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Auction House Owners Arrested for Offering Elephant Footstools
by M.A.D. staff

Mary Jo Garlo, 60, and Peter Francese, 70, owners of Great American Auction Service, Inc., Hyde Park, New York, failed to obtain a permit from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) before offering in an auction two stools made of elephant feet. On April 10, New York ... (Read More)

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Francis Crick’s "Secret of Life" Letter Sets Record
by Jeanne Schinto

Seated in the Christie’s salesroom (from right) are Francis Crick’s son, Michael, a video-game inventor (www.wordzap.com); Michael’s daughter Kindra Crick, an artist (www.kindracrick.com); two unidentified women; James D. Watson; and an unidentified man. While the bidding took place, Michael snapped photographs of the auctioneer, room bidders, and phone bid-takers. Afterward ... (Read More)

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Maureen O'Sullivan Stars in Devin Moisan Auction
by Mark Sisco

Half-sheet poster, 22" x 28", for The Grapes of Wrath, $5175. Moisan photo. Otto Henry Bacher oil on canvas of “Desdemona’s Palace” in Venice, Italy brought $6900. The scrubbed-down top and carriage of this New England Queen Anne drop-leaf table appeared to have started life together. The maple table with rule-jointed leaves ... (Read More)

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Doyle Sells Diego Giacometti Console Table for Record $1,762,500
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Console table by Diego Giacometti (Swiss, 1902-1985), bronze and glass, signed “Diego” and monogrammed “DG.” The 31¾" x 67" x 15" table was accompanied by a certificate from James Lord; a letter from Pierre Matisse to Serge Matta, the French fashion designer for whom this table was made in 1975; ... (Read More)

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Collector's Mementos of Nicholas & Alexandra on the Block
by Jeanne Schinto

A 6½" x 8½" circa 1905 gelatin silver print of the Russian imperial family aboard their yacht Standart brought $2640 (est. $1000/1500). A 1912 menu from the yacht made $2160 (est. $500/700). It was signed by dinner guests. This 6 5/8" x 3½" circa 1907 photogravure of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna in ... (Read More)

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If You Fill It, Will They Come?
by Cathy Aldrich

This vividly colored print was in the booth of Chloe and Jim McKinney of Chloe’s Antiques and Fine Collectibles in the Seattle area. It quickly caught the eye of one passerby and sold early in the show. The 48" x 48" framed artist’s proof, signed “Tarkay,” was priced at $750. ... (Read More)
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