Catalogue of the Wilson Mellen Collection of Indian Artifacts which will be sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods (Canada) Ltd. at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal on Wednesday, the 7th. May 1975 at 8 P.M. precisely

Verlag: Christie, Manson & Woods (Canada) Ltd., 1975

Beschreibung

7" X 10", 64pgs. Well used copy quite clean inside with a few items having a note in ink indicating the price it was sold for. Well illustrated with black & white photos. This was one of the most important sales of Canadian Indian Artefacts. There was a controverse about this sale and a contestation the day of the sale. Two documents comes with this "Catalogue". The first one is entitled "Protest of Manitou Community College on the largest sale of Indian Art ever held in Canada - 7 May 1975 /// Declaration du College Manitou au sujet de la plus grande vente d'objets d'art indiens dans l'histoire du Canada: Le 7 mai 1975". The second document is an article extracted from LA PRESSE entitled "Des Indiens pertubent une vente à l'encan "Voulez-vous nous acheter, aussi ? "". See photo. B-44. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1272835693

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Catalogue of the Wilson Mellen Collection of...

Verlag: Christie, Manson & Woods (Canada) Ltd.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1975

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good