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(Auction)Skinner's Americana Sale
The 22¼" x 33" oil on canvas by William Allen Wall (1801-1885) depicts the area known as Old Four Corners, at the junction of Union and Water Streets in New Bedford, Massachusetts, circa 1807. Wall's painting has to be a bit conjectural, since it depicts the Four Corners as it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Back-to-Back Sales at Garth's
George III terrestrial globe, George Adams Jr., London, circa 1790, printed and hand colored, on an oak stand with cabriole legs and pad feet, the base mounted with a compass, the cartouche with Adams's standard dedication to the king, 31" high x 18" diameter, imperfections, $15,275.Map of the world by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cards Make Grand Slam at Saco River Auction
Michael “King” Kelly, $71,300.“Dan” Brouthers, $7475.by Mark SiscoPhotos courtesy Saco River Auction CompanySaco River Auction Company in Biddeford, Maine, hit a rare grand-slam homer on August 29 when it sold a collection of seven 19th-century baseball cards for a total of $102,005 (includes buyers’ premiums).All of the cards were Old ... (Read More)
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(Auction)JMK Shows Adds New York City Show
Allison Kohler, director of JMK Shows, has announced that the firm will launch a new show in New York City. The New York Antiques & Fine Arts Show will make its debut April 5-7, 2013, at the Bohemian National Hall located at 321 East 73rd Street.The Bohemian National Hall, which ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Internet Ruled at Augusta
Labeled “Doeuillet 18 Place Vendôme Paris,” this one-piece tea gown from 1910 was of fine Russian cream bobbin lace with a bodice insert and deep skirt panels of heavily embroidered cotton lawn with repeats of small flowers surrounded by a swirling vine. It was missing its original green silk sash ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Freeman’s
Three phone bidders wanted this Federal carved mahogany high-post bed with feather-carved reeded posts, made in Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1815. It sold for $26,250 (est. $8000/12,000).
Five phone bidders competed for this Tiffany Favrile aquamarine paperweight vase with yellow narcissi with orange and black centers and green stems and leaves. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tall Clock with Music Box Towers at Talbot
A combination Regina tall clock and music box, with the disc-playing mechanism concealed in the base, brought $8250, the top price of the auction.In red paint and with iron hardware, this country store cabinet with the original owner's terms clearly painted on the doors sold for $575.Charles M. Talbot Associates, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Buyers Get the Big Pictures
The highest price of the night was $6325 for this Gustav Stickley Mission oak chest of six drawers with iron ring hardware.This oil on canvas, solidly attributed to John Joseph Enneking, after the famous Jules Breton work Return of the Gleaners, brought $2990.A majolica sardine dish with cover and undertray ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Insurance Case
On August 17, 39-year-old Jason William Sheedy of St. Paul, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in federal court to filing a false insurance claim for approximately $250,000. On August 6, he was charged with one count of wire fraud in connection with this incident.In his plea agreement, Sheedy admitted that between September ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dr. Bruce Barnes to Head George Eastman House
Dr. Bruce Barnes has been appointed the Ron and Donna Fielding Director of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York. Barnes will be the eighth director of the world’s oldest museum of photography and one of the largest motion-picture archives.Barnes is the president ... (Read More)
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