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For more than three decades, <strong>Guernsey's</strong> has been producing many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world's most exciting and<br />

successful auctions. The firm's diversity is reflected in <strong>the</strong> range <strong>of</strong> its events, a sampling <strong>of</strong> which would extend<br />

<strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> President John F. Kennedy Auctions to <strong>the</strong> Graceland (Elvis) Auction, <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> first auction <strong>of</strong> artwork<br />

<strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> Soviet Union to <strong>the</strong> world's largest auction... <strong>the</strong> contents <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ocean liner SS United States.<br />

The Naylor Collection: The Complete History <strong>of</strong> Photography<br />

(Mid-October)<br />

Considered by many leading experts to be <strong>the</strong> finest privately owned photographic collection in <strong>the</strong> world,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Naylor Collection traces mankind's earliest efforts to capture <strong>the</strong> two-dimensional image through <strong>the</strong><br />

advent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Daguerreotype, photography <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> late nineteenth century on through <strong>the</strong> most sophisticated<br />

modern techniques. Thurman "Jack" Naylor, World War II flying Ace and lifelong friend to such legendary<br />

photographers as Margaret Bourke-White and "Doc" Edgerton, has amassed this fabulous Collection over <strong>the</strong><br />

last sixty years.<br />

The Pugliese Twentieth Century Popular Cultural Collection<br />

(Mid-December)<br />

What may well be <strong>the</strong> most extraordinary privately owned collection combining <strong>the</strong> rarest objects <strong>from</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> worlds <strong>of</strong> motion pictures, popular music, politics and magic will be <strong>of</strong>fered by <strong>Guernsey's</strong> just before<br />

Christmas. Leading Florida real estate magnate Anthony Pugliese doggedly pursued locating and acquiring<br />

eight hundred sensational objects that would "boggle <strong>the</strong> mind" <strong>of</strong> pop cultural fans anywhere. Movie<br />

lovers will rejoice in having <strong>the</strong> opportunity <strong>of</strong> bidding on items <strong>from</strong> The Wizard <strong>of</strong> Oz, Citizen Kane, The<br />

Maltese Falcon, Rebel Without a Cause, The Ten Commandments and many o<strong>the</strong>r legendary titles. The<br />

Beatles and Elvis headline <strong>the</strong> rock & roll section <strong>of</strong> this Collection while Houdini is <strong>the</strong> star <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> magic<br />

section. The political section <strong>of</strong> The Pugliese Collection shares insights into <strong>the</strong> career <strong>of</strong> President Kennedy<br />

as rarely seen before, <strong>of</strong>fering items ranging <strong>from</strong> his personal humidors to historic items relating to <strong>the</strong><br />

assassination.<br />

In collaboration with Random House Children’s Books and Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Guernsey’s will be<br />

conducting The Cat in <strong>the</strong> Hat 50th Birthday Auction. World -renowned artists (Christo, April Gornik,<br />

Mark Kostabi and Leroy Neiman are just a sampling) will be <strong>of</strong>fering original, specially created works <strong>of</strong> art<br />

based upon this all-time best-selling children's book. Proceeds will be going in support <strong>of</strong> First Book, <strong>the</strong><br />

wonderful non-pr<strong>of</strong>it organization whose mission it is to provide new books to children in impoverished<br />

areas.<br />

Guernsey•s<br />

A LEADER IN THE SALE OF UNIQUE PROPERTIES AT AUCTION<br />

1 0 8 E A S T 7 3 R D S T R E E T N E w y O R k N y 1 0 0 2 1<br />

2 1 2 - 7 9 4 - 2 2 8 0 / F A x 2 1 2 - 7 4 4 - 3 6 3 8<br />

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