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(Issue Story)A Trail to Follow
Editorial
The antiques business could use a helping hand, and Connecticut State Senator Rob Kane is trying to get his state to lend one.
Kane, a Republican who represents the 32nd District, which includes Woodbury and ten other towns, has sponsored a bill in the General Assembly to expand the existing Connecticut ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Arader Offers Audubon Prints and More in Unusual Auction
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Hoop Petticoat Narcissus, Narcissus bulbocodium, watercolor on vellum, 18¾" x 14¼", signed lower left, $61,000 (est. $40,000/50,000). It had a retail price of $175,000.
Snowy Owl, Plate 121, sold for $134,200 (est. $100,000/150,000), the auction’s highest price.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Intermediate Daffodil, Narcissus radiatus, watercolor on vellum, 18¾" x 14¼", $48,800 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Expensive Corkscrews Sold On Line
B. Wilhelm corkscrew, $21,100.
Durand 1879 French patented rack and pinion corkscrew, $18,500.
The antique corkscrew collecting community conducts on-line auctions with an all-volunteer effort at ICCAuctions. During the sale that closed on May 11, a B. Wilhelm 1885 U.S. patent corkscrew, found 20 years ago in a Los Angeles antiques mall, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Faithful Show Up in Droves at Wayside Inn Antiques Show
Diana Bittel of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, picked up this pair of shellwork pictures in England recently. She said she’d owned a pair by the same hand 20 years or so ago. The circa 1840 pictures are 17½" tall x 12" wide. Bittel asked $12,000 for the pair.
Brian Cullity of Sagamore, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Shenandoah Antiques Expo
This hooked rug was found in the booth belonging to a Fishersville regular, Jim Fisher of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, who trades as Plain Dealer. The folky rug features a clipper ship flying an American flag as it sails toward a harbor with a lighthouse. The rug was $395. The group of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Washington Tops in Texas Auction
Rembrandt Peale, Martha Washington, circa 1856, oil on canvas, 36½" x 29", signed lower left, inscribed on the back “Mrs. Martha Washington (1795) / Painted by / Rembrandt Peale / with improvements From / Original by Ch’s W. Peale / Philadelphia,” $158,500.
Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), George Washington, circa 1856, oil on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inuit Art Auction
An artist from Arviat known only as Susan carved her Mother and Child of stone. It has a simplified, proud stance and rightfully earned $312 (est. $300/500). Auctioneer Duncan McLean thought it “quite a lovely little piece,” and it is.
Joe Talirunili (1893-1976), Povungnituk, is most famous for his carvings of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Pure and Simple Antique Show
The smaller hatbox, marked for C.B. Platt, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has an illustration of a beaver and was $495. The larger hatbox, showing birds in a tree and lettered “Tappé/ 9 West 57,” was priced at $325 and sold during the show by Bill and Terri Baxter of Baxter Auction Gallery, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Balancing Act Perfected
As the fashion for Orientalism flourished in England, talented artist David Roberts (1796-1864) went on a painting expedition to record monuments and scenes of daily life in the Middle East. His travels resulted in the 240 plates that illustrate The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, with Egypt and Nubia, published ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$1.5 Million Toy Auction
Märklin, Germany, Pabst beer railroad car, gauge 1, early 1900’s, 10½" long, $21,240, the same price achieved by another elusive Märklin beer advertising car (not shown), Schlitz of Milwaukee, 10" long.
The truly memorable Märklin, Germany, U.S.S. Maine battleship, first series, 1902, 30" long, crested as Bertoia’s two-day topper at $64,900.
Voltamp ... (Read More)
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