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Governors' portraits excluded from auction: The state seized them because of ?historical significance.?
News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN)
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July 20, 2006
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Byline: Ryan Lengerich
Jul. 20--Seventeen framed portraits of Indiana governors, some more than 100 years old, were not auctioned today as had been planned.
The historic pieces were to be featured items at an auction of excess merchandise once housed at the Fort Wayne State Developmental Center, which the state plans to close in June.
The Indiana Department of Administration seized the historic portraits from the center late last week, one day after a story first appeared in The News-Sentinel about the auction. Department spokeswoman Elizabeth ...
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