Christie’s In Praise Of America: Important American Furniture, Folk Art,
Silver, Prints And Broadsides
AUCTION • 21–22 January 2021
VIEWING • 15–22 January
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE – IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
A rare contemporary broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence from The Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II
Estimate: $600,000–800,000
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1876 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION: A MONUMENTAL AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED CENTERPIECE EPERGNE
Mark of Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden, Connecticut, c. 1876
Estimate: $10,000–20,000
CONTACT • Jill Waddell • jwaddell@christies.com • +1 212 636 2251
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Exceptional Works from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II
JAMES SHARPLES (1751–1811), Alexander Hamilton, pastel on paper, 9 ½ x 7 ½ in.
Estimate: $20,000–40,000
Exceptional Works from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II
JAMES SHARPLES (1751–1811), George Washington, pastel on paper, 9 ½ x 7 ¾ in.
Estimate: $50,000–70,000
CONTACT • Sallie Glover • sglover@christies.com • +1 212 636 2296
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