Vanderbilt Archive Flora Whitney Miller Photo Collection And Genealogies. 8in x 10in bw Flora with Hattie Carnegie for Life Magazine, Flora aboard ship 8in x 10in bw, Spa Madness 1939 horse photo, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney sculpture 1999 reprint photo of her 1919 bronze Flora, Old Westbury stables, Helen Hitchcok with Flora, newspaper clippings, 2 framed photos 1 of which marked sterling, rolled and bound Whitney Miller and Cornelius Vanderbilt genealogy documents, 10 Gracie Square negatives et al. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.

Sterling frame heavily tarnished, newspaper clippings torn and browned, many photos quite sound.