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The best piece in the Mort family trove was this rounded "J. Mort" jug enhanced with incised wavy lines and a reddish salt glaze. This is the only stamped example from the Mort pottery of Jefferson County-the rectangular mark appears in several places. The jug sold for $23,000 (est. $2000/3000).Although ... (Read More)
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These United Confederate Veterans ribbons and badges signify various events associated with Virginia veterans. They range from an event in Gettysburg in 1913 to one in Farmville, Virginia, in 1926. They are constructed from silk ribbons with celluloid buttons and badges. All are soiled and show their age. The largest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Henderson family cherry one-piece library bookcase, possibly by Richard Rood of Marietta, Ohio, circa 1830, 98½" high x 56¾" wide, old refinish, age cracks, stains, $16,450.Curly maple two-piece corner cupboard attributed to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, mid-19th century, 87½" high x 57" wide, older finish, $10,281.Theorem fan, schoolgirl work with a ... (Read More)
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Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Quai St. Michel, 1888, oil on canvas, 21¾" x 28", signed lower left. It sold to dealer Joe Caldwell of Manlius, New York, in the salesroom for $2,098,500 (est. $2.5/3.5 million). Caldwell said he thought he got a good buy for his client. On May 21, 1998, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
One of two rhinoceros horn cups that each sold for $394,000, this 6½" wide cup consigned by a Wisconsin collector is elaborately carved and dates from the 17th century.From a Chicago collection, this 4¾" high cup is one of two rhinoceros horn cups that sold for $394,000 each. This 17th-/18th-century ... (Read More)
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A Carette gauge I #2350 locomotive and tender, one of the most realistic and complex American steam profile locomotives, offered with the correct eight-wheel tender with matching numbers and powered by a robust clockwork mechanism with forward and reverse gearing, 23" long, sold for $28,750 (est. $12,000/15,000) after a three-way ... (Read More)
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Luke Syson will become the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Curator in Charge of the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, effective in January 2012.Currently at the National Gallery, London, Syson holds the dual positions of curator of Italian ... (Read More)
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Rose Marie and Frank Francis.The barn.One of their typical arrangements of art from the 19th and 20th centuries.The Francises display stoneware ranging from $295 for the clam rake crock (front row, third from right) to $800 for the bird crock (top row, right end). The tiered green plant stand under ... (Read More)
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Asked about the age of this 19" long carved coral bead necklace from China, Victoria Bratberg at Skinner said, "Unless we're positive, we never give a date. And with these, it's too hard to tell. But those were nice, big beads." Composed of four large beads with scroll and Chinese ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittIt was in the heart of last winter that my colleague Dave Hewett e-mailed me to follow up a column he had written about consignor losses that had occurred at an auction house in New Hampshire. Hewett encouraged me to join his effort to warn ... (Read More)
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