A rare double portrait by Ammi Phillips reached $782,500 (with buyer's premium) at Christie's auction of important folk art on January 22 in New York. A direct descendent of the sitters consigned "Double Portrait of Theron Simpson Ludington (1850–1922) and His Older Sister Virginia Ludington (1846–1865)," circa 1855, which was estimated to bring $300/500,00.