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Article · Sep 2026

Star Tribune

Andy Warhol screenprints, a Dr. Seuss sculpture and a Picasso etching for sale at St. Paul-based Revere Auctions

Ninety artworks including three Warhol screenprints, a Dr. Seuss sculpture, and a Picasso etching go on the block at Revere's annual Fine Art sale.

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Article · 2026

Star Tribune

When it comes to Native artifacts, a St. Paul auction house says no to selling stolen history

Revere has built the only formal process in the country for vetting Native American items before sale, working with the Association on American Indian Affairs to flag sacred objects and return them to their nations.

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Article · Apr 2025

Star Tribune

Peer into Lynne Rossetto Kasper's splendid collection, as she auctions off a cook's greatest treasures

A walk through the Splendid Table host's lifetime of cookware, French copper, and the cookbooks she annotated while building one of public radio's most beloved food shows.

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Article · Apr 2025

Star Tribune

Home-cook hero Lynne Rossetto Kasper is auctioning off her prized kitchen collection

The James Beard Award–winning host of American Public Media's Splendid Table consigns thousands of hand-notated cookbooks, French copper pots, Le Creuset, and personal artifacts.

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Broadcast · Apr 2025

KARE 11

Lynne Rossetto Kasper's 'Splendid Collection' up for auction

Twin Cities NBC affiliate covers the Splendid Collection sale at Revere — antique cookware, sterling tableware, and Kasper's research library.

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Article · Mar 2025

Eat Your Books

Culinary icon Lynne Rossetto Kasper to auction prized collection

Preview piece from the cookbook-collector community ahead of the April 16 sale.

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Article · Feb 2024

Minnesota Reformer

Emotional ceremony welcomes birch bark scrolls back to Ojibwe people

Coverage of the repatriation ceremony for the birch bark scrolls Revere helped recover from a Boston auction — restored to the White Earth Nation.

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Article · Jan 2024

Minnesota Reformer

'We did it': Birch bark scrolls recovered from auction

How Sean Blanchet and the Revere team worked with the Association on American Indian Affairs to pull two sacred Ojibwe scrolls from a Boston sale.

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Article · Nov 2022

MinnPost

The story of an Ojibwe drum shows how auction houses can help — or hurt — efforts to repatriate Indigenous objects

Long-form arts feature on Revere's repatriation practice and the broader market context around Indigenous objects at auction.

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Article · 2022

Vice

Auction House Repatriates Sacred Indigenous Items, Possibly a Human Scalp

National coverage of Revere's repatriation work, including the formal review process that flags sacred and ceremonial objects before every sale.

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Interview · May 2021

MplsArt

Going Once, Going Twice — A Q&A with Revere Auctions' Sean Blanchet

Long-form interview on the founding of Revere, the Twin Cities fine-art market, and Sean Blanchet's path from East Coast houses to St. Paul.

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Article · May 2021

St. Paul Pioneer Press (AP wire)

St. Paul businessmen help return century-old birchbark scroll to Minnesota's Ojibwe tribe

Deanna Weniger's story for the Pioneer Press picked up nationally by the AP — Sean Blanchet and Robert Snell spot the scroll on a Boston auction site and broker its return to White Earth.

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Article · May 2021

Lakota Times

Century-old sacred birchbark scroll returned to Ojibwe tribe

Native-press coverage of the White Earth scroll repatriation Revere facilitated.

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Article · May 2021

Post Bulletin

St. Paul businessmen help return century-old birchbark scroll to Minnesota's Ojibwe tribe

Rochester-area paper's run of the AP wire version of the scroll-return story.

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Article · May 2021

Perham Focus

St. Paul businessmen help return century-old birchbark scroll to Minnesota's Ojibwe tribe

Rural Minnesota outlet's run of the AP wire version of the scroll-return story.

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Article · 2020

Midwest Design Magazine

Minnesota's First Fine Art Auction House Finds an Eager Market

Profile of Revere as the first Twin Cities house dedicated to fine art — coverage of the early consignment program and 90%-out-of-state buyer base.

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Article · Dec 2018

Star Tribune

New local auction house is changing the way Minnesotans buy and sell art

The Twin Cities daily of record introduces Revere — co-founded by Sean Blanchet and Robert Snell — and its mission to be the first fine-art auction house in the region.

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Article · 2018

City Pages

Revere Auctions provides a new — and surprisingly affordable — marketplace for art collectors

Early coverage of Revere as an accessible entry point for new Twin Cities collectors, with works by Jasper Johns and Frank Stella appearing alongside more attainable lots.

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Article · May 2018

PR Newswire / Wire

Revere Auctions becomes first U.S. auction house to accept cryptocurrency

Picked up across financial and trade press: Revere becomes the first U.S. fine-art auction house to accept Bitcoin, citing demand from international collectors.

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