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The Gray Market: The 1973 Scull auction was a harbinger of today's market, but its meaning is still misunderstood

Fifty years later, history suggests the infamous sale from the collection of Robert and Ethel Scull is not quite the art market precedent it is remembered as

Tim Schneider
5 December 2023
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Portrait of the contemporary art collectors Robert and Ethel Scull as they pose with the artists George Segal, Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist, at the Sculls' home, November 1973 Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images
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