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This is what collecting is about if you wish to be sophisticated.

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The First Map to Show the Full East-West Extent of the United States and to Give Visual Expression to the Notion of Manifest Destiny

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Two of Thomas Moran’s Acclaimed and Highly Influential Chromolithographs of Yellowstone

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Albert Bierstadt’s Domes of Yosemite

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Pendant Views of London from Carel Allard’s Late 17th -Century Compendium of City Views

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A Lovely George III Writing Table with Decorative Painted Accents

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A Sixteenth-Century Portrait of a Courtier at the French Court of Charles IX, King of France (1550–1574)

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The fate of Mrs. Paul Mellon's collection of Natural History Books and Watercolors.

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An Artifact of Great Historical Importance, an Original Manuscript Map of Boston Harbor, done to the Highest Standards of Draftsmanship, a Magnificent ‘Presentation Piece’ made for the French Navy in order to inform their Designs to Invade Boston in the early days of the French & Indian War.

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