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(Auction)Two Decades of Southern Pottery Society Sales
“Huge” is the first impression of this 15-gallon storage jar with four lug handles and signed “J C M.” Known to be the work of Daniel Seagle, for resale by John Conrad Michal’s mercantile business, it is only the third known pot with this marking. It topped the prices realized ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Remington Drawings Tower over Thomaston Sale
Thomas Hart Benton lithograph, Wreck of the Ol’ 97, Associated American Artists 1944 edition, $11,500. Thomaston Place photo.
Two Frederic Remington ink drawings were the high lots of the sale. Shown is Sun Fisher, which brought $166,750. Not shown, A Running Bucker, which finished at $184,000.
This original 11" x 8½" unframed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Authorities Seek Information on Armed Robbery
On November 8, 2013, the Cortland County (New York) Sheriff’s Department investigated an armed robbery at River Bend Antiques in the village of Marathon. After following through on the investigation and receiving an anonymous tip, the sheriff’s department agency learned that the Pennsylvania State Police at the Milton and Lewisburg ... (Read More)
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(Show)Capital City Classic: The Raleigh Extravaganza
Face jugs with white clay eyes and inked pupils are a trademark of Georgia potter Lanier Meaders (1917-1998). Pete Turner of P & P Treasures, Concord, North Carolina, had two Lanier jugs, both with full signatures on the bottom. The left face was $1700; the right, $1600. The Indianapolis Brewing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Christmas Wishes" Auction Exceeds Expectations
Märklin 2nd Series Cincinnati battleship, 1912-15, enameled, electric-driven, 34" long, $77,880.
Märklin George Washington ocean liner, 1909-15, enameled, clockwork mechanism, 37" long, $77,880.
Possibly unique C.K. (Japan) lithographed tin key-wind Santa open roadster with lively festive graphics and internal bellows, late 1930’s, 7" long, $37,760.
Tipp & Co. (Germany) Minnie and Mickey Mouse ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Cigar-Store Princess Sells for Princely Sum
This carved wood cigar-store figure attributed to the New York City shops of Samuel Robb or Thomas Brooks, circa 1880, 83" tall x 23" wide x 14" deep, sold for $747,500 (est. $125,000/ 250,000) to a collector.
The Indian princess wears a feathered headdress and a dress decorated with carved tobacco ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 50th Anniversary Delaware Antiques Show
The red and white ABC quilt, pieced cotton, with a Betty Sterling provenance, was $8500 from Olde Hope Antiques, New Hope, Pennsylvania. The horse and rider copper weathervane, attributed to Jewell, was $28,000.
James Kilvington of Dover, Delaware, had an impressive offering, proving it is still possible to put together a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Romanian Painting Sparks Lawsuit Two Years after Sale
More than two years after winning a painting at an auction, a buyer is suing the auction house, claiming that the Association of Art Critics of Romania has concluded that the painting is not authentic.
A suit filed on November 7, 2013, in the Supreme Court of New York, County of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Fine Print Dealers Association Fair
This Polly Apfelbaum (b. 1955) woodblock monoprint was the first piece of art viewers encountered upon walking into the fair. It sold. Measuring 79" x 79", Empress Theodora, 2013, was a show-stopper at Durham Press’s booth. The dealer priced the unique piece at $33,000, framed. The artist’s prices have gone ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Double Eagle Historical Flask Tops Glass Auction
Double Eagle historical flask, pint, GII-144, probably Keene Marlboro Street Glassworks, Keene, New Hampshire, 1815-30; of ovoid form with vertical ribbing on the entire flask except for the eagle and medallion on both sides, in bright light green, tooled round collared mouth - pontil scar; Warren “Bud” Lane collection; $26,910 ... (Read More)
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