Freeman's
Introducing Freeman’s—America’s Auction House since 1805
The prestige of Freeman’s, Cowan’s, and Hindman—now united under one timeless name. This November, the company will move forward simply as Freeman’s, honoring its historic legacy. The rebrand coincides with the 220th anniversary of its founding in November 1805, when Tristram B. Freeman was appointed auctioneer for the City of Philadelphia.
For more than two centuries, Freeman’s has connected people with extraordinary objects. This next chapter brings together the firm’s combined history, experience, and national reach under one trusted name. Though the brand has evolved, the commitment to clients remains unchanged: to provide exceptional service and expertise at every step.
Upcoming Auctions from Freeman's
Camp Rosemary: Posy Krehbiel Estate, Part II
Camp Rosemary, as it is affectionately known by the family who have been its stewards since 1988, comprises nearly nine acres of awe-inspiring gardens and a classically proportioned red brick Georgian house designed in 1904 by Benjamin Marshall for John Taylor Pirie (1871-1940) and his wife Sophie Skirving Hunter (1872-1966). At the time, Marshall engaged Bostonian landscape architect Rose Standish Nichols to design the estate’s formal gardens. Today, the house and gardens are a culmination of thirty years of collaboration between Posy Krehbiel, her family, a dedicated team of workers, architects, designers, and distinguished gardeners. Posy Krehbiel, a renowned philanthropist, artist, athlete, world traveler, and avid gardener, cultivated an extraordinary life at Camp Rosemary. Beginning with renovations by Chicago architect Thomas Beeby, Kirsten Beeby, and later working with Imogen Taylor of Colefax and Fowler—the leading arbiters of English country house taste—Posy and John Krehbiel preserved and enhanced their historic property, a treasured stalwart of Lake Forest heritage. With a thoughtful eye for preservation and a keen sense of taste, Posy and John breathed new life into the home, expanding its footprint through the addition of a delightfully ornamental swimming pool folly with a Dutch-inspired gable rising over an open terrace. The pool house’s interiors, on the other hand, are inspired by classical Swedish rooms, with trompe l’oeil painted murals. A destructive fire in 1995 ruined part of the garage wing and the apartment above it, providing an opportunity to build a conservatory and with it an adjoining guest house. And on and on, creating a stylish, comfortable, and unpretentious residence, as well as perhaps the finest private garden in North America. Throughout Posy’s home’s collection, the connection to the garden is profound. Botanical upholstery, framed specimens, and leaf-form ceramics are pervasive. Eighteenth century English and Continental furniture complete the country house idyll. Now, the thousands of enthusiasts who followed Posy Krehbiel through her garden gate can acquire one of many objects in which her vibrant, joyful essence is palpable. Part II of the Camp Rosemary auction series features an additional 250 lots from the Estate of Posy Krehbiel in a timed, online-only bidding format. Part II is open for bidding from November 26 through December 12.Photos of Camp Rosemary by Tom Rossiter.
Holiday Lux
Holiday Lux offers an extraordinary selection of luxury from several important estates and collections including Ageless Beauty: The Dayle Haddon Collection, a remarkable offering from one of fashion’s most enduring icons. As a muse to top designers, a leading model, and an influential activist, Dayle Haddon leaves a legacy that is celebrated throughout this collection. Holiday Lux also presents other significant collections and estates, including Property from Camp Rosemary, the Estate of Posy Krehbiel, Lake Forest, Illinois and the Estate of Maureen Dwyer Smith amongst many other important collections.![[Americana] Mitchell, Samuel Augustus. The Tourist’s Pocket Map of the State of Illinois Exhib](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/197/398402/220883771_1_x.jpg?height=260&quality=70&version=1764687424)
![[Children's & Illustrated] [Walt Disney] Original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Production Cel](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/197/398402/220885005_1_x.jpg?height=130&quality=70&version=1764687509)
![[Christmas] [Rackham, Arthur] A Christmas Carol](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/197/398402/220885669_1_x.jpg?height=130&quality=70&version=1764687527)
The Collected Library
Our annual Fall online book sale features a vibrant mix. From classic American and British Literature to a broad selection of Americana, Travel & Exploration, Art, and much more. These online-only sales are the perfect place to find something to add to your own collection or find the perfect thoughtful gift.
Art + Design Online
Continuing the seasonal offerings, Freeman’s is pleased to present the online portion of our December Art + Design sale, a collaboration between our Fine Art and Design teams. This section features exciting examples for collectors at a variety of price points. We are particularly delighted to continue to highlight artists including Ryan McMenamy, Pierre Alechinsky, Leon Kelly, and Karel Appel. Chicago favorites Roger Brown, Lee Godie and Ed Paschke are also represented. On the design front we proudly feature works by glass artists Dale Chihuly, Harvey Littleton, Martin Blank and Dino Rosin as well as a collection of functioning Robert Engman fountains and models. Other favorites include dynamic sculptures by Bill Keating, Christopher Ries, Erté, and a charming menagerie of Omersa leather animals. We invite you to compliment your aesthetic with this kaleidoscope of lots by welcoming in warm additions to your home for a new year.
Arms, Armor and Militaria Online
Cowan's final Arms, Armor & Militaria Sale of the 2025 season includes a wide variety of arms and accessories for the collector and shooter. Included in the sale are a nice sampling of Civil War era long arms and revolvers, as well as nice Civil War era artillery mounted services jacket and kepi. For the sport shooter and collector we also offer a Beretta Silver Pigeon S 20&28 gauge two barrel set and a Beretta 687 Silver Pigeon V 410 cased shotguns and a cased Ruger No. 1 Lyman Centennial Commemorative.45-70 Rifle. The sale also includes a large number of Italian replica percussion revolvers for the collector, reenactor and black powder shooter as well as some nice Italian replicas for the Cowboy Action Shooter. As usual, the sale covers a wide gambit of interests and offers items for those at all levels of collecting and buying.
Asian Art Online
Discover a curated selection of Asian art in this special sale, featuring Chinese porcelains, jades, bronzes, paintings, and works of art. Also of note are exceptional Japanese and Tibetan collections from private connoisseurs. Offering a premier year-end opportunity, this event is a must for collectors, connoisseurs, and interior decorators looking to acquire distinguished pieces.
Collect: American and European Art
Freeman's is pleased to offer a wide selection of American and European paintings, drawings, and prints at accessible prices, featuring works ranging from Old Masters to Impressionism and Modernism. Whether you're an experienced collector or a newcomer, you're sure to find an irresistible gem among the available lots. Please note that our offices will be closed for the holidays beginning December 20, 2025, and will reopen on January 5, 2026. If you need assistance or would like to schedule a pickup before this time, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Collect: Palm Beach and Chicago
Freeman's presents Collect: Palm Beach and Chicago featuring Continental and English furniture and decorative arts, modern design, designer furnishings, and fine art. Highlights include a sixteenth century Limoges enamel plaque, a Louis XV commode by ébéniste Pierre II Migeon, a selection of Art Deco Revival furniture, and several paintings by Hunt Slonem.
Camp Rosemary: Posy Krehbiel Estate, Part I
Camp Rosemary, as it is affectionately known by the family who have been its stewards since 1988, comprises nearly nine acres of awe-inspiring gardens and a classically proportioned red brick Georgian house designed in 1904 by Benjamin Marshall for John Taylor Pirie (1871-1940) and his wife Sophie Skirving Hunter (1872-1966). At the time, Marshall engaged Bostonian landscape architect Rose Standish Nichols to design the estate’s formal gardens. Today, the house and gardens are a culmination of thirty years of collaboration between Posy Krehbiel, her family, a dedicated team of workers, architects, designers, and distinguished gardeners. Posy Krehbiel, a renowned philanthropist, artist, athlete, world traveler, and avid gardener, cultivated an extraordinary life at Camp Rosemary. Beginning with renovations by Chicago architect Thomas Beeby, Kirsten Beeby, and later working with Imogen Taylor of Colefax and Fowler—the leading arbiters of English country house taste—Posy and John Krehbiel preserved and enhanced their historic property, a treasured stalwart of Lake Forest heritage. With a thoughtful eye for preservation and a keen sense of taste, Posy and John breathed new life into the home, expanding its footprint through the addition of a delightfully ornamental swimming pool folly with a Dutch-inspired gable rising over an open terrace. The pool house’s interiors, on the other hand, are inspired by classical Swedish rooms, with trompe l’oeil painted murals. A destructive fire in 1995 ruined part of the garage wing and the apartment above it, providing an opportunity to build a conservatory and with it an adjoining guest house. And on and on, creating a stylish, comfortable, and unpretentious residence, as well as perhaps the finest private garden in North America.
Important Jewelry
Freeman’s proudly presents Important Jewelry, a live auction on December 11, 2025, at our Upper East Side gallery in New York City. The sale showcases outstanding diamonds, Burmese sapphires, Colombian emeralds, and not to be missed pieces by Graff, Bulgari, JAR, Cartier, and Van Cleef & Arpels from the collections of Dayle Haddon, Chicago Civic Leader Maureen Dwyer Smith, and the Estate of Mrs. Joan Kanof, among other notable collections. Additionally, the sale includes a collection being sold for the benefit of Shriners Children’s. Please note that our offices will be closed for the holidays beginning December 20, 2025, and will reopen on January 5, 2026. If you need assistance or would like to schedule a pickup before this time, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Prints & Multiples
Freeman's is excited to present our winter session of Prints, Multiples, and Photographs on December 12th featuring strong collections of Contemporary and Modern works as well as a curated session of artwork from the esteemed collection of Dr. Gary W London, Washington, D.C. Among the contemporary session, the sale includes particularly bright Pop examples by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann, works by Frank Stella and Jim Dine, and examples by Sam Gilliam from the estate of William Weege, Gilliam's longtime friend, collaborator, and printer. The Modern offering highlights both European and American masters. In addition to works by Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, and Wassily Kandinsky, there is a strong group of works by Martin Lewis, Thomas Hart Benton, and Howard Cook. In the second half of the sale, Dr. London's keen eye for color is clear across a broad range of twentieth-century movements, brought together through Dr. London's curation. Bringing together artwork from such artists as Wolf Kahn, Anni Albers, Robert Indiana, Dorothea Tanning, and Shepard Fairey, the sale provides the most discerning collector the opportunity to include these storied examples of Modern and Contemporary art to their collection. Please note that our offices will be closed for the holidays beginning December 20, 2025, and will reopen on January 5, 2026. If you need assistance or would like to schedule a pickup before this time, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Art + Design
Just in time to celebrate the holidays, Freeman’s December 12th Art + Design auction brings a bountiful smorgasbord of 177 lots of paintings, drawings, sculptures, furniture and design objects to the table with delicacies for every taste from the well-seasoned familiar to excitingly bold new flavors. Of leading significance in the sale are a jazzy quintet of sublimely spellbinding Gertrude Abercrombie paintings, four of which importantly belonged to writer Wendell Wilcox and his wife Esther, including a most precious sparkling gem the smallest self-portrait the Queen of the Bohemian’s is known to have made, still housed in the intricately ornate artist-selected miniature frame. Another exceptional highlight in the auction is a signature sonic Harry Bertoia sculpture that likely served as a sample for his monumental masterpiece commission for the Standard Oil Building in Chicago, equally as stunning in the home version scale. Also of note on offer is a vibrant lightning bolt of a hard-edged abstract by Washington Color School stalwart Howard Mehring--a decisive and dazzling display of pattern and hue. For those searching for outstanding stocking stuffers with nice list pricing, almost the full array of the charming and famed Norton Family Christmas Gifts also warrant attention. Continuing the lengthy list of not to be missed works in the auction are exhilarating examples by Sam Gilliam, Conrad Marca Relli, Michael Goldberg, Roger Brown, Karl Wirsum, Joseph Raffael, Dale Chihuly, Hunt Slonem, LeRoy Neiman, Tom Friedman, March Avery, Ilya Bolotowsky, Karel Appel, Fahrenlissa Zeid, Barnaby Furnas, Dashiell Manley, Wolf Kahn, Cynthia Daignault, Alexander Calder, Carlos Cruiz-Diez, Jean Cocteau, Jorge Pardo, Alan Uglow, and many more. We invite you to enjoy the careful examination of this wide-ranging wonderland of a sale to discover the treasured lots to brighten the season and beyond.![[ANCIENTS] SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BC). Av Stater (7.2g, 20mm)](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/197/398903/221171491_1_x.jpg?height=260&quality=70&version=1764626890)
Coins & Collectibles
Spanning over two-millennia of numismatic history Freeman’s December 15th Coins and Collectibles auction begins with a lovely session of ancient gold and silver coins followed by a session of United States and Colonial issued coins featuring Saint Gaudens $20 gold and several lots of GSA released Carson City minted Morgan silver dollars.
Asian Works of Art
This winter, Freeman's Auction Asian Art Department invites you to explore a meticulously curated journey through Asian art. Headlining the sale is the second part of the renowned Pennsylvania collection, featuring rock crystals and scholarly bronzes. It is joined by elegant jade artworks, Chinese ceramics from the Tang to Qing dynasties, and a significant group of Sino-Tibetan sculptures. Rounding out the collection are Japanese woodblock prints from the 18th to 20th centuries, graciously offered from several private collections.
Essential Jewelry
Freeman’s is pleased to present our December Essential Jewelry auction. Featuring pieces sold for the benefit of Shriners Hospitals for Children and a selection of jewelry from the Estate of Mrs. Joan S. Kanof, kick off the holiday season with an array of festive colored gemstones, wintry diamonds, and numerous signed accessories.Bidder Reviews for Freeman's (1,710)
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Past Auctions from Freeman's
![[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate ambrotype of a young doctor with skeleton in painted background.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/197/396265/219618653_1_x.jpg?height=260&quality=70&version=1763484726)
![[CAMERAS]. Full scale replica 1839 Giroux daguerreotype camera by Robert Lisle, 1991.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/197/396265/219618584_1_x.jpg?height=130&quality=70&version=1763484653)
![[GOLD RUSH]. The Great Pictorial Romance of the Age... New York: Chas. F. Gildersleave, ca 1849.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/197/396265/219618816_1_x.jpg?height=130&quality=70&version=1763484857)
Western & Contemporary Native American Online
Cincinnati, Chicago, Phila, Denver, CO, US
Photographs, including property from the MFAH
Denver, Cincinnati, Phila, Chicago, IL, US
Photographs, including property from the MFAH
Denver, Cincinnati, Phila, Chicago, IL, US
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