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Paul Philippe bronze sculpture of a Turkish Dancer with Parrot, $6555. Hap Moore photo.
Enamel and bronze Christian table icon, $7590.
Surf fishing scene by Emile Albert Gruppe, $4140.
Five-drawer country Chippendale tall chest in a nice grungy red paint, with at least two replaced wooden knobs and an extended bracket base with ... (Read More)
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Rare slip-decorated redware sugar pot, 18th century and very likely from one of the potteries in Charlestown, Massachusetts, $14,375.
Saved from potential oblivion in a landfill somewhere, this 60¼" x 32¾" 18th-century trade sign on a wooden shingle turned into one of the sale’s leaders at $16,100.
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Bruce Emond of Village Braider, Plymouth, Massachusetts, offered works by still-living artist Claire Harootunian, who once taught at Syracuse University, including a course titled “3-D Design.” The rusted iron standing triangular sculptures were tagged $2900 each.
Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre vase, $7000 from Seaway China Company, Dania Beach, Florida.
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Cover lot, top of the chart, and undisputed star of the sale, the 1791 portrait of English physician Dr. Robert Dow by José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (c. 1750-1802) was purchased for a nice round $250,000 by a local collector after spirited bidding. New Orleans was a sophisticated ... (Read More)
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