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(Auction)Blockbuster Auction Caps Maine Summer Antiques Week
Fused bars of gold and a gold chain from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha lost in 1622 that was recovered by treasure hunter Mel Fisher sold for $172,500. Sisco photo.The best-known paintings by William Bradford (1823-1892) are of the Arctic regions of Labrador and Greenland, often painted with dramatic lighting, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Model Autocar and Toy Chariot Pace Julia Auction
Very rare Ives hippodrome horse racing chariot toy from the 1880's, one of only a few known extant, $69,000.
This scale model of an Autocar military transport vehicle from the World War I era sold for $57,500.
From the late 1800's, this Ives horse-head three-wheeled velocipede had a young boy for a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Grand Reopening Sale
Helen M. Turner (1858-1958) of Louisiana was an important American Impressionist noted for sensitive interior scenes featuring women and children. Sold for $92,250, The Moth (271/2" x 191/2"), signed and dated 1918 by the artist, will be included in the catalogue raisonne being prepared by Kaycee Benton.
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(Fragment)Seymour Chest and Gold Medal Soar at Skinner in October
$312,000. Photo courtesy Skinner.by David HewettA Federal dressing chest with mirror in the Hepplewhite form, attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, was the highest-priced lot at Skinner's October 28 Americana sale in Boston. The chest, a nearly identical mate to the chest depicted on the dust jacket of Robert Mussey's ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Indian Lake Show
This circa 1890 mahogany diorama, including a fox, weasel, ermine, bobwhite, chipmunk, ptarmigan, and squirrel, was $2500 in Randal Coulton's Kamp Kamp booth.Bob Ross had the largest moose head and couldn't wait to show us. "The full chest mount from the state of Maine" was priced at $2200.John Provo Antiques, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Portrait Tops Indiana Auction
Unsigned 18th-century oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman, unframed, 32" x 27", $23,100.Copper teakettle by Benjamin Harbeson, Philadelphia, $3410.Trade sign for "H. Yoder Harness Oil," painted wood, one-sided, $2420.Landscape by Susan Gertrude Schell (1891-1970), a member of the Philadelphia Ten, $1870.Davies Auctions, Lafayette, Indianaby Don JohnsonShortly before the start ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Former Art Dealer's Conviction Upheld
On November 9, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a U.S. District Court jury's conviction in March 2011 of Rocco P. DeSimone, 58, of Johnston, Rhode Island, for conning several investors out of more than $6 million in cash, tangible assets, and forgiven debt.DeSimone, a former art dealer, was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art at Sotheby's
Two phone bidders and a bidder on line competed for Homesickness by Jared French (1905-1987). It is signed lower right and signed and titled on the reverse. The 91/2" x 71/4" egg tempera on panel was painted in 1942 and sold on line for $92,500 (est. $15,000/20,000). Another magic realism ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings at Bonhams
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), Little Caldwell's Island, 1940, signed lower right. The 32" x 40" tempera on panel was estimated at $1,000,000/1,500,000 and sold for $722,500 to John Driscoll of Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City. The view is of Little Caldwell's Island from Caldwell's Island (Knox County, Maine) at low ... (Read More)
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