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Skinner, Inc. ]
Located in Boston’s historic Back Bay, Skinner is an auction houses for antiques and fine art. Skinner conducts more than 60 auctions and events each year round and has achieved world-record prices for many pieces sold at auction including:

°Fitz Henry Lane’s Manchester Harbor   sold for a world record $5.5 million, besting it’s previous record by over $1.5 million.

°A rare and historically important previously undiscovered broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence sold for $625,000. 

°A molded copper touring car with driver weathervane, made in Boston circa 1910 sold for $941,000

°1958/63 Gibson Explorer Electric Guitar sold for $611,000 -- a world record price for a Gibson guitar. 

Skinner was founded by dealer Robert Skinner, who believed that Boston, with its long history as an international arts center, was a fitting location for a world-class auction house. The company began operations in the 1960s and was incorporated in 1971 in Bolton. Skinner’s Boston gallery opened in 1978.

With expertise in over 20 specialty collecting areas, Skinner’s appraisal experts regularly appear on the PBS-TV series, Antiques Roadshow, and other arts and culture programs. Specialty departments include American Furniture & Decorative Arts, American & European Paintings & Prints, European Furniture & Decorative Arts, Fine Ceramics, Fine Jewelry, Couture, 20th Century Design, Fine Musical Instruments, Asian Works of Art, Fine Judaica, Science & Technology, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Fine Silver, Antique Motor Vehicles, American Indian & Ethnographic Art, Fine Clocks, Fine Wines, Oriental Rugs & Carpets, Textiles & Couture, Toys, Dolls & Collectibles, and Discovery.