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Christian Icon Tops Hap Moore Auction
by Mark Sisco

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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A Short, Stout, and Very Expensive Little Sugar Pot
by Mark Sisco

  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. There wasn’t much information available ... (Read More)

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The Pier Antique Show
by Clayton Pennington

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. The shades and ... (Read More)

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Neal's Louisiana Purchase Auction: The Main Event
by Karla Klein Albertson

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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