Source : Artcurial

Source Title Artcurial: Briest, Le Fur, Poulain, F Tajan
Description Artcurial is a major French auction house, located in the Hotel Marcel Dassault on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Partners have included several highly experienced auctioneers, Francis Briest, Remy Le Fur, Francois Tajan, and Herve Poulain. The firm employs 80 people, including specialists in numerous fields. While art is the primary field of their auctions, they have departments focused on everything from comic strips to racing cars. One department is books and manuscripts, and the firm has two specialists devoted to this subject.
Scope of Text
Total Records in AED 62218
  • 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.