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Bird Hunting on Madison Avenue
by Clayton Pennington

Plate 26, Carolina Parrot,  aquatint from The Birds of America, Robert Havell, London, 1827-38, was estimated at $90,000/110,000 and sold to a phone bidder for $128,100. The listed retail price was $190,000, and the two previous auction prices listed in the catalog were $119,500 at Christie’s in 2004 and $84,000 ... (Read More)

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Bonnie Parker's Pistol Fires National Attention
by Karla Klein Albertson

This item became a story picked up by national media. The .38 Colt Model 1902 pistol had been found on the body of Bonnie Parker at the Conger Funeral Home in Arcadia, Louisiana, after the law caught up with the infamous pair in 1934. Very well documented for outlaw memorabilia, ... (Read More)

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Crowded Ferrell Southern Stoneware Sale
by Pete Prunkl

“Phoenix/ Factory 1840” is written in fine script on the shoulder of this 19½" stoneware jar. Master potter Thomas Chandler was employed at Phoenix in 1840 and may have turned this jar. Phoenix Factory went out of business in 1850. At $90,000, this was the sale’s top lot (est. $50,000/70,000). ... (Read More)

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New Miami Show
by M.A.D. staff

Puchstein Promotions will launch a new show in January. The Miami Antiques Extravaganza will be held January 24 through 26, 2014, at the Miami-Dade County Fairgrounds, located on the west side of Miami, Florida. The majority of the approximately 400 exhibitors will be inside the air-conditioned Arnold Hall and Coliseum; ... (Read More)

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The Winter Antiques Show 2014
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Library table and two chairs, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, New York City, 1891-93, made of primavera (similar to satinwood) and American ash with elaborate floral carving, varicolored wood, and metal micromosiac inlay; the chairs have glass ball and brass claw feet; $1,330,000 from Associated Artists. David Parker believes Samuel ... (Read More)

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$767,000 Decoy Tops Sotheby’s Americana Auction
by Lita Solis-Cohen

  John James Audubon (1785-1851), Say’s Squirrel, inscribed in pencil: “2 female 1 male April 9 ’43 Female and male facing in long leaves of grass; St. Louis, MO,”watercolor, 14" x 19¾", 1831, tears, creases, and soil, sold on the phone for $137,000 (est. $80,000/120,000). The proceeds went to a nonprofit ... (Read More)
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