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(Auction)Christian Icon Tops Hap Moore Auction
Paul Philippe bronze sculpture of a Turkish Dancer with Parrot, $6555. Hap Moore photo.
Enamel and bronze Christian table icon, $7590.
Surf fishing scene by Emile Albert Gruppe, $4140.
Five-drawer country Chippendale tall chest in a nice grungy red paint, with at least two replaced wooden knobs and an extended bracket base with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Neal's Louisiana Purchase Auction: The Main Event
Cover lot, top of the chart, and undisputed star of the sale, the 1791 portrait of English physician Dr. Robert Dow by José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (c. 1750-1802) was purchased for a nice round $250,000 by a local collector after spirited bidding. New Orleans was a sophisticated ... (Read More)
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(Auction)U.S. History Auction
Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War, two volumes having a total of 100 albumen photographs by Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) and others, first edition, scuffing to the covers, minor problems with the endpapers, light wear and foxing to the pages, $144,000.
Revolutionary War naval document, the official record of a May ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bunny Mellon's Americana
A pair of 7" long Chelsea asparagus tureens and covers, circa 1755, sold for $118,750 (est. $20,000/30,000). Each is realistically modeled as a bundle of asparagus tied at either end. They have a red anchor mark and the number 17 on the base of one and 15 on the other. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brenner Estate Collection Marks End of John Russell's Material Legacy
A photograph of one room of the Russell-Brenner residence.
This Dehua porcelain 34" high standing figure of the bodhisattva Guanyin from 17th-century China, bearing the “fisherman” mark to the upper middle back, sold for $7425. It was a gift to John L. Russell from Mrs. Beardmore, sister of Lady Allen, Montreal.
D. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings
Georgia O’Keeffe, Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, oil on canvas, 48" x 40", painted in 1932, sold on the phone for $44,405,000 (est. $10,000,000/ 15,000,000) to benefit the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s acquisition fund. This iconic painting is a closeup of a delicate flower made monumental, filling the canvas, and is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Bellows Tops the Bonhams American Art Auction
Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927), The Red Bonnet, oil on canvas, 20" x 15", sold on the phone for $149,000 (est. $100,000/150,000). The catalog notes reveal that “aside from a few self portraits and portraits of friends, solitary figures are not common in Potthast’s oeuvre.”
Several phone bidders competed for this untitled ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings at Christie's
Study for Dinner for Threshers by Grant Wood (1891-1942), charcoal, pencil, and chalk on brown paper laid down on paper, 18" x 72", executed in 1934, was sold for $1,565,000 (est. $1.5/2.5 million), a record for a work on paper by the artist. It’s a study for the finished painting ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sporting Art Auction Brings Bounty
The Horse Race, N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), oil on canvas, 40¼" x 32¼", an illustration for James Boyd’s novel Drums, earned $488,750 (est. $550,000/650,000) after the auction. The painting was for the passage “Cursing and whipping like a madman, the scarlet jockey drew up on the turn, hung knee to knee, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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