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(Fragment)Stair Sells Fabergé Figure for $5,980,000
When the executor of an estate handed to auctioneer Colin Stair of Hudson, New York, a hardstone figure of a bearded man, Stair instinctively knew that he might be holding his first million-dollar lot. The 7" tall figure was soon identified by markings on its feet as the work of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two-Day Sale Brings in $781,776
A phone bidder picked up this Connecticut cherry oxbow chest of drawers with blocked ends, attributed to the Chapin school of cabinetmakers in Hartford County, for $27,600. It has a rectangular top with molded edge, a blocked oxbow front, four long graduated drawers, and ogee blocked feet. The brasses were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Champagne, Small Talk, and Illustration Art
Jennifer Jones had gone by Phyllis Isley when she appeared with John Wayne in 1939 in a Western at Republic Studio on Hollywood’s poverty row and also in the serial Dick Tracy’s G-Men. Later she was discovered by David O. Selznick and obtained the lead role of Saint Bernadette of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago's 20th/21st-Century Design Auction
This untitled watercolor by Sadie Irvine (1887-1970), with original frame, was done in New Orleans during the 1920’s. Done on a drawing tablet and signed “S.A.E. Irvine,” the 19" x 13" painting sold for $10,000 (est. $2750/3250) to a collector on the phone, underbid on line and on another phone.
Sara ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show 2013
This Imperial Russian porcelain and gilt bronze centerpiece jardinière with an underglaze blue cipher mark for the reign of Emperor Nicholas I, 1825-55, was a highlight of European Decorative Arts Company’s booth. The upper four jardinières depict allegories of the arts and humanities, after paintings by 18th-century Dutch artist Jacob ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Painting Stolen in 1991, Recovered, and Sold at Shannon's
Woman in a Black Kimono by Alexander Levy.
“It was a burglary to order. It was from Doctor No,” auctioneer Gene Shannon said, recalling the way thieves stole 14 paintings from him back in 1991. One of those paintings has now resurfaced. It’s Woman in a Black Kimono by Alexander Levy ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ellis Boston Antiques Show Celebrates Its Third Birthday
The booth of Bell-Time Clocks, Andover, Massachusetts, where on Sunday afternoon, Bob Frishman gave a booth chat, “The Long & Short of Grandfather Clocks.”
The loan exhibit of New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The best pieces of Americana at this show, by far, weren’t for sale. They were part of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Middle Market Reasserts Its Presence
Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942), Far Away Thoughts, 22" x 18", oil on canvas, $192,000 (est. $120,000/ 180,000).
Signed and dated 1951, Lavanderas by Filipino artist Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (1892-1972), a 30" x 24" oil on canvas, came from a private Florida collection and went to an international phone bidder at $60,000.
Laurence ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Restaurant" Tops Maine Auction
George Grosz (1893-1959), No. 73 Restaurant, watercolor, 17" x 24", sold for $180,000 to a buyer in house. The painting is headed for the Lunder collection at the Colby College Museum of Art.
At the Fountain, a 10¼" x 14" oil on canvas by Arthur Frederick Bridgman (1847-1928), produced a frenzy ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2013 San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
A group of seven split earrings (five shown) from 5th- century B.C. Dong Son (Vietnam/Cambodia) was $7000 for the group at Susan Ollemans, London. Ollemans is a 12-year show veteran.
Sarah Stocking, whose gallery is in Jackson Square, San Francisco, was asking $16,000 for this special edition of an 1897 framed ... (Read More)
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