RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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May L. Joynt auction records (RLC.Ms.043)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680


Scope & content

The records are comprised of photographs, receipts, correspondence, tax forms, shipment notifications, and invoices from auction houses and moving companies to May Joynt. The records for specific items typically include a photograph of the piece purchased. There are numerous item photographs without records attached, and those have been sorted out and stored in their own folders.

Also found within these records are documents relating to purchases made by Mr. M. A. Lepley, the proprietor of M.A. Lepley Decorative Arts of Alexandria, Virginia.