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(Show)Historic East Berlin Antiques Show
This large lavender printed platter depicting “The Residence of the late Richard Jordan/New Jersey” was $295 from Bill and Betty Annable of Oberlin, Ohio.
There were several bee skeps at the East Berlin show. This one is French. It was from Judi and Cy Stellmach of Blue Dog Antiques, Stafford Springs, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Inaugural Spring Masters Show
Osborne Samuel Gallery, London, displayed Back to Venice by Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003), small version II, 1988, bronze, edition of nine. Asking price was $375,000 for the 25" x 30" x 21" sculpture. The gallery mounted a retrospective in May and June to celebrate the cen- tenary of Chadwick’s birth. Spindle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mt. Washington Scene by Gifford Tops Maine Auction
Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880), Mt. Washington, oil on canvas, 7½" x 12½", sold for $234,000 to a phone bidder.
Flemish school (17th/18th century), Feathered Friends, oil on canvas, 27" x 61", sold for $14,400.
Albert Bierstadt (German, 1830-1902), Duck Shooting, circa 1858, oil on canvas, 20" x 30", sold for $66,000 (est. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Expensive Hats
Sold for $46,250. Photo courtesy Bonhams.
Sold for $27,500. Photo courtesy Nate D. Sanders.
Two hats sold at auction brought in a combined $73,750 (includes buyers’ premiums) for two auction houses in Los Angeles, California. Haberdashery is seldom quite so expensive, but these hats have iconic personalities attached.
At Bonhams on May 5, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Robert Trownsell Civil War Collection
Presentation Civil War artillery frock coat worn by Capt. William B. Chapman, 2nd Ohio Light Artillery, when wounded in action at the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas, $18,000.
Civil War double-breasted frock coat worn by Col. Charles B. Stoughton, 4th Vermont Infantry, $9400.
Civil War major general’s frock coat, original owner ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Market for Mid-Century Modern Furniture
At the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on April 27 from 2 to 4 p.m., three well-known figures who know the market for mid-20th-century design met to discuss post-Second World War studio furniture before an audience of nearly 100. The event (“Collectors’ Seminar: Collecting Mid-Century Modern Furniture”) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Importer/Dealer of French Décor Says, "Ça Suffit!"
An absentee, who left a bid via the Internet, won this Italian carved white marble bust of Diana for $3360 (est. $500/1000). Schinto photo.
This Louis XV-style carved fruitwood chaise fetched $1140 (est. $300/500). Jeff Diamond’s parents complained that the French antiques their son sold were uncomfortable. They should have tried ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Few Lots but Choice Goods
Schrank from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1780, walnut, 89" high x 78" wide, a small repair to one foot, $6380.
An eight-gallon cobalt- decorated double-handled jug, impressed with the date 1865, attributed to northeast Ohio, undamaged, $1430.
Pair of 1849 samplers by sisters Clara and Elizabeth Lessig of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, each with ... (Read More)
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