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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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Americana, Paintings, and Decorative Art Sold on the Cape
by Jackie Sideli

Cape Cod artist Ralph Eugene Cahoon (1910-1982) painted this seaside scene with three sailors carrying two mermaids in nets. In the background a train pulls into an active seaport. A hot air balloon, often seen in Cahoon’s paintings, is in the sky. The painting sold quickly at $22,420 (est. $15,000/20,000). This ... (Read More)

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The Chester County Show
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Paul J. DeCoste Antiques, West Newbury, Massachusetts, offered a large collection of early wine glasses, which he said he had bought at Skinner. The earliest have baluster stems; later ones have air twist stems. Champagne glasses were $500 and $600 each; engraved glasses, $700 and $800 each; and common ones, ... (Read More)

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American Indian Art
by Don Johnson

Eastern Plains three-bladed knife club, 39" long, circa 1870, $180,000. The club has beveled edges and a serrated back ridge. The haft is painted in red, blue, and yellow pigment and studded with tacks. Four open hands or paws and four stylized thunderbirds are carved on opposite sides of club. The ... (Read More)

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Judge Tosses Lawsuit over Detroit Institute of Arts Admissions Policy
by M.A.D. staff

On April 3, Judge John C. Foster of the Macomb County (Michigan) Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) over its admissions policy. On August 7, 2012, voters in the Michigan counties of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb had approved a ten-year millage increase to support ... (Read More)

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Decision Reached: Sotheby’s to Sell Esmerian Folk Art Bonanza
by David Hewett

It’s as final a word as any could be about the often up-in-the-air business. Sotheby’s will offer the 212 pieces of folk art formerly at New York City’s American Folk Art Museum at a public auction at the end of this year or early in the next. The possibility that ... (Read More)

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Bowmanville Antiques and Folk Art Show Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
by John Norris

David and Mary Jo Field of Croydon House Antiques, Enterprise, Ontario, offered this circa 1890 Cree chief’s jacket with blue, yellow, and green beads, horse hair, and ermine pelts for $7500. Clay and Carol Benson of Port Hope, Ontario, had no trouble selling this open-top dish dresser, Nova Scotia, circa ... (Read More)
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