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(Auction)Americana Surprises at Pook & Pook
Sheet copper butterfly weathervane, late 19th century, attributed to J.W. Fiske & Co., New York, 22¼" high x 25½" wide, sold for $90,000 (est. $4000/8000) to a collector in the salesroom, underbid by Oliver Overlander. It’s a very rare form, and according to the condition report, the surface has been ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Florida Auction House and Company President Plead Guilty to Wildlife Smuggling Conspiracy
Elite Estate Buyers Inc., doing business as Elite Decorative Arts, an auction house located in Boynton Beach, Florida, and the company’s president and owner, Christopher Hayes, pleaded guilty on January 14 in U.S. District Court in Miami to an illegal wildlife trafficking and smuggling conspiracy. The auction house and Hayes ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Semi-Positive Bidding on Negatives
It’s fun to look at the players in static poses that were intended to appear dynamic. This Jack Doran Old Judge glass negative took top price honors for the negatives at $5635. Saco River photo.
Three Ty Cobb T206 cards. Above: Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, graded very good, $1840. Below left: El ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 60th Washington Winter Show--a Winner
Janice Paull of Portimao, Portugal specializes in English ironstone china and 19th-century European ceramics. The large tureen by Hicks & Meigh dates from the first half of the 19th century. It was priced at $3000. The large vase on the top shelf, left, circa 1820, was tagged $700. The ornate ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Goes After Ivory
Add California to the list of states attempting to stop the trade of antique ivory. California Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins introduced a bill on January 7 to close loopholes that she claims “prevent the effective enforcement of existing California law prohibiting the sale of ivory.” Senator Ricardo Lara is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Calendar Clock Brings $27,600
The 24" diameter D. J. Gale’s rosewood calendar clock was untouched and sold to a dealer in the gallery on the phone with a client for $27,600.
The painted cast-iron Kewpie doll arcade target (34" long) with ten figures was rare and sold for $4887.50. McInnis photo.
A Newburyport mahogany bowfront chest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Furniture by Thomas Nisbet Tops Auction
From the Ritchie family came a mahogany desk made by Thomas Nisbet & Son for the New Brunswick Legislature and inscribed in pencil “Alan Joseph Ritchie, Newcastle, NB.” The desk made $2800.
Indian Town at the Foot of Main Street, Saint John, New Brunswick, a 12" x 16" gouache signed by ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Annual Augusta New Year's Day Show
Preliminary drawing of the Mystic Whaler, a 78' long schooner designed in 1963 by V.B. Crockett in Camden, Maine. It was $50 from dealer Dana McKinney of Rockland, Maine.
The sign from the early 1940s was for the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Big Crowd Sees Red at Foster's
Connecticut Valley Chippendale four-drawer chest in dry red paint, $1980.
Stepback mahogany Sheraton chest with uniform matching graining on the drawer fronts, full spiral-turned columns, and hints of tiger graining on the top edge, $990.
A 6'5" x 4'6" Navajo rug showing kachinas, sun symbols, and several animal pictographs rang out ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show for Sturbridge
The inaugural Central Massachusetts Antique Show at Sturbridge will be held on December 31 and January 1, 2015, at the Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Over 75 dealers are expected to exhibit.
On Wednesday, December 31, there will be evening hors d’oeuvres, a reception with entertainment, and ... (Read More)
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