Thomas Ellis Kirby (1846–1924) was an
auctioneer at
American Art Galleries
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. He was known as the "grand old man of the auction room".
Biography
He was born in 1846. He married and had a son,
Gustavus T. Kirby.
He was one of the three founders of the
American Art Association (AAA) in 1883 in
New York
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He died in 1924.
References
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1846 births
1924 deaths
American auctioneers