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The new Saline Antiques Market will be held June 15-16, July 20-21, August 17-18, September 14-15, November 17, and December 8 at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Michigan.According to a press release, when the promoters of the Ann Arbor Antiques Market chose to refocus their efforts to ... (Read More)
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Landschaft mit Vulkan (Landscape with Volcano), 30¼" x 28½", by Franz Sedlacek (Austrian, 1891-1945) sold for $188,800. It was the sale’s top-dollar painting. In 1927, the year he painted Landschaft, Sedlacek joined the Viennese Secession, a group generally opposed to academic art. He also worked in the New Objectivity style, ... (Read More)
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Sable Antelope from the “Canopic Jar” series by William Morris (b. 1957) is hand-blown glass. The neck interior is inscribed “William Morris 1995.” The overall height is 48" and the diameter is 12". It sold for $290,500 together with a copy of the original 1995 invoice from the artist’s studio. ... (Read More)
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There were a dozen stoneware pitchers with cobalt decoration for sale at various booths. Ruth Rogers asked $3095 for the stoneware pitcher; the redware plate with a dragon design was $1490.
Raccoon Creek Antiques at Oley Forge, Oley, Pennsylvania, asked $6800 for this Pennsylvania floral hooked rug in red, green, white, ... (Read More)
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The indoor flock of sheep by François-Xavier Lalanne, Moutons de Laine, was designed in 1965 and executed in 1975 of wool, wood, and aluminum. Ex-Andy Williams collection, it sold on the phone for $987,750 (est. $500,000/700,000).
This flock of sheep by François-Xavier Lalanne can reside outside. Ex-Andy Williams collection, Nouveaux Moutons ... (Read More)
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This circa 1905 Tiffany Studios Poppy table lamp, leaded glass and patinated bronze, sold in the salesroom to McClelland + Rachen, New York City, for $209,000 (est. $80,000/120,000). The 20½" diameter shade is impressed “TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1531-17.” The base is impressed “TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/366” and is ... (Read More)
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This is the Cappello del Doge vase by Thomas Stearns, 1961-62. It is hand-blown opaque and transparent glass, 5¾" high, produced at Venini in Murano, Italy. The underside is acid-etched with “venini/ murano/ ITALIA,” and it sold for $60,000 (est. $16,000/18,000). According to catalog notes, during his apprenticeship and subsequent ... (Read More)
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This Tesuque bowl was priced at $3900 by Barbara Miles of Miles & Miles Trading Co., Pacifica, California, who was exhibiting at the show for the first time. How did she know about the show? “I read about it on the Internet.”
Dealer Lise Thomas of Modesto, California, whose vintage Mexican ... (Read More)
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George Sotter (1879-1953), Covered Bridge, Winter, signed bottom right, oil on canvas, 22" x 26", $122,500 (est. $50,000/80,000) to someone who left a bid with the auctioneer.
Frederick R. Wagner (1861-1940), Steel Mills Pittsburgh, signed bottom left, oil on canvas, 56" x 68", $46,875 (est. $20,000/30,000) to a buyer in the ... (Read More)
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Funky is prevalent at Burton. Made of wood and hand painted, the trio of stage props for an off-Broadway production of Carousel was offered at $850 by Ken and Jan Silveri of Hawks Inn Antiques, Hamburg, Pennsylvania. The couple had found the set in Buffalo, New York.
A bit of rain ... (Read More)
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