Source : PIASA

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Description PIASA is a Parisian auction house founded in 1996. As of 2008, it was fifth largest auction in the French art market with sales of €43 million. It is owned by a pair of financial holding companies mainly representing persons with an interest in the art market. Like many Paris auction houses, it conducts sales from the Hotel Drouot.

While not noted as a book auction, the firm handles a large amount of works on paper that are related to the art world.
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Total Records in AED 43651
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.