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(Fragment)Woman Pleads Guilty in Connection with Theft of Franklin Bust
Andrea Lawton, 46, of Mobile, Alabama, pleaded guilty in federal court in Philadelphia on December 18, 2012, to one count of interstate transportation of stolen property in connection with the theft on August 24, 2012, of a rare bust of Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Antoine Houdon, valued at approximately $3 million.
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(Feature)Letter from London
Letter from London
by Ian McKay, [email protected]
Before launching into this month's selection, which is strong on antiquities but also includes two forgotten Dollies, two Russian posters, two Chinese flutes, two naval frigates, one Charles X box, one warming tapestry, and an old model medical aide, may I, as usual, wish M.A.D. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Chess Table Sells for $109,250
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(Book Review)Books Received
Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.
Maine and the Sea: 50 Years of Collecting at Maine Maritime Museum ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Design of the 20th Century
This rare Tiffany Studios Trumpet Creeper lamp sold for $914,500 (est. $400,000/600,000) to an American private collector. It was highest auction price for Tiffany in December 2012. The 1902-06 lamp has a large Tree base. The leaded glass and patinated bronze shade is impressed "Tiffany Studios/ New York/ 346-1" and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Book and Manuscripts Sale: Paper and Plastic
The scarce first newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence, very likely the second printing overall (preceded only by John Dunlap's official Congressional broadside), sold for $722,500 (est. $300,000/400,000). It was within a bound full year's run of the Pennsylvania Evening Post, published in Philadelphia.
This is the entire King James ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Greenberg Collection of Art Deco
Jean Dupas, Allegorie du Tissu, circa 1937, 381/2" x 128", oil on canvas with silvered wood frame. It sold for $1,650,500 (est. $150,000/250,000) to an American private collector. It is the final preparatory painting for a mosaic executed by Dupas for the Pavillon du Textile at the 1937 Paris Exposition ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American and European Art
Ballerina at Barre, a circa 1959 bronze and polished aluminum sculpture, 15" high, by Enzo Plazzotta (1921-1981) sold for $6000 (est. $2000/4000).
Nine works (one shown) by Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969) were offered. Flower Market at the Madeleine, a circa 1955 oil on canvas, sold above high estimate for $35,000.
Though ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Design Including Tiffany
Carlo Bugatti (1856-1940), rare desk and chair, circa 1902, the chair with adjustable back, painted vellum, tooled copper, brass, and wood, desk 363/4" high x 271/4" wide x 22" deep, and the chair 381/4" high, sold for $80,500 (est. $30,000/50,000).
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) for Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941), Trepied a Feuilles table ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Radios and 20th Century Decorative Arts
Shown is a circa 1942 Fada 188 All American in a yellow case with blue knobs and handle with a red wraparound grill and Fada decal, 51/2" high x 9" long x 5 1/2" deep, that sold for $16,250 (est. $6000/9000). Another Fada 188 (not shown) in an orange-yellow case ... (Read More)
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