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Francis Patrick Garvan papers, 1912-1953

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Series 2: Auction Records , circa 1930-1949
1.75 Linear feet
Box 12-13

Auction records include sales records, lists, and catalogues for auctions in which much of Garvan's collection was sold during the 1930s and 1940s. The auctions were held at the American Art Association, the Parke-Bernet Galleries, and the Plaza Art Galleries.
This series is arranged as 3 subseries.
  • 2.1: American Art Association, circa 1930-1936
  • 2.2: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1946-1949
  • 2.3: Plaza Art Galleries, 1942-1949
2.1: American Art Association, circa 1930-1936
Description Container
Sales Records, 1930
12
14-20
Sales Records, 1931
12
21
Sales Records, 1936
12
22
Sales Records, 1930s
12
23
2.2: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1946-1949
Description Container
Catalogues, Books About Books, 1946 April
12
24-26
Catalogues, Books on Birds, 1946 November
12
27
Sales Records, 1946
12
28
Book Sales, 1946
12
29-34
Catalogues, Notable American & English Furniture and Decorations, 1947 March
12
35-38
Catalogues, Pictorial Americana, 1947 April
12
39
Catalogues, American & English Furniture, 1947 April
12
40-41
Catalogues, American & English Furniture, 1947 May
13
1-2
Catalogues, Garden Furniture & Sulpture, 1947 June
13
3
Catalogues, English & American Furniture and Old Silver, 1947 September
13
4-5
Catalogues, Early English & American Furniture and Decorations, 1947 November
13
6
Sales Records, 1947
13
7-18
Catalogues, English & American Furniture, 1948 September
13
19
Catalogues, Press Publications, 1948 December
13
20
Sales Records, 1948
13
21-24
Catalogues, Notable English Furniture, 1949 March
13
25
Sales Records, 1949
13
26
2.3: Plaza Art Galleries, 1942-1949
Description Container
Catalogues, Currier & Ives Lithographs, 1942 April
13
27
Sales Records, 1942
13
28
Catalogues, Oil Paintings, 1942 November
13
29
Sales Records, 1943
13
30
Catalogues, American & Continential Oil Paintings, 1946 February
13
31
Catalogues, Furniture, Porcelains, Oriential Rugs, 1946 March
13
32
Catalogues, Furniture, Decorations and Oil Paintings, 1946 May
13
33
Catalogues, Diamond & Gold Jewlery, 1946 May
13
34
Catalogues, Currier and Ives and Audubon Prints, 1946 December
13
35-37
Sales Records, 1946
13
38
Catalogues, Colored Lithographs, 1947 February
13
39
Catalogues, Currier & Ives LIthographs, 1947 April
13
40
Catalogues, Furniture, Decoration, Rugs, and Paintings, 1947 March
13
41
Catalogues, Home Furishings, 1947 November
13
42
Catalogues, Currier & Ives Lithographs, 1947 December
13
43
Sales Records, 1947
13
44-46
Sales Records, 1947
13
47
Catalogues, Americana, 1948 January
13
48
Catalogues, Furniture, Porcelains, Oil Paintings, 1948 February
13
49
Catalogues, English & American Furnitire, 1948 July
13
50
Sales Records, 1948
13
51-52
Catalogues, American Prints, 1949
13
53
Sales Records, 1949
13
54

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