Townsend Collection Part I Breaks Auction Records; Part II Scheduled for June 23

“I am intensely proud of my team. We utilized all of our resources to produce the sale that Antique Helper was built to handle. In the end, the Sunset was glorious on this day,” said Dan Ripley in a poetic closing statement. MORE

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