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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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