Source : Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers

Source Title Stair Galleries was incorporated in June 2001. The
Description Stair Galleries was incorporated in June 2001. The company quickly established itself as a full-service auction house equipped to handle the sale of a single item or an entire estate.In our first year and a half of business we sold over 3 thousand lots of fine estate antiques, fine art and decorations for over 3 million dollars. In our May 2002 sale we set a world record for the artist Paul Seifert, selling his watercolor depiction of a Wisconsin farm for $66,700. We have handled property from important estates and collections including Fred Hughes, Andy Warhol's business manager; Senator and Mrs. Terry Carpenter of Nebraska; the Elizabeth Arden Corporate collection; the collection of Anthony Ingrao, Inc. and the estates of Walter Rotan and Warren C. Fett.
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Total Records in AED 8819
  • 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.