Excerpt from Catalogue of Paintings in Oil and Water Colors, the Private Collection of Mr. J. Abner Harper: One Hundred and Forty-Four Paintings by One Hundred and Seven Artists of Various Schools, Foreign and American Gentlemen - Having concluded to sell my Collection of Paintings, I hereby authorize you to dispose of the same, at public auction, on the Evenings Of March 12th and I 3th. You are at liberty to give every assurance that the pictures will be sold absolutely to the highest bidder. No one will be allowed to Offer a bid on my account or in my behalf, either directly or indirectly. (signed), J. Abner harper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.