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Attributed to Jan van Goyen (1596-1656), The Cunera Tower, Rhenen sold for $96,000 (est. $3000/5000). The 17" x 27" oil on panel was the top lot of the sale.
Eastham by Alexander Calder (1898-1976), 31" x 23", gouache on paper, signed and dated “Sandy Calder Eastham 1949,” $72,000 (est. $20,000/30,000). That’s ... (Read More)
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Elliott and Grace Snyder of South Egremont, Massachusetts, showed this Moore County, North Carolina, stand in poplar with a red paint finish and a Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts label in a drawer. It’s 26¾" high and $9500. The 9¼" diameter round box, paint-decorated on a yellow ground, is ... (Read More)
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Made of painted wood, the double-sided “Ice Cream Social” sign was priced at $450. The bonnet chest in walnut had cherry drawer bottoms and was $795. The items were shown by Joseph Jarvis of Jarvis Antiques, Georgetown, Kentucky. “Smalls are doing good, but the big stuff didn’t move today,” he ... (Read More)
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This 1883 Royal Worcester plate is 7 7/8" in diameter and is intricately honeycombed and hand painted and has a center scene of a gilt mountain landscape in Oriental style attributed to George Owen. It closed at $20,400.
This Chinese Kangxi period water pot, cataloged as in the taibo zun form, ... (Read More)
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This oil on tin by Charles C. Hofman (1821-1882), labeled and titled in the painting Views of the buildings & surroundings of the Berks County Alms House, has a central oval bird’s-eye view of the complex within an ornate border surrounded by eight smaller vignettes of the outbuildings and with ... (Read More)
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Tom and Mary Jo Riggs are from Greensboro, Maryland. They trade as Country Sampler Antiques and are proud that they have “the biggest truck in the parking lot.” The couple has configured a very large box truck to function as both their motor home and cargo carrier. The Arts and ... (Read More)
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President Ashton Thomas said the auction house likes to schedule fine jewelry on Sunday morning, just to wake everyone up. Top lot of the entire sale was this platinum and diamond ring with a central stone of over 10.46 carats flanked by smaller baguettes. The ring sold for $196,800. The ... (Read More)
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$3520. Photo courtesy Michael Ivankovich.
At Michael Ivankovich’s October 11, 2013, auction in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a Fred Thompson hand-colored photo sold for $3520 (includes buyer’s premium).
Fred Thompson was a photographer from Portland, Maine, who, like his contemporary Wallace Nutting, sold hand-colored photos during the early 20th century. Thompson visited Nutting’s Southbury, ... (Read More)
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Underbid by a collector, Todd Prickett of C.L. Prickett Antiques, Yardley, Pennsylvania, paid $545,100 for Views.... Photo courtesy Pook & Pook.
In an upcoming issue, we’ll have a closer look at two auctions that added to the list of folk art lots that have sold for over $500,000. At Pook & ... (Read More)
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Bridges Over Time, Newburgh, New York, sold several pieces of furniture including a petrified wood table with an iron base to a design firm. In the above picture is a bronze sculpture on a Formica base by Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas, a great-granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller. The asking price was $9500. ... (Read More)
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