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William and Mary Winner
by M.A.D. staff

  This walnut William and Mary period escritoire or fall-front desk is perhaps the only surviving American-made example of the form. It was the top-priced lot at Skinner’s Americana auction in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on August 10. Dennis Carr, curator of American decorative arts and sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, ... (Read More)

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The Adirondack Museum Show
by Betty Flood

Ronald Wells of Binghamton, New York, featured a circa 1760 fruitwood settee with a caned seat and back for $2800. The horse oil painting, Black Runner by Edward L. Ulrich, 1933, was $5200, and the etched bronzed cocktail table, signed “Mark D’Haehehens” and dated 1979, was $18,500. Loose Moose Antiques in ... (Read More)

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Kiowa Cradleboard Brings $103,500
by M.A.D. staff

Early 20th-century Native American Kiowa cradleboard, $103,500.     Early 1900’s Sioux traditional style saddle drape, sinew-stitched with lazy stitch beading, $4600. An early 20th-century Native American Kiowa cradleboard with beaded accents and original boards sold for $103,500 (with buyer’s premium) at the “Best of Santa Fe 2013” sale held August 9 and 10 ... (Read More)

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Smaller but Still the Biggest
by Mark Sisco

Dennis Raleigh of Wiscasset, Maine, always brings some great upscale stuff to this show. This year, he had a 19th-century patriotic drum for $3400 decorated with an American flag with a non-official star field of about 45. “It was made in Cleveland,” Raleigh confirmed via a “sunbeam” hole in the ... (Read More)
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