1856 portrait of New York’s first licensed Black lawyer sold for $230,400
viaTimes of India24 Oct
A photograph that fetched $882 at a New York auction last year has now been identified as a portrait of George Boyer Vashon, the first licensed African American lawyer in New York State. Experts recognized its historical significance, leading Sotheby’s to auction it for an astonishing $230,400, far…
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