertaining to Fine Arts Co. and its activities. Included are two photographs of Alice Paul, some of whose papers were auctioned by the company. Catalogs were produced for some auctions, and many of those catalogs are part of the collection.

4 boxes : ill.

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Fine Arts Co. of Philadelphia, Inc.

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Fine Arts Co. of Philadelphia, Inc. was an auction house and an estate appraisal firm, specializing in art and antiques. Fine Arts Co. was founded in 1976 by James (Jim) Buckley and John Frisk as an estate and insurance appraisal firm; the company held its first auction in 1978. Alexis (Lex) Manice became president of the company in 1981, while James Buckley continued as vice president and senior auctioneer. Another auctioneer was Robin Roden Manice, who had begun as a receptionist for the compa...

Paul, Alice, 1885-1977

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Quaker, lawyer, and lifelong activist for women's rights, Alice Paul was educated at Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania, where her doctoral dissertation was on the legal status of women in Pennsylvania. She later earned law degrees from Washington College of Law and American University. Paul also studied economics and sociology at the universities of London and Birmingham and worked at a number of British social settlements (1907-1910). While in England she wa...

Arkell, Roland

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