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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Auction House · Philadelphia, United States

Freeman's

Auction house including horology.

Overview

Freeman's is an auction house based in Philadelphia, United States. Auction house including horology.

As an auction house, its importance to research lies in published sale catalogues, which record descriptions, photographs and provenance of objects as they changed hands.

Past catalogues form a long public record of surviving pieces and are widely used to trace known examples.

Diagram

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Schematic: order of work at the bench. An outline schematic drawn to show the arrangement of the parts discussed here. It is not a dimensioned working drawing and does not depict a particular maker's calibre.

Using it for research

  • Catalogue descriptions are written by specialists but are not independent of the sale; treat attributions as the cataloguer's opinion and check condition notes.
  • Results reflect a particular sale on a particular day; this encyclopedia does not report or interpret prices.

Before you visit

  • Pre-sale viewings are commonly open to the public; dates are set per sale.