PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/766314.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers to Sell Telescope Believed to Have Been Owned by George Washington in October Auction http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1233214.htm Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, one of the nation's leading fine art auctioneers, is pleased to announce the sale of a telescope believed to have belonged to George Washington. The telescope has been consigned by the renowned Illinois Institute of Technology. Washington possessed many telescopes during his lifetime, having eleven in his collection at the time of his death in December of 1799. Several of these spyglasses are now housed in the Smithsonian, Mount Vernon and other distinguished institutions. (PRWeb Aug 22, 2008)

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