auction thomas fortune ryan

THE DEPRESSION-THE THIRTIES- THE TITAN SELL OFF- THOMAS FORTUNE RYAN AUCTION- ORDER OF GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK EXECUTOR- AMERICANA ART ASSOCIATION/ANDERSON ART GALLERIES-SALE 1933. THIS IS THE RARE ONE OF 600 HARDCOVER CATALOGS PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED OF HIS COLLECTION OF BRONZES-ENGRAVINGS-PAINTINGS- CERAMICS-FURNITURE. PURCHASED IN THE CENTURY BY HIS ADVICE OF RENOWNED CONSULTANTS INCLUDIND DUVEEN. EACH WORK IS MOUNTED IN THE CATALOG WITH SLIP COVERINGS AND HIS BEEN PHOTOGRPHS AND ARRANGED BY PROFESSIONALS AT THAT TIME. AND TO ADD A NOTE OF IRONY OF THE SALE, HIS ADVISOR ON PURCHASES DUVEEN- TIME MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON SALE "MOST FAMED COLLECTION DISPENSED WERE THOSE OF THOMAS FORTUNE RYAN($409,354) AND HIGEST PRICE PAID AT RYAN AUCTION BY CANNY LORD DUVEEN OF MILLBANK WHO BID $102500 FOR A MARBLE BUST OF A PRINCESS OF ARAGON BY FRANCESCO LAURANA, 15TH CENTURY FLORENTINE" SEE PICTURE # 5 AND #6 PLEASE PARDON ALL THE CAPITALS COMPUTER LOCKED IN CANT RELEASE. CATALOG BEING SHOWN ON VARIOUS SITES OF GOOGLE ARE ALL IN POOR CONDITION WITH STAIN ON FRONT AND BACK. THIS IS WITHOUT FAULTS IN AND OUT.