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In Brief: Northeast Auctions

Published: June 1, 2009
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Northeast Auctions
Paul Revere’s engraving of British troops landing in Boston Harbor

Mar. 21-22: Americana
1,000 lots sold for $1,780,000

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire—Top lot: Paul Revere’s engraving of British troops landing in Boston Harbor sold for $469,000 — a record for one of the silversmith’s engravings, only 10 of which are known to exist. The last one to go on the block brought $229,000 at Sotheby’s in 2008.

"In Brief: Northeast Auctions" originally appeared in the June 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's June 2009 Table of Contents.

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