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The sisters cupboard over drawers in original bittersweet red-orange paint has some great features: there are two original pegs on each side, original brass knobs, and the original iron key in a concealed hiding place. Read the story to discover why that key nearly drove Will Henry mad. The cupboard ... (Read More)
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The North Carolina secretary-desk by William Seay dated from about 1790. It sold to a bidder from the South for $51,750. McInnis photos.
The China trade portrait of the American ship Julia A. Brown off Hong Kong sold on line for $4255.
The 19th-century bicycle repairing sign (10" x 36") with ... (Read More)
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On September 4 in U.S. District Court in Dallas, Chief Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater filed a memorandum order and opinion that severely reduced the award that art patron Marguerite Hoffman had won at trial only months earlier. The case involved Hoffman’s desire to keep the sale of a painting private.
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U.S. Antique Shows announced on August 27 it has postponed the 2015 Armory Antique Show because the National Guard has scheduled a drill at New York City’s 69th Regiment Armory over the weekend previously held for the show and a suitable alternative venue has not been found.
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Photo courtesy Caddigan Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc.
Auctioneer Joan Caddigan of Caddigan Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc., Hanover, Massachusetts, had heads swiveling in disbelief at an August 23 on-site auction in South Paris, Maine, when a single primitive portrait closed for $413,000 (including buyer’s premium).
A combination of history from the Cummings/Ingraham family, ... (Read More)
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This primitive portrait of a young Marcia Ingraham, circa 1823, was solidly attributed to John Brewster via style and recorded family history and had a $15,000/25,000 estimate. I counted at least eight phone bidders in play as it opened for $50,000, and most were still hanging in as it passed ... (Read More)
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This is the archive book about the 1902 trial in which Houdini was victorious in a slander lawsuit against a German cop and newspaper editor. It includes a 50-page trial transcript in German (and an English translation) and documentation of his demonstration of escaping from handcuffs. The book sold for $31,200 ... (Read More)
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The 19th-century yellow Staffordshire child’s tea set sold in the salesroom for $2850 (est. $1600).
An English delft blue and white bottle-form vase with Chinese decorations, 10¼" high, with rim chips noted in the catalog, sold on line for $1320 (est. $150).
The 18th-century English delft urn-shaped vase with Chinese decoration sold ... (Read More)
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The Bronco Buster by Frederic Remington was produced by the Roman Bronze Works and marked “75.” It bought $138,000, the top price at the auction.
The late 1890s or early 1900s Sioux Indian vest with nearly complete beadwork coverage on brain-tanned deer hide sold for $34,500.
A French Romanesque (12th century) bas-relief ... (Read More)
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Near-mint 1900 Coca-Cola calendar featuring image of Hilda Clark, $210,000. Morphy Auctions photo.
A Grapefruitola ceramic syrup dispenser in the form of a grapefruit, in near-mint condition, commanded $66,000 (est. $15,000/ 25,000). Morphy Auctions photo.
At Morphy Auctions’ August 22-24 sale in Denver, Pennsylvania, a near-mint-plus Coke calendar from the year 1900, ... (Read More)
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