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(Auction)Americana
William Tylee Ranney (1813-1857), Tories with a Prisoner, circa 1857. This 14¼" x 17¼" oil on canvas has had a long exhibition history and has been published in a catalog of Ranney’s works. With a Spanierman Gallery provenance, it sold for $43,750 (est. $20,000/30,000).
This 6" x 4½" cased image of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Seekers Crowd the Spring in New Hampshire Antique Show
This tavern table with an oval 35½" x 26½" two-board top has widely splayed legs and tiny feet; it was $2500. The handled tin pot with side pouring spout, all in orange paint and with a label attesting to the fact that it came from the collection of Mr. and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Quinn & Farmer Gallery Catalog Sale
The high lot of the Quinn & Farmer sale was this massive (99" x 72" x 22") carved Renaissance Revival oak server. The three-section piece dates from the last half of the 19th century and exhibits extensive and elaborate carving. The lower cabinet has four doors enclosing storage shelves; the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Masters Are Hot—Others Not
Four Sam Doyle paintings on found metal sold. Dr. Buz Halo, 41" x 25", also had a conch shell “held” to the ear. Accompanied by Doyle’s original 1984 bill of sale and his legal agreement with Dr. Regenia Perry to be his agent, the lot brought $34,500 (est. $10,000/15,000).
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(Auction)Americana Sale
Berks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1800 mahogany tall-case clock with a broken-arch bonnet, sunflower rosettes with three inlaid panels of flowers in urns, painted metal dial, inscribed “Benjn Witman, Reading,”with an eight-day movement over a waist door inlaid with an oval panel with an eagle with a shield and banner in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Community Connections Add Spice to the Mix
Top lot among the donated works sold to benefit WLAE-TV, the local public broadcasting station, was 7th Ward Cinderella, a 40" x 30" oil on canvas by James Michalopoulos (b. 1951). It brought $15,375.
One of the many 20th-century artworks that did well was this atmospheric Man in Blue, Playing a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Harbinger of Prosperity?
This 28" x 42" portrait of the clipper ship Harbinger by Montague Dawson (British, 1895-1973) sailed away to a new owner for just above the low estimate at $126,000. Check the body of the article to find out more about the post-auction activity that made this sale special.
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