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Art auctions

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  • Men and women are attending an auction of paintings: the auctioneer is selling the painting on the wall. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • A popular art and antique auction. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
  • A row of heads look up at an image of Michelangelo's David; representing an advertisement for an art auction to benefit the CATF Columbus AIDS Task Force. Colour lithograph by Mike Motts of Motts Photographic Center Inc. and Rob Brown of Rob Does Design, 1991.
  • A man's hand on the groin area of a naked woman's body; advertising an exhibition and auction of photographs in support of AIDS. Colour lithograph after Monika Robl, 1996.
  • A crowd of people with the words 'AIDS geht uns alle an!' [AIDS affects all of us!], a painting by Angelique Sahin representing an advertisement for an art auction [?] organised by AIDS-Hilfe Freiburg with proceeds benefiting those affected by AIDS. Colour lithograph.
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    A rainbow against a blue sky, advertising "A point of no return", events in aid of AIDS-Hilfe Nürnberg-Fürth-Erlangen e.V. Colour lithograph, 1995.

    | Date: 1995 | Reference: 674235i
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    A crowd of people with the words 'AIDS geht uns alle an!' [AIDS affects all of us!], a painting by Angelique Sahin representing an advertisement for an art auction [?] organised by AIDS-Hilfe Freiburg with proceeds benefiting those affected by AIDS. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [19]94 | Reference: 674259i
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    A gloved hand spears an artist's easel (?) on which sit the block words 'AIDS', representing an advertisement for an art auction in support of AIDS by the National AIDS Foundation on 15 November 1988 at the Panorama Restaurant, in Cologne with a preview at Art Cologne from 10th 1o 15th November. Colour lithograph by Hans-Peter Adamski.

    | Date: 1988 | Reference: 674229i
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    Men and women are attending an auction of paintings: the auctioneer is selling the painting on the wall. Etching by George Cruikshank.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 36140i
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    Watercolours by W. Schlote of figures and of Cologne Cathedral; advertising an art exhibition and auction in aid of the German AIDS Foundation "Positiv Leben" in Cologne in May-June 1992. Colour lithograph, 1992.

    | Date: [19]92 | Reference: 673460i
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