article_snippet.sent: The items from the collection of 'dean of American crafts' Allen Eaton were slated for public auction on Friday at the Rago Auction House in Lambertville, New Jersey.
article_snippet.sent: the collection of 'dean of American crafts' Allen Eaton includes 63 photos of people of Japanese descent who were imprisoned over fears they were spies and dozens of arts and crafts they made.
article_snippet.sent: Critics of The auction say these works aren't just art but expression of the sorry the disenfranchised families felt . '
article_snippet.sent: this issue spurred us on in us effort to do right by the collection and the incarcerees who created the artworks.'
article_snippet.sent: These items were given -- not sold -- to the original collector, Allen Eaton, because Allen Eaton wanted to display the original collector, Allen Eaton in an exhibition that would help tell the story of the incarceration of 120,000 innocent people,' reads a Change.org petition that aimed to stop the auction. '
article_snippet.sent: These items were given -- not sold -- to the original collector, Allen Eaton, because he wanted to display them in an exhibition that would help tell the story of the incarceration of 120,000 innocent people,' reads the petition the original collector, Allen Eatonthe original collector, Allen Eaton . '
article_snippet.sent: Dean of American crafts': The pieces were from the collection of 'dean of American crafts' Allen Eaton . '