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(Show)Boston's New, Old Show Is Launched
This small detail of a 1769 map of Boston by John Bonner (1643-1726) and William Price (c. 1685-1771) shows what has become the neighborhood of the Cyclorama on Tremont Street (spelled "Treamont Street" here). A New Plan of ye Great Town of Boston in New England in America, the 19 ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Henry's Field
The Henry Antes House, saved by the Goschenhoppen Historians. Go to the Web site (www.goschenhoppen.org) to learn more.Elwood Brunt offered some caltrops, or crow's feet, used during the Civil War. They were thrown on the road, and when horses stepped on them, they immediately became lame. They were made in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Folk Painting Brings More Than $1 Million over Estimate
As one dealer said, "I don't think anyone can possibly say anything bad about that painting—it's that good. It has to be up there among the very top folk art portraits." The 37¾" x 36¼" oil on canvas sold to a dealer in the room for $1,271,000. The closeup shows ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Knoedler Closes but Major Lawsuit Filed
The closing of Knoedler & Company, a 165-year-old art firm, caught the art world by surprise. A short message on the firm's Web site read: "It is with profound regret that the owners of Knoedler Gallery announce its closing, effective November 30, 2011. This was a business decision made after ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Hikes Some Buyer's Premiums
Heritage Auctions has announced that, effective January 1, 2012, the structure of its buyer's premium will be changing in several of its categories. While 13 of the company's 33 categories will remain at 19.5% or 15%, the rest of the Heritage categories will implement the change."We make very careful and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bid Rigging Charges Dismissed
by Elizabeth DinanAlmost two years after he was accused of rigging the bidding for an antique nautical painting, a Warner, New Hampshire, auctioneer had two criminal charges dismissed because of a legal technicality.By order dated November 7, 2011, Portsmouth Judge Sawako Gardner dismissed charges against auctioneer Harold French that alleged ... (Read More)
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(Show)Getman's Boston Show Attracts Newbies Along with Regulars
Chris and Karen Doscher of Witt's End, Wallkill, New York, asked $3875 for the 1860-70 two-part oak dresser that they judged to be "probably Welsh." The 19th-century cant-back two-door open-top cupboard in later blue paint was $3500. The 18th-century Queen Anne walnut mirror with original beveled glass and gilt decoration ... (Read More)
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(Show)The ADA Show at Deerfield: Superb Offerings, Uneven Sales
Axtell Antiques, Deposit, New York, showed the 40" long weathered wood whale weathervane that came from Rockland, Maine, priced at $2950.A Bird in Hand Antiques, Florham Park, New Jersey, showed the circa 1935 Grenfell "Map of Newfoundland" mat, 42" x 31½". It was exhibited at the American Folk Art Museum ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Tom McCandless Collection
From atop a stone wall that runs throughout his farm, Norman Heckler takes a moment to survey the action. The stone walls on this property were once rubble, due to the passage of 100 to 150 years, but "in 1987, '88 we started our barn sales, and the whole family ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Bennett Vase Sells for $31,050
Photos courtesy Hyde Park Country Auctions.by Lita Solis-CohenThe Saturday after Thanksgiving is a good time for a country sale. Auctioneer Dominick Navarra of Hyde Park Country Auctions in Salt Point, New York, in Dutchess County, about 80 miles north of New York City and just off the Taconic Parkway, offered ... (Read More)
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