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(Auction)Important Virginia Stoneware Crock with Horses Trots to $92,000
This 131/2" high two-gallon stoneware jug, stamped "Cowden & Wilcox" of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, set a new auction record for Pennsylvania stoneware, selling for $97,750 (est. $20,000/30,000). It was bought by a private Pennsylvania collector. "There were a lot of people interested. I believe above fifty," said Tony Zipp following the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Horology Auction Earns Nearly $1.1 Million
The E. Howard & Co. No. 6 Regulator figure-eight clock, eight day, time only, and with a weight-driven movement, was in fine original condition and sold for $40,250. The case is walnut.
The 75" walnut, walnut veneer, and burl Seth Thomas Regulator No. 19 was made for the Santa Fe Railway ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Successful Fall Auction
These cups had sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, in April 1996. The 2" high x 31/2" diameter cups were made for Yung-Cheng, as marked on the bottom. They became one of the highlights of Stair's auction, selling for $23,000.
The pair of Chinese export porcelain dogs, 7" x 51/2", with detail ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Florida Auction House Charged with Wildlife Trafficking
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(Auction)The Lodge Estate Sale
One of the "Twin Greeks" on Main Street, Nantucket, the former residence of Katherine and John Lodge, and one of two of the last houses built on the island by a whaleman.
A 15" x 9" sampler wrought in 1766 by Elisabeth Hadwen (1755-1842) in her 12th year sold for $8260. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2014 Ellis Boston Show
Knollwood Antiques, Village of Thorndike, Massachusetts, had an 1824 map of Rome, printed in 16 panels, newly conserved, mounted, and framed, that dominated the booth.
Katherine Houston Porcelain, Boston, offered a variety of naturalistic pieces.
Bridges over Time, Newburgh, New York, offered a mid-century pair of T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings armchairs with leather strapping. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2014 San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
This 1920s birdhouse from the East Coast of the United States was made with several doors to let the birds inside and out. From Il Segno del Tempo, Milan, Italy, it was priced at $3500.
Kathleen Taylor of The Lotus Collection, San Francisco, had this circa 1900 hand-painted white cotton cloth, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"M85" Tops Art Auction in Portland
Charles Henry Niehaus (1855-1935), John Paul Jones, an 181/4" tall bronze, sold for $20,400 to an absentee bidder.
Bernard Boutet de Monvel (French, 1881-1949), 1900, a 1251/2" x 931/2" oil on canvas, sold for $14,400 to a phone bidder.
Bernard Boutet de Monvel's companion painting, titled 1930, also 1251/2" x 931/2", ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 40th Annual Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show and Sale
Verdigris Antiques, Evanston, Illinois, brought a selection of late 19th-century tinsel reverse-painted art. The large ship was $750. The others were $650. Seller Jerry Greenblatt told us the art was an approved pastime for young ladies of the era.
The riveting three-masted ship in a hand-carved wooden case came with new ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Arts and Crafts to Modern Masters
Two phone bidders wanted this drop-front rotating desk by Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) of Buffalo, New York, circa 1898, early in Rohlfs's career. There are similar desks in a number of museums and private collections. The unmarked 561/4" x 251/4" x 24" desk sold for $255,750 (est. $45,000/65,000). The price may ... (Read More)
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