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Grand Opening for New Auction Firm
by Betty Flood

A huge lion's head gargoyle, which reportedly came from a Bethlehem steel factory, went at $935.Chris Ward sold a pair of caramel hanging Arts and Crafts shades (one shown) for $550.North Peak Auctions, Saratoga Springs, New Yorkby Betty FloodThe grand opening of North Peak Auctions in Saratoga Springs, New York, ... (Read More)

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Camera Collection Comes to Auction
by Betty Flood

Will Golden of Albany, New York, examines the 1869 Morley Universal camera with extra lenses that brought $4070.Bob Warner of Scotia, New York, likes this 1945 Leica complete with executive case and manual that sold for $770.Jon Lee Auction Services, Latham, New Yorkby Betty FloodYou do not need to have ... (Read More)

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Color and Quality Distinguish Sale of Quebec Antiques
by Larry Thompson

The top lot of the sale at $28,600 had been featured on page 132 of John Fleming's The Painted Furniture of French Canada, 1700-1840 (1994). Known as a bonnetière, this 67" tall single-door armoire dated from the early 19th century and hailed from St. Victoire (Sorel), Quebec. It had massive ... (Read More)

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Major Figure in Historic Document Field Charged with $6 Million Theft
by David Hewett

by David HewettOn July 9, two men were arrested as they left the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and charged with theft of historic documents. An employee of the society said he saw one of the men, 24-year-old Jason Savedoff, allegedly slip a document into a portfolio he was carrying ... (Read More)

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Daniel Garber's "Tanis" Returns
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Tanis, painted in the summer of 1915, depicts the artist's daughter standing in the doorway of his Cuttalossa studio.Philanthropists Marguerite and H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest have made a gift to the Philadelphia Museum of Art that will directly benefit the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. According to the ... (Read More)

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The Clock Stops at $4830
by Mark Sisco

Shown below are three of five oils on canvas by Joseph Arentz (German/ American, 1903-1969) that were offered at the Keating auction:An enormous scene of waves crashing against a rocky bluff, $1495Portland Head Light behind crashing surf, $920A quiet sunset over a beach, $747.50.J.J. Keating Auctioneers, Kennebunk, Maineby Mark SiscoJames ... (Read More)

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Clar's Auction Exceeds Expectations
by Levi Morgan

This pair of 6' high wooden panels sold for $280,950 to a collector reportedly phoning from Shanghai. The eight late Qing Dynasty porcelain painted plaques depict landscape scenes and are signed and inscribed. The lot came from an Oakland, California, Asian art collection.A collector paid $7110 for this set of ... (Read More)

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Taxes 101: Using Your Home for Business
by Caroline Evans

by Caroline EvansMany people who run small businesses operate out of their home. They may use a spare room, the basement, the garage, or maybe that little shed in the backyard. This is a business expense that can be a great deduction at tax time. It is an expense the ... (Read More)

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The Young Collector: The Things They Carried
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondRegardless of the anxiety you may have about what people think of how you look in your bathing suit, about your flip-up sunglasses, or your bare feet, when you're sitting on the beach soaking up the sun, the one thing you don't have to worry ... (Read More)

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In the Trade: Ken Woodbury, Nipper's Choice, Keene, New Hampshire
by Frank Donegan

Ken Woodbury.Woodbury's shop, formerly the family gas station. "My father built it to keep my mother busy when she wasn't raising three boys and one girl." Woodbury started pumping gas in the 1950's when he was six or seven years old. Regular gas was 14.9¢ a gallon; ethyl, 16.9¢. "The ... (Read More)
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