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Leisa Kirtley of Western Reserve Antique Shop, Canfield, Ohio, consistently presents a great mix in her dealer display. A dough board with breadboard ends was $68. An early baker’s cupboard in red paint (back left side) with flour and sugar bins, wide cut dovetailing, and a pie safe top was ... (Read More)
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This oil on canvas portrait of an unknown subject was attributed to French Classical portraitist Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805). The attribution came from a pair of ink inscriptions on the back that also mentioned that the painting came from the collection of Professor Armando Perera of Rome, Italy. The painting clearly ... (Read More)
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At $25,300, this rare Salem, North Carolina, cast redware fish flask was the top-priced lot in this sale. In the society’s over 40 sales and 20 years of auctions, this is only the fifth such example offered. Extremely detailed scales, fins, gills, and eyes are protected by a generously applied ... (Read More)
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An $11,080,000 art deal gone awry has resulted in both a civil suit and a federal indictment.
On June 13, the Degas Sculpture Project Ltd. and Modernism Fine Arts Inc. filed suit in federal court against Rose Ramey Long, who is also known as Rose Ramey Littlejohn and does business as ... (Read More)
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What are three experts worth? About $60 million in lost profits and damages, claims Heritage Auctions.
The Dallas-based auction firm filed suit against Christie’s on June 13, claiming that the venerable auction house stole Heritage’s “complete Luxury Accessories business group” when three former employees defected to Christie’s. The former Heritage employees ... (Read More)
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A strange thing happened at the Flamingo Eventz Philadelphia Vintage Book & Ephemera Fair at the Sheraton in downtown Philadelphia on Friday, June 13. Greg Gibson of the Ten Pound Island Book Company wrote about it in his weekly blog (http://bookmanslog.blogspot.com). “After setup and opening night at the Philadelphia Vintage Book ... (Read More)
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This black mohair Steiff bear, with red-rimmed eyes, symbolizes mourning for the victims of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. It sold for $35,550.
This circa 1910 golden mohair Steiff teddy came with a fully functioning growler, a photo of the two children who first owned it, and a letter of ... (Read More)
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California gold rush-era pocket watch, 14k yellow gold Girard Watch Company hunter case, circa 1850, ornate floral pattern engraving on the outer case along with eight California ore samples encased in glass on the front cover and surrounded by eight alternating inlaid panels of moss agate and California quartz, $37,600.
Flute ... (Read More)
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A collection of 474 early 19th-century plaster intaglios, mounted in 25 volumes in the manner of Giovanni Liberotti, displayed in half vellum volumes against green marbled paper, and each volume with a manuscript list inside the front cover, sold for $9945 (est. $8000/10,000).
Paul Weber (1823-1916), Scene in Dolwyddelan Valley, ... (Read More)
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