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　　DETROIT, MI.- When the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) invited the public to donate artworks for a Big Art Sale fundraiser, the response was remarkable. The museum accepted 180 objects, each valued between $250–$30,000, to auction off on Thursday and Friday, October 1 and 2. The Big Art Sale will take place at DuMouchelle Art Galleries, 409 E. Jefferson in Detroit, and proceeds benefit the DIA.

　　Among the items to be auctioned are works by Tyree Guyton, Jacob Lawrence, Max Ernst and Alexander Calder. Also up for bid are sterling silver pieces, a Turkish silk rug, a wood Akan comb from Ghana, lithographs, and a leaf-shaped brooch and earrings made of 18 karat gold and sapphires. Although some of the items are by artists represented in the DIA’s collection, such as Norval Morrisseau and Tony Smith, none of the objects are from the museum’s collection.

　　Among the most expensive items are: an 1897 oil painting by Theodore Levigne entitled A Pretty Girl with a Bouquet of Flowers, donated by Edsel Ford II, valued between $20,000–25,000.

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