The 16-inch, reverse painted creation attracted a great deal of interest.

The portfolio, by Hill and Wall, included all 20 hand-colored prints with accompanying text sheets.

In front of a packed house, with more than 500 registered Internet bidders and six phone lines in action, seven Charles Schulz originals brought top prices.

The event has adapted to the different trends and styles of the business and is still widely regarded as a perennial favorite among old-time Americana collectors and a host of new shoppers.

English ceramics, glass, and minor arts were strongly represented, but this year’s theme was “French Country Style.”

A good many deals are available, even to a member of the American trade.

For years George Stubbs was considered a mere painter of animals for a small group of sporting clients. For more than a century after his death he was nearly forgotten.

The Worcester Art Museum, in partnership with Clark University and the College of the Holy Cross, will present the first major exhibition outside of Europe to explore art’s role during the plague.

Until now no single exhibition has identified and explored the theme that runs through this genre.

Fidelity to her calling coupled with a genuinely brilliant mind, exactingly high standards and a dogged determination to see her work in print has made the collector the foremost scholar of antique American needlework of her time, perhaps for all time.