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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Nothing yet. Supposed to be auctioned today.
Here's a link to today's Sun-Times story: (Don't think you need to register)
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The Sothbey's site has no news either, though wandering around that site has driven me into my covetous mode. There was an auction of "Important 20th Century Design" today, and half the things there would look perfect in my home. Fortunately or unfortunately depending on one's point of view, I don't have two or three million to buy all the stuff I would have wanted.
Edited to add: YES! The preservation society got it.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...2074784&EDATE=
Marvel of 20th-Century Design Purchased by Preservationists
Mies van der Rohe's Historic Farnsworth House Saved
CHICAGO, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois (LPCI), the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) and Friends of the Farnsworth House today bought Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House for $7,511,500 at Sotheby's in New York. The group successfully outbid several interested parties.
