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Sotheby's, Hunt Collection Highly Important Greek Vases Roman & Etruscan Bronzes

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Sotheby's, the nelson bunker hunt collection highly important Greek vases and the William Herbert hunt collection highly important Greek, roman and Etruscan bronzes. Thursday, June 1990. Hardcover auction catalogue with dust jacket. Forced into personal bankruptcy that required them to liquidate their assets, the brothers auctioned off an immense collections of Greek, roman, and Etruscan bonzes and vases. Nelson and brother William Hunt, heirs to an oil fortune, lost more than $1.5 billion in an alleged attempt to corner the silver market and sought bankruptcy reorganization. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.

Dimensions:

Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)

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Paper

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

1990-1999

Date of Manufacture:

1990

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