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(Auction)The Sacred and the Profane at Books and Manuscripts Sale
An original typescript of Yoko Ono's Grapefruit sold to a North American private collector for $485,000 (est. $300,000/500,000). A salesroom notice said: "The present typescript does not correspond in completeness to the 1964 limited first edition of Grapefruit. It is, however, a draft of the work, and includes a typed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Dealer Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Wildlife Smuggling
Qiang Wang, also known as Jeffrey Wang, a 34-year-old Flushing, New York, antiques dealer, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court on December 5, 2013, to 37 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle Asian artifacts made from rhinoceros horns and ivory and violate wildlife trafficking laws.
Wang ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Arts of the American West
Rare Meskwaki bear claw necklace and turban. The necklace is composed of 31 grizzly bear claws on an otter neck ring, each pierced through the center and joined together with a hide strip strung with an alternating series of large white and pale green glass trade beads, a long tapering ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sotheby's American Art Auction
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Saying Grace, oil on canvas, 43" x 41", signed "Norman Rockwell" in his block style, lower center, painted in 1951, sold for $46,085,000 (est. $15/$20 million), a record for Norman Rockwell and for any work of art sold at an American art auction.
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Norman Rockwell ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) painted Girl Choosing Hat in 1931. The 381/2" x 30" oil on canvas sold in the salesroom to Judy Goffman Cutler, a New York City dealer and cofounder and director of the National Museum of American Illustration, for $1,205,000 (est. $400,000/600,000), underbid on the phone. The painting ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Records Fall for American Art
Norman Rockwell, Saying Grace, signed "Norman Rockwell" (lower center), oil on canvas, 43" x 41", painted in 1951, $46,085,000. Sotheby's photo.
Edward Hopper, East Wind over Weehawken, oil on canvas, 34" x 501/4", painted in 1934, $40,485,000. Christie's photo.
Saying Grace, Norman Rockwell's illustration for the Thanksgiving issue of the Saturday Evening ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Art Fair 2013
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York City, asked $600,000 for The Old Checkered House by Grandma Moses, 351/2" x 443/4", painted in 1944.
Ralston Crawford, The Sails, oil on canvas, 26" x 40", $375,000 from Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, New York City.
This William Hunt Diederich (1884-1953) fire screen was $115,000 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Thanksgiving Holiday Auction
The ornate Art Nouveau enameled gold pin, set with 2.9 carats of European-cut diamonds and seed pearls, brought $15,400.
Pictured are three separate lots of jewelry. The Art Deco platinum brooch set with pointed rubies and diamonds, plus other diamonds, in a filigree setting sold for $1925. The Art Deco diamond ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction at Garth's
This Federal Pembroke table, attributed to the Goddard family of Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1810, is mahogany with urn and bellflower inlay. It may have been refinished and has some surface wear. It brought $36,000.
Chippendale chest of drawers in cherry, Massachusetts or Connecticut, circa 1780, period brasses and old finish, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bay Psalm Book Sells for $14,165,000
Photo courtesy Sotheby's.
The Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in British America, sold for $14,165,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Sotheby's in New York City on November 26, 2013. It made auction history, setting an auction record for any printed book. It was purchased by philanthropist David Rubenstein, co-founder and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Paintings
Under Surveillance, 24" x 30", oil on board, 1971, by Frank McCarthy (1924-2002) sold for $112,500 (est. $30,000/50,000) to a private collector from Texas, who had bought a Bierstadt at the Bonhams spring 2013 sale. Catalog notes said, "A porcelain plate was produced on behalf of Wells Fargo & Co. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Floor-Standing Astronomical Regulator Clock Brings $277,300
This E. Howard & Co. No. 68 floor-standing astronomical regulator sold for a record $277,300.
An E. Howard No. 68 astronomical regulator clock, 105" tall, sold for $277,300 (includes buyer's premium) at Fontaine's Auction Gallery in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on November 23, 2013. According to John Fontaine, that's a new world auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hi-Yo Silver at Moore's
The company of Samuel Kirk & Son, founded in 1815 or 1817, once billed itself as America's oldest silversmith and operated under various Kirk family names until 1979 when it was bought out and renamed the Kirk Stieff Corporation. The intricately decorated matched pair of Kirk serving dishes sold for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wall Art Tops Vocal Art at Saco River
Two early wax cylinder Edison recordings by the black singing group Unique Quartette sold for $2070 and $1265. Saco River photos.
Robert Wesley Amick (1879-1969), oil on canvas, The Rainmaker, early 1940's, $5175.
This panoramic shoreline seascape by Caroline Melissa Nettleton Thurber sold for $16,675.
Circa 1862 tintype of Abraham Lincoln, $575.
This large ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Pier Antique Show
This mixed-media work, The New York City Marathon, was displayed by Antique Elements, Roslyn, New York. The painting and the frame were made by Loren Munk (b. 1951) in the 1970's. The dealers asked $12,500 for it.
Glen Leroux of Westport, Connecticut, had the first booth as one entered the "modern" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Louisiana Purchase Auction Total Driven by Strong Regional Art Sales
Director of paintings Rachel Weathers stands by the star of this year's Louisiana Purchase Auction, a portrait of Major General James Wilkinson (1757-1825) by Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (c. 1750-1802). The work established a world record for the sought-after Spanish colonial artist when it sold for $591,000 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Julia Toy, Doll, and Advertising Auction
This 29" tall Izannah Walker doll, once discarded in a trash heap, brought $14,220. Julia photos.
This American Outline locomotive and tender by the German toy maker Marklin was adapted for the American market with the addition of a front headlamp, bell, and cowcatcher. The tender was missing its load ... (Read More)
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(Show)Stories of Rediscovery at the Boston International Fine Art Show
Ecstatica II by Meghan Howland (b. 1985) is a 48" x 60" oil on panel. Finished within 24 hours prior to the show's opening, it was offered at $15,000 by Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, and Mount Dora, Florida, and sold.
The large painting in the center is Night Fishing under ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and Decorative Art at Eldred's
The top lot of the three-day auction was this striking Dutch portrait of a gentleman. It was attributed to Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck (Dutch, c. 1594-1662). The painting was signed middle right "Aetatis 59. 1653 Johan Verspronck." There was a paper label affixed to the reverse of the frame at the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer of Fake Chihuly Sentenced
Michael Little, 35, of Renton, Washington, was sentenced on November 20, 2013, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five months in prison, three years of supervised release, including five months in a halfway house, and $75,389 in restitution for wire fraud in connection with his scheme to advertise and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Three wise dealers
At a recent show, three wise dealers were disappointed by their sales. From left: Jim Gallagher, Lee Hanes, and Ed Weissman: "Hear no customers. See no customers. Speak to no customers." Joy Hanes photo.
Originally published in the December 2013 issue of Maine Antique Digest. (c) 2013 Maine Antique Digest ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Avoiding an 'Ectomy
Auction Law & Ethics
Last month, I noted that people are often heard to complain about auctioneers. I pointed to the buyer's premium as a source of much of this grousing. I went on to explain that the buyer's premium is fully disclosed in advance of an auction by the auctioneers ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Two Fall Auctions
Antique Jewelry & Horology
Jones & Horan held an 848-lot, largely unreserved sale in Manchester, New Hampshire, October 5 and 6. Grogan & Company offered almost 200 lots of jewelry in an October 13 and 14 auction in Dedham, Massachusetts, having expanded that department by placing the Grogan family's daughter, Lucy ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fred Shapiro, Silver Fox Salvage, Albany, New York
Left to right: Jaime Walton, Camille Gibeau, and Fred Shapiro.
Silver Fox Salvage. The business was named in honor of Shapiro's father, a high-living bandleader who-unlike Fred-had an impressive head of hair with a silver streak in it. Camille Gibeau said the building dates from 1895 and was a brewery.
Partial view ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.
When Oak Was New: English Furniture & Daily Life 1530-1700 by John Fiske ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, ianmckay1@btinternet.com
The principal focus of this month's "Letter" is one of those sales that by their special nature prove a particular attraction to buyers. Unseen and untouched for almost half a century, "The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson" was one that attracted a fair amount of presale publicity ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Cheerios and Cheese Pizza, or Bean and Bug's Excellent Adventure
The Young Collector
Conventional wisdom seems to dictate that to be a writer, it is necessary to be miserable. In reality, being a writer makes the necessity of occasionally being miserable bearable. When things are deteriorating at a rapid clip, when a situation is veering toward the territory of "must-see TV" ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Web Warnings
King Richard III of England died in 1485, and in about 1592, long before the Internet was available, Shakespeare destroyed his reputation in a play.
Computer Column #300
John P. Reid, jreid@dca.net
Plaisir d'amour" is a lovely 18th-century French waltz. Translated to English, the lyrics start, "The joys of love are but ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)The Science of Selling: Four Personality Types
The Art of Marketing
Last month I covered the topic of pricing. Now it's time to change gears and move on to the science of selling. Being successful in a small business requires you to wear many hats. The acquisition of inventory is only one side of the equation; there is ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Cabinetmaker & the Carver: Boston Furniture from Private Collections
The exhibition's full-color illustrated catalog, written by guest curator Gerald W. R. Ward, can be bought on line or at the MHS. The 64-page softcover costs $30, plus shipping or handling.
Joined cupboard with drawers, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Pin Your Faith to the Value of Research
Beyond simple pleasantries, the first question that antiques shop owners inevitably seem to ask me is, "Are you looking for anything in particular?" I suppose this question is a reasonable one, given the desire of most dealers to customize their inventory according to the latest trends, especially in an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Photography Steals the Show at Books & Manuscripts Sale
This image of Mao, woven cotton brocade, was created in Hangzhou, China circa 1969. It measures 781/4" x 503/4" and sold for $510. Schinto photo.
Bidding on Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, conceived and executed by Alexander Gardner, opened from the desk at the lot's mid-estimate at $160,000. A ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Bargain in the Crosshairs
Editorial
The end may be in sight for one of the greatest not-so-secret bargains. On October 24, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City announced that it has signed an amendment to its 1878 lease with the city. The amendment authorizes the museum to consider a range of admission ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Antique Shows Names Sales Director
Katrina Canady has been promoted to sales director for U.S. Antique Shows, the world's largest producer of indoor antiques shows. Formerly a sales manager, Canady joined U.S. Antique Shows in June 2008 as an assistant fair director. During her time in that position, she gained experience in show operations and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Florida Art Gallery and Owner Charged with Obstruction of Justice
Florida Art Gallery and Owner Charged with Obstruction of Justice
A Winter Park, Florida, art gallery and owner face federal charges of obstruction of justice in connection with the importation of ancient Chinese artifacts that were interdicted at the port of Miami. Lorin & Son, LLC, an art gallery, and Francois ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Karen DiSaia to Cultivate Spring Garden Show
When the Garden Sculpture & Antiques Fair opens at the New York Botanical Garden with its preview on April 24 and show April 25-27, 2014, it will have a new show manager. Karen DiSaia has replaced Catherine Sweeney Singer, who has taken over the Philadelphia Antiques Show, scheduled for the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Esmerian Sale Date Set
Sotheby's will offer more than 200 pieces from the American folk art collection of Ralph Esmerian in New York City on January 25, 2014. The collection, sold by order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, has presale estimates of $6.4/9.5 million. The exhibition ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Allman Promotions LLC Assumes Management of Madison-Bouckville Big Field Show
When the land that was home to the Madison-Bouckville Antiques Show, known as the "Big Field," was sold, area residents became concerned about the negative financial impact that might be created if this show did not continue. Fortunately, Ed and Tori Carhart, the new landowners and native residents of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gallery that Lent eBay and PayPal Account Sues after Refunding Sales
Lending out your eBay name and PayPal account could lead to trouble. That's what a Memphis, Tennessee, gallery has found out, and now the matter is headed to court.
Samuel Nathan Galleries, Asian art dealers since 1934, filed suit in federal court in Tennessee on October 18 against Todd Hutchins, dba ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Birth of a Collector
Warm weather is precious when you live in Maine. Winters are cold and long. Many Mainers spend as much time outside as they can in the summer. Growing up on the coast of Maine is a privilege, and playing in the intertidal zone is a given, considering the tide ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Miami Antique Jewelry & Watch Show Changes Date
U.S. Antique Shows will host the 22nd Annual Miami Antique Jewelry & Watch Show, November 7-9, 2014.
A statement from U.S. Antique Shows reads: "In response to many changing market factors, U.S. Antique Shows has moved the Miami Antique Jewelry & Watch Show to November 7-9, 2014, versus the November 14-16, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Matthews Auction Co. to Operate as a Division of Morphy Auctions
Dan Morphy (left), owner and CEO of Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania, and Dan Matthews, founder of Matthews Auction Co., Nokomis, Illinois, which will operate under the Morphy's banner as of January 1, 2014.
Matthews Auction Co., known for its high-profile sales of antique and vintage petroliana and automobilia, will become a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Charged with Trafficking in Illegal Wildlife
$350 sealskin bag.
The $750 sealskin moccasins that Keister is accused of selling.
A pair of $750 sealskin moccasins has a California dealer facing a felony charge of illegally trafficking in wildlife. Lewis Keister, 42, of Los Angeles and the owner of East Meets West Antiques, is charged with selling the sealskin ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Harwinton 2014 Dates
The scheduled dates for the 2014 Harwinton Antiques & Design Weekend in Harwinton, Connecticut, are June 7 and 8 and Labor Day weekend, August 30 and 31.
"Our traditional dates are confusing for next year with June 1 as a Sunday, so we wanted to be sure all the faithful customers ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arion Changes Dates of Long-Running September York Antiques Show
Melvin L. Arion, promoter of the popular Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale in York, Pennsylvania, has announced new dates for the fall 2014 show. "I am moving the dates from our traditional Labor Day weekend to the last weekend in September," said Arion on the phone. The show ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Heartland Antique Show, Fall Edition
Make-do Windsor armchair with a galvanized metal backrest, $450 from Sharon and Claude Baker of Hamilton, Ohio.
Child's sack-back Windsor highchair, 1790-1805, Connecticut/Rhode Island border, $2900 from Halsey Munson of Decatur, Illinois.
Millinery sign, $1150; seven-color Parcheesi game board with stenciled stags, $2500; framed oilcloth checkerboard in black and gold, $595; Chinese ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mt. Crawford Marathon of Americana
Andrew Coffman is considered one of the pioneers of Shenandoah Valley stoneware. Although his name is less well known than other makers, examples of his work are prized by collectors. This 131/4" x 73/4" (rim diameter) ovoid salt-glazed storage jar dates from the second quarter of the 19th century. It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana
This early redware pot, 71/2" x 3 5/8", with a strong globular shape, coggle lines at the shoulder, and outstanding yellow-green with manganese brushed striping and splatters and fitted lid, was made in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It sold to dealer and artist John Sideli of Wiscasset, Maine, for $11,328.
This nicely ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Shearer Desk Sells for $354,000
This desk was made in Frederick, Maryland, by the itinerant Martinsburg, Virginia, joiner John Shearer for Phillip Stuber or Stover in 1808. The 451/2" x 47" x 23" walnut case has oak shells and feet, poplar secondary wood, and inlay on the fall front with a swag and oval with ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Salon: Art + Design
Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, had a very good show, said owner Robert Aibel, who featured furniture by George Nakashima and ceramics by Toshiko Takaezu. The "Greenrock" American black walnut side table by George Nakashima (left), 1983, 26" high x 49" wide x 35" deep, was $35,000. The salt-glazed stoneware Tea Stack ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History
Mary Ann Moorman's Polaroid photograph of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, also with a Polaroid photo of a motorcycle officer, sold to a private collector after the auction for $45,000. "We wanted them to go to an institution, but no institution was interested," said Wes Cowan. "Part of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Americana Auction
This 7" high carved and painted Hopi kachina figure, 19th century, from a Haverford, Pennsylvania, estate sold on the Internet for $6400 (est. $500/800).
This Coasting Bank is a rare painted cast-iron and lead mechanical bank, marked "Coasting Bank" on the red-painted openwork base. It is thought to have been designed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Men's Historical Clothing Sells Big Time
Thomas McDonough was appointed the first British consul to New England (Boston) in 1790. He owned this British consul's coat and breeches (and there is a portrait of him wearing them). The red wool broadcloth cutaway coat has blue facings, a high stand collar, gold bullion embroidery, and gold etched ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Looking For a Last Minute Gift Idea?
Do you have an antiques enthusiast on your holiday list? A collector? Maine Antique Digest makes a great gift all year long! If you are already a subscriber, renew your subscription for $43 and give as many gift subscriptions as you'd like for only $38 each. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Helly Nahmad Pleads Guilty
Hillel Nahmad, also known as "Helly" Nahmad, pleaded guilty on November 12, 2013, in Manhattan federal court in connection with his leadership role in the operation of a high-stakes illegal sports gambling business.
Nahmad was charged in April 2013 in a 34-defendant indictment charging members and associates of two Russian-American organized ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Holiday Sale 2013
Russell Crook stoneware vase, school of fish contrasting with an indigo ground, unmarked, 111/2" high, restoration to two rim chips and a base chip, $36,800.
Rookwood Sea Green vase, Matt Daly, 1899, lightly carved, three black cranes on a cloud-like green ground, 13" high, fine overall crazing, minor scratch or two, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Million-Dollar Folk Art Sale
Every Slotin sale has a number of Howard Finster works. This Finster, Vision of Mary's Angel, 6000.908, October 14, 1987, enamel on wood, 48" x 48", ex-Phyllis Kind Gallery, was the highest-priced piece in the sale, bringing $51,600.
Sister Gertrude Morgan, The Rising of Lazarus (Triptych): Christ the Multitude, Christ at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Decades of Southern Pottery Society Sales
"Huge" is the first impression of this 15-gallon storage jar with four lug handles and signed "J C M." Known to be the work of Daniel Seagle, for resale by John Conrad Michal's mercantile business, it is only the third known pot with this marking. It topped the prices realized ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Remington Drawings Tower over Thomaston Sale
Thomas Hart Benton lithograph, Wreck of the Ol' 97, Associated American Artists 1944 edition, $11,500. Thomaston Place photo.
Two Frederic Remington ink drawings were the high lots of the sale. Shown is Sun Fisher, which brought $166,750. Not shown, A Running Bucker, which finished at $184,000.
This original 11" x 81/2" unframed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gerald Ward Named First Recipient of Winterthur's Wendell Garrett Award
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware has awarded the first Wendell D. Garrett Award to Gerald W.R. Ward for distinguished achievement in American decorative arts. The award was established as a testament to the unparalleled accomplishments of one of Winterthur's most illustrious alumni, Wendell Garrett (1929-2012), who was a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Christmas Wishes" Auction Exceeds Expectations
Marklin 2nd Series Cincinnati battleship, 1912-15, enameled, electric-driven, 34" long, $77,880.
Marklin George Washington ocean liner, 1909-15, enameled, clockwork mechanism, 37" long, $77,880.
Possibly unique C.K. (Japan) lithographed tin key-wind Santa open roadster with lively festive graphics and internal bellows, late 1930's, 7" long, $37,760.
Tipp & Co. (Germany) Minnie and Mickey Mouse ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Authorities Seek Information on Armed Robbery
On November 8, 2013, the Cortland County (New York) Sheriff's Department investigated an armed robbery at River Bend Antiques in the village of Marathon. After following through on the investigation and receiving an anonymous tip, the sheriff's department agency learned that the Pennsylvania State Police at the Milton and Lewisburg ... (Read More)
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(Show)Capital City Classic: The Raleigh Extravaganza
Face jugs with white clay eyes and inked pupils are a trademark of Georgia potter Lanier Meaders (1917-1998). Pete Turner of P & P Treasures, Concord, North Carolina, had two Lanier jugs, both with full signatures on the bottom. The left face was $1700; the right, $1600. The Indianapolis Brewing ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Cigar-Store Princess Sells for Princely Sum
This carved wood cigar-store figure attributed to the New York City shops of Samuel Robb or Thomas Brooks, circa 1880, 83" tall x 23" wide x 14" deep, sold for $747,500 (est. $125,000/ 250,000) to a collector.
The Indian princess wears a feathered headdress and a dress decorated with carved ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 50th Anniversary Delaware Antiques Show
The red and white ABC quilt, pieced cotton, with a Betty Sterling provenance, was $8500 from Olde Hope Antiques, New Hope, Pennsylvania. The horse and rider copper weathervane, attributed to Jewell, was $28,000.
James Kilvington of Dover, Delaware, had an impressive offering, proving it is still possible to put together a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Romanian Painting Sparks Lawsuit Two Years after Sale
More than two years after winning a painting at an auction, a buyer is suing the auction house, claiming that the Association of Art Critics of Romania has concluded that the painting is not authentic.
A suit filed on November 7, 2013, in the Supreme Court of New York, County of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Fine Print Dealers Association Fair
This Polly Apfelbaum (b. 1955) woodblock monoprint was the first piece of art viewers encountered upon walking into the fair. It sold. Measuring 79" x 79", Empress Theodora, 2013, was a show-stopper at Durham Press's booth. The dealer priced the unique piece at $33,000, framed. The artist's prices have gone ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Double Eagle Historical Flask Tops Glass Auction
Double Eagle historical flask, pint, GII-144, probably Keene Marlboro Street Glassworks, Keene, New Hampshire, 1815-30; of ovoid form with vertical ribbing on the entire flask except for the eagle and medallion on both sides, in bright light green, tooled round collared mouth - pontil scar; Warren "Bud" Lane collection; $26,910 ... (Read More)
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(Show)East Coast Toy Soldier Show Draws Record Crowd
Carolyn Kurkowski, a dealer from Peabody, Massachusetts, featured toy soldiers by Marlborough and Ducal. Sets ran from $90 to $120; individual figures from $15 to $35.
Collectors inspect miniature soldiers that ranged from $50 to $250.
Figures by King & Country formed the mainstay of this diorama of a World War II ... (Read More)
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(Auction)November Crocker Farm Sale Caps Off Remarkable Year for Company
This recently discovered 93/4" long molded redware Moravian fish bottle with copper and manganese decoration was attributed to Rudolph Christ of Salem, North Carolina. It was the first lot of the sale and sold for $23,000 (est. $10,000/20,000) to Pennsylvania collectors. Both the large size and the streaks of green ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A "Perfect" Clock and a Bright Red Ferrari
Three room bidders and three on phones vied for the month-duration astronomical regulator in an 841/2" tall figured walnut case. Made by M. Allard circa 1825 in Paris, it sold to a phone bidder for $96,000 (est. $20,000/40,000). There is handwriting is on the inside back door, and it says ... (Read More)
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(Show)"Were You There?"
Some pondered if dealers Kris and Dick Kirby of the Farmer's Daughter, Snoqualmie, Washington, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Keno Auctions Fall Sale
Yun Gee (Chinese-American, 1906-1963) signed this Double Self Portrait, an 11" x 161/2" oil on cardboard, in Chinese script lower left and dated it "12/8/26," signed "DO/BO/WE" in the middle right, and also signed it on the back in Chinese script and English "Self Portrait/ $40." It sold for $42,500. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Sells Folk & Decorative Arts on Event-Packed Last Sunday in October
Jack O'Brien, on a telephone with Leigh Keno, took the mahogany Chippendale card table with a drawer and square-blocked ends, carved knees, and ball-and-claw feet for $57,000. Keno told us, "I believe it relates to a large group of classic Boston pieces made from the 1730's to 1750's. Boston makers ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Barn Star Revives Wilton Show
The Wilton Historical Society and Frank Gaglio's Barn Star Productions will produce a new one-day show, the Wilton Fall Antiques Market, on Sunday, October 27, at the Wilton High School Field House in Wilton, Connecticut.
Show manager Marilyn Gould produced Wilton shows for years. Gaglio said in a press release, "I ... (Read More)
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(Show)Wilton Antiques Show Revived
Red Griffin Antiques, Georgetown, Connecticut, asked $13,500 for this ship portrait of Ida by Albert Szatmar Nemethy (1920-1998). A side-wheeler used by the Confederate Navy from 1862 to 1864, she was captured by the North and burned on December 10, 1864.
This circa 1940 sign for "Grinders / 2 Lbs. Average ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two-Day Sale Brings in $781,776
A phone bidder picked up this Connecticut cherry oxbow chest of drawers with blocked ends, attributed to the Chapin school of cabinetmakers in Hartford County, for $27,600. It has a rectangular top with molded edge, a blocked oxbow front, four long graduated drawers, and ogee blocked feet. The brasses were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Champagne, Small Talk, and Illustration Art
Jennifer Jones had gone by Phyllis Isley when she appeared with John Wayne in 1939 in a Western at Republic Studio on Hollywood's poverty row and also in the serial Dick Tracy's G-Men. Later she was discovered by David O. Selznick and obtained the lead role of Saint Bernadette of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago's 20th/21st-Century Design Auction
This untitled watercolor by Sadie Irvine (1887-1970), with original frame, was done in New Orleans during the 1920's. Done on a drawing tablet and signed "S.A.E. Irvine," the 19" x 13" painting sold for $10,000 (est. $2750/3250) to a collector on the phone, underbid on line and on another phone.
Sara ... (Read More)
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()Faberge Figure Found in Attic
A hardstone figure of a Cossack bodyguard, found in an attic in Rhinebeck, New York, has turned out to be a long-lost Faberge portrait figure commission by Czar Nicholas II in 1912. When Colin Stair sells it at his auction gallery in Hudson, New York, on October 26, he ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stair Sells Faberge Figure for $5,980,000
When the executor of an estate handed to auctioneer Colin Stair of Hudson, New York, a hardstone figure of a bearded man, Stair instinctively knew that he might be holding his first million-dollar lot. The 7" tall figure was soon identified by markings on its feet as the work ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show 2013
This Imperial Russian porcelain and gilt bronze centerpiece jardiniere with an underglaze blue cipher mark for the reign of Emperor Nicholas I, 1825-55, was a highlight of European Decorative Arts Company's booth. The upper four jardinieres depict allegories of the arts and humanities, after paintings by 18th-century Dutch artist Jacob ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ellis Boston Antiques Show Celebrates Its Third Birthday
The booth of Bell-Time Clocks, Andover, Massachusetts, where on Sunday afternoon, Bob Frishman gave a booth chat, "The Long & Short of Grandfather Clocks."
The loan exhibit of New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The best pieces of Americana at this show, by far, weren't for sale. They were part of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Middle Market Reasserts Its Presence
Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942), Far Away Thoughts, 22" x 18", oil on canvas, $192,000 (est. $120,000/ 180,000).
Signed and dated 1951, Lavanderas by Filipino artist Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (1892-1972), a 30" x 24" oil on canvas, came from a private Florida collection and went to an international phone bidder at $60,000.
Laurence ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Painting Stolen in 1991, Recovered, and Sold at Shannon's
Woman in a Black Kimono by Alexander Levy.
"It was a burglary to order. It was from Doctor No," auctioneer Gene Shannon said, recalling the way thieves stole 14 paintings from him back in 1991. One of those paintings has now resurfaced. It's Woman in a Black Kimono by Alexander Levy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Restaurant" Tops Maine Auction
George Grosz (1893-1959), No. 73 Restaurant, watercolor, 17" x 24", sold for $180,000 to a buyer in house. The painting is headed for the Lunder collection at the Colby College Museum of Art.
At the Fountain, a 101/4" x 14" oil on canvas by Arthur Frederick Bridgman (1847-1928), produced a frenzy ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2013 San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
A group of seven split earrings (five shown) from 5th- century B.C. Dong Son (Vietnam/Cambodia) was $7000 for the group at Susan Ollemans, London. Ollemans is a 12-year show veteran.
Sarah Stocking, whose gallery is in Jackson Square, San Francisco, was asking $16,000 for this special edition of an 1897 framed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Firearms and Early Militaria
This German FG 42 paratrooper's rifle from World War II was the top lot of the sale at $143,750. It was described in the catalog as a Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik, 8 mm, with bipod, magazine, sling, scope and mount, and excellent bore and wood.
Stoner 63A machine gun by Knight's Armament ... (Read More)
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(Show)The "New" California Country Antiques Show
At East Meets West, Los Angeles, the 1900-10 hand-hooked rug from Centre County, Pennsylvania, was priced at $2850, and the 19th-century Bradley & Hubbard rooster doorstop with "fantastic paint" was $1250.
Faith Viland of Phoenix, Arizona, was asking $1295 for this pre-1800 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, geometric paint-decorated child's chest with ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 39th Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show
The show entrance was, as always, welcoming. The theme for this show was "Folk Art: Simple Pleasures."
The circa 1930 racing game banner with oilcloth coating was $1150 from Bruce and Lynda Tomlinson of Alexandria, Minnesota. The catcher's helmets were $115 at top and $195 for the circa 1910 version underneath. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture, Decorative Arts, and 19th-Century Paintings
William Trost Richards (1833-1905), Atlantic Coast, 1898, signed and dated, watercolor and pencil on paper, 24" x 471/2", $28,125 (est. $10,000/15,000).
Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), View Near Conway, New Hampshire, 1881, signed and dated, oil on canvas, 20" x 32 1/8", $37,500 (est. $6000/8000). It was commissioned by Daniel Nute Stanton, who ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cheddar and Red
The Star of Bethlehem quilt shown here has a large central star surrounded by appliques of a reel variation, making it different from other quilts of this type that normally repeat smaller stars in the corners. This was the only quilt in the exhibition that used a cream-colored fabric or ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$18 Million Worth of Firepower
One of Julia's auction employees reverently pointed out that the prevailing opinion on these Renwick-Locke gold-inlaid flintlock dueling pistols by James Haslett of Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1810, was that they were absolutely unparalleled in firearms lore. "These are without a doubt the finest pieces of their kind in the world," ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nisbet and Art Shine
This sofa table in mahogany with pine as secondary wood was made by Saint John, New Brunswick, cabinetmaker Thomas Nisbet (1777-1850). ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Paulette and John Peden, Dawn Hill Antiques, New Preston, Connecticut
Paulette and John Peden.
Shop entrance.
View of one small corner of the shop.
Rare set of blue-transfer covered canisters in the Spode's Tower pattern, $3200.
Paulette sells candles, fragrances, and other products from the tony Parisian firm Diptyque. They make good host gifts (which once upon a time were called "hostess gifts"). They ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, ianmckay1@btinternet.com
A ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)It Takes Only a Spark
The Young Collector
We're officially going to have to give up collecting antiques. There are just too many mouths around here to feed, and every time we turn around, there are empty dishes and open mouths and screeching demands for more, more, more! We're just about to go into hock keeping ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)September Jewelry Highlights
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
It's nice to write about a sector of the market that continues to fare well. There are certain criteria that influence how well a piece of antique or vintage jewelry will do at auction. The fact is, if you've taken care of your jewelry, and it is ... (Read More)
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