SLOANS & KENYON TO AUCTION ESTATE OF CELEBRITY CLAIRVOYANT JEANE DIXON ON JULY 26TH Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers is delighted to present at auction on July 26th the entire estate of Jeane Dixon one of the pre-eminent astrologers and psychics of the 20th century
June 29, 2009
CHEVY CHASE, MD - Metropolitan Washington, DC-based Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers is delighted to present at auction on July 26th the entire estate of Jeane Dixon (1904-1997), one of the pre-eminent astrologers and psychics of the 20th century best known for predicting John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
The July 26th auction includes:
*Mrs. Dixon’s crystal ball and famous desk
*Hats and vintage clothing included Dixon’s celebrated gold-beaded evening dress
*Furniture and fine and decorative art from Dixon’s Washington, DC Victorian townhouse
*Lifetime accumulation of personal possessions and memorabilia, personal and business papers and correspondence; ephemera, scrapbooks and travel souvenirs; religious artifacts
*Books on prophecy, astronomy, astrology, paranormal studies, and presidential studies, including books authored by Mrs. Dixon
Auction lots can be viewed in person at Sloans & Kenyon’s Chevy Chase gallery during the five-day exhibition, Tuesday, July 21st through Saturday, July 25th. A limited edition auction catalogue is available for $15. Multiple-view online images of auction lots, detailed images, and alternate views of auction lots can be viewed at www.sloansandkenyon.com/search.htm beginning July 11.
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Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers is Metropolitan Washington DC's premier auction house; estate catalogue auctions of fine art and antiques are held approximately five times each year. The company is the successor firm to Washington's C.G. Sloan & Co., which was established in 1853. Sloans & Kenyon recently has sold property at auction from the National Press Club, U.S. Capitol Historical Society, Phillips Collection, Blair House Restoration Fund, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Italian Embassy, Victorian Society in America, Tudor Place, CarrAmerica Realty Corporation, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Washington Teachers’ Union, Universalist National Memorial Church, and Georgetown Presbyterian Church (all Washington DC); Darnall's Chance Museum, Upper Marlboro MD; the United Negro College Fund; James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, Fredericksburg, VA; Auburn Farm, Thurmont MD; "Oakland," Petersville, MD; The Wayside Inn, Middletown, VA; the collections of actress Jane Withers, Ambassador Richard W. Carlson, Alice Pike Barney, Count Rodolfo Giusti de Marle, Bali, Indonesia; Ambassador William Itoh, Senator Edward William Brooke (R- Massachusetts) and CNN Anchor David Ensor; and the estates of Baroness Garnet Von Stackelberg, Countess Adelaide D'Eudeville, Esmeralda Alcoforado, Gladys Ponton de Arce Bendetsen, David Alvey Reed, and painter Pierce Rice (all Washington DC); Benjamin Franklin Kahn, Chevy Chase, MD; General Roland H. delMar, Petersville, MD; Mrs. E. Delong Bowman, Vantage Point Farm, Middleburg, VA; E. Brooke Lee, Jr., Chevy Chase, MD; Samuel M. Hyatt, London, Berlin, and Washington DC; Sophia and Leonidas Arvanitidis, Monaco; and Kenkichi Yokohama, Buenos Aries, Argentina; Sir Sidney Barton, British Ambassador to Peking.
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