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On September 4 in U.S. District Court in Dallas, Chief Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater filed a memorandum order and opinion that severely reduced the award that art patron Marguerite Hoffman had won at trial only months earlier. The case involved Hoffman’s desire to keep the sale of a painting private.
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U.S. Antique Shows announced on August 27 it has postponed the 2015 Armory Antique Show because the National Guard has scheduled a drill at New York City’s 69th Regiment Armory over the weekend previously held for the show and a suitable alternative venue has not been found.
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Photo courtesy Caddigan Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc.
Auctioneer Joan Caddigan of Caddigan Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc., Hanover, Massachusetts, had heads swiveling in disbelief at an August 23 on-site auction in South Paris, Maine, when a single primitive portrait closed for $413,000 (including buyer’s premium).
A combination of history from the Cummings/Ingraham family, ... (Read More)
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This primitive portrait of a young Marcia Ingraham, circa 1823, was solidly attributed to John Brewster via style and recorded family history and had a $15,000/25,000 estimate. I counted at least eight phone bidders in play as it opened for $50,000, and most were still hanging in as it passed ... (Read More)
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This is the archive book about the 1902 trial in which Houdini was victorious in a slander lawsuit against a German cop and newspaper editor. It includes a 50-page trial transcript in German (and an English translation) and documentation of his demonstration of escaping from handcuffs. The book sold for $31,200 ... (Read More)
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The 19th-century yellow Staffordshire child’s tea set sold in the salesroom for $2850 (est. $1600).
An English delft blue and white bottle-form vase with Chinese decorations, 10¼" high, with rim chips noted in the catalog, sold on line for $1320 (est. $150).
The 18th-century English delft urn-shaped vase with Chinese decoration sold ... (Read More)
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The Bronco Buster by Frederic Remington was produced by the Roman Bronze Works and marked “75.” It bought $138,000, the top price at the auction.
The late 1890s or early 1900s Sioux Indian vest with nearly complete beadwork coverage on brain-tanned deer hide sold for $34,500.
A French Romanesque (12th century) bas-relief ... (Read More)
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Near-mint 1900 Coca-Cola calendar featuring image of Hilda Clark, $210,000. Morphy Auctions photo.
A Grapefruitola ceramic syrup dispenser in the form of a grapefruit, in near-mint condition, commanded $66,000 (est. $15,000/ 25,000). Morphy Auctions photo.
At Morphy Auctions’ August 22-24 sale in Denver, Pennsylvania, a near-mint-plus Coke calendar from the year 1900, ... (Read More)
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Sideboard, circa 1885, probably by Pottier and Stymus, with inset ceramic tiles by John Moyr Smith (1839-1912), $18,000 from John Orban of Cadiz, Ohio.
Large centerpiece silver bowl, Kalo Shop, Chicago, initial “G,” 1920s, $6900 from Spencer Marks, Southampton, Massachusetts.
David Brooker of Woodbury, Connecticut, brought Fag & Curly, 40" x ... (Read More)
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Antique Jewelry & Gemology
The Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) held its annual single-day show on August 20, a week earlier than in past years, in hopes that summer residents and vacationers would attend. The show benefits MADA and the Damariscotta River Association and is held at Round Top Farm in ... (Read More)
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