Horst’s perfect storm hits Philadelphia
Alasdair Nichol, picture specialist and vice chairman at Freeman’s of Philadelphia, called the Horst collection “an auctioneer’s perfect storm” – the sale of a previously unknown cache of untouched European and American art exposed to market for the first time in close to a century.
The time capsule was opened with predictable fireworks on March 30. The 63 pictures sold without a f…