Horst’s perfect storm hits Philadelphia

Alasdair Nichol, picture specialist and vice chairman at Freeman’s of Philadelphia, called the Horst collection “an auctioneer’s perfect storm” – the sale of a previously unknown cache of untouched European and American art exposed to market for the first time in close to a century.

The time capsule was opened with predictable fireworks on March 30. The 63 pictures sold without a f…

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