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Paris Art Dealer “Forgets” Pricey Painting!? 1856 Campaign Flag Sells for $275,000 at Heritage
Forget anything Lately? Kovels.com recently report that an art Auctions, Shattering World Record
dealer was carrying a picture when he took a taxi in Paris recently. DALLAS, TX— A stunning, 1856 campaign flag for President James
He put the picture in the taxi’s trunk, got into the taxi, was distracted Buchanan set a world record at May 13 Heritage Auctions when it sold
by a phone call, and forgot the painting when he got out. He didn’t for $275,000, shattering the previous record for a campaign flag sold at
miss it until the next morning. The dealer tried to locate the taxi auction.
but was unable, so he went to the police and filed a report for a Colorful campaign banners
stolen picture. The police reported that the taxi driver had found in the style of American flags
the painting and brought it in. Wonder if the taxi driver realized were produced for every
winning presidential candidate
that the value of the picture, $1.6 million. The Italian artist, Lucio from William Henry Harrison
Fontana (1899-1968), founded an art movement called Spacialism in 1840 up through, at least,
that featured paintings pierced through the canvas to create light Woodrow Wilson. Highly
and dimension. Perhaps the cuts in the canvas made the picture collectible, none is rarer than
look too damaged to be valuable. Must be the record for the most the 21-1/2” x 15” flag banner
expensive item lost this year. for James Buchanan.

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