Christie’s Takes in the Panorama with Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection

NEW YORK, N.Y.- This spring, Christie’s will offer an insightful coast-to-coast look at the 20th Century American landscape with Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection. The highly anticipated sale has more than 250 lots and will be offered in two parts, beginning on April 7, 2011, followed by a second auction to take place in the fall, at Christie’s Rockefeller Center. Robert Mapplethorpe, Flag, 1987. Estimate: $70,000-90,000. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2011. The collection, hailing from the freight [...]