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(Auction)Decorative Arts with a Dose of History
Top lot of the sale was the Shenandoah Valley bookcase on bureau. It sold for $93,600 to a private collector, edging out a southern museum, which had pursued the lot for its permanent collection. Sporting an old untouched surface, the case piece was attributed to the Frye-Martin cabinetmaking school ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Good Day to Buy
Two bidders on the phones and two bidders in the salesroom vied for this 33" x 40" oil on tin View's of the Buildings & Surroundings of the Berks County Almshouse by Charles C. Hofmann (German-American, 1821-1882). Dated June 6th, 1879, the central bird's-eye view is surrounded by six vignettes ... (Read More)
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(Show)Weston Perseveres with Aplomb
Joy Ruskin Hanes and Lee Hanes of Hanes & Ruskin Antiques, Old Lyme, Connecticut, called this the Rolls-Royce of baby carriages. Made in Gardner, Massachusetts, by the Heywood family of manufacturers and dating from the 1860’s-90’s, it was priced at $475.
Offered by Robert Perry Antiques, Orchard Park, New ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Earthenware Kitten Roars at Evans Sale
This molded and decorated earthenware cat figure is small (5" x 2¼" x 3½"), but it set the tone for the Evans sale. The figure has a solid body and a lead and manganese glaze over a yellow slip wash. The seated cat with its tail wrapped over its haunches ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Annual Maine Antiques Festival
This wonderful document box in grain-decorated red, brown, and ocher wavy comb pattern, with a red-painted interior, was $395 from Roger and Elizabeth Ayscough of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.A dramatic nautical oil on canvas by James Hamilton (Irish-American, 1819-1878), After the Gale, was $14,500 with Day's Antiques, Brunswick, Maine. Hamilton painted ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Pickers Market
Alan R. Pereske Antiques, Lake Placid, New York, had this double-sided "White Birches" camp sign, made from birch bark, for $1095.Doris Marks of Doris Marks Antiques, New Hampshire, is shown with some hand-hooked mittens she said were made in Maine or the Maritimes, probably in the late 1880's or a ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Learning Linux
Ubuntu desktop with the application launcher on the left side and the Pinta picture editor in use.Computer Column #286by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] column sometimes states that a particular service or software product is available for Windows, Linux, and Apple computers. About 78% of us use a Microsoft Windows ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tin Circus Wagon Caps Julia Toy, Doll, and Advertising Auction
This was the big one for the day-a toy tin circus wagon by George W. Brown & Company, with a caged lioness and two white draft horses. It sold for $76,700 (est. $15,000/35,000). George W. Brown & Company, Forestville, Connecticut, was founded around 1855 and partnered with J. & E. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques on the Green
Within an hour of opening, the outdoor market was crowded.John Rudie shows the $35 tip-up ice fishing pole from the 1950's. The short pole has a carved wooden body, twine string line, and a cork bobber.John Atkin Antiques, Glen Ellyn, brought the circa 1780 painting tagged $495. A 1780-1820 mirror ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Maine Antiques Festival: Selling Jewelry in a Tricky Retail Market
Jan and Lou smile for the camera. Jan is holding "a piece of nice sterling that is in a completely different price range, at about one hundred fifty dollars." Lou remarked, "We enjoy the business; we enjoy being with people; we enjoy life." Sounds like a good mantra, and it's ... (Read More)
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