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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)Record Price for a Bear Trap
Martin J. Donnelly holds the No. 6 Blake, Lamb & Company bear trap during the auction on March 21 in Indianapolis. At 44" long, it was the largest trap the company offered.
The holy grail of traps is the Blake, Lamb & Company No. 6 bear trap, of which only one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Loving Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein, The Valve, 1954, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 20" x 16", $188,800 (est. $20,000/40,000). “This painting is going to a private collection in Manhattan,” Davis stated.
Roy Lichtenstein, Indian with Pipe, 1953, signed upper right, oil on canvas, 14" x 12", $70,800 (est. $20,000/30,000). “All of the Lichtenstein ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New Orleans Auction Galleries: March Estate Sale First in Spacious New Home
New Orleans Auction Galleries’ new quarters are in a historic foundry building at 333 St. Joseph Street. The first floor with large windows is used for the main exhibition and auction space as well as staff offices. The refurbished second floor has ample room for storage, and the recently added ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brilliant Colors and Crisp Molds Drive Heckler & Company's Event
Having both an eagle and a sunburst, this historical flask (GII-7) in a medium bluish aquamarine and boasting a well-defined mold impression sold for $14,040 (est. $4000/8000).
The selling point for this “G.W. Stone’s / Liquid / Cathartic & / Family Physic / Lowell Mass” medicine bottle was the fact that ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for Holly Amber Toothpick Holder
Made by Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company, Greentown, Indiana, this Holly Amber pedestal toothpick holder sold for a record price of $14,850. Photo courtesy Mike Clum Auctions.
A Holly Amber pedestal toothpick holder made by Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company, Greentown, Indiana, sold for a record price of $14,850 (includes buyer’s ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A $37 Picasso
An original painting by Pablo Picasso, La Coiffeuse (The Hairdresser), was shipped to the United States in a FedEx package that declared it as an “art craft toy” worth only $37. Discovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, it was subsequently seized by Homeland Security Investigations.
On February 26, U.S. attorney ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Carved in Stone: American Stone Books
“Remembr [sic] the Maine” in relief letters.
High-relief floral carving.
Initials in neo-Gothic style.
Heart with initials and “stitched” decoration.
Low-relief anchor (front); cross (back).
Relief deer in landscape (front); birds in tree (back). Note crisp carving. Catlinite (pipestone).
High-relief floral carving with tiny inset colored stones, rope border. Massive.
Recumbent lamb with cross, in high relief. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A 1200-Gun Salute
This 12-pound Civil War Napoleon cannon, probably by Leeds & Co. of New Orleans, finished at $350,750. Julia photo.
This was Jim Corbett’s double rifle with which he hunted down at least 33 man-eating Indian tigers that were responsible for the deaths of over 800 people. (Some sources say he killed ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 58th Annual Fox Valley Antiques Show
Sign of the Whale, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, brought the 1920s wall sconces, tagged $425. The 6' long wooden sign in black and gold paint, signed by a Montpelier (no state) artist, was $495. The $895 country Sheraton chest from the 1830s has original paint, and a two-tier iron stand from ... (Read More)
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