May 18, 2023 - News

How much those Tiffany windows from Philly church auctioned for

Mike D'Onofrio

A pair of stained glass windows. — What a lucky find! Photo: Courtesy of Paul Brown.

A pair of round stained-glass Tiffany windows from a West Philly church were bought for $100,000 each at auction Thursday.

What’s happening: Freeman’s auction house in Philly sold the nearly eight-foot diameter windows — whose iconic provenance wasn't known until recently — to an anonymous buyer.

Catch up quick: The lead-glass windows were part of Hickman Temple AME Church for about a century.

That was until the most recent owner of the site, Emmanuel Christian Center, unwittingly sold the windows last year to antiques collector Paul Brown for $6,000.

What to watch: Brown tells Axios he intends to give a portion of the proceeds to the Christian center.

This story was updated.

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How much those Tiffany windows from Philly church auctioned for

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