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Vicki Moss of Zane Moss Antiques Ltd., New York City, poses next to an 18th-century English Georgian bureau bookcase that sold on Saturday. Only 31" wide, the $11,000 piece was purchased for a North Shore bedroom.A sold sign covered the $5500 price on a tag describing a signed oil on ... (Read More)
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On September 5, dealers will offer high-quality antiques, furniture, rugs, art, and toys to shoppers and collectors on the campus of Western Reserve Academy (WRA). The festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine, in the center of Western Reserve Academy's historic campus at 115 College ... (Read More)
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by Daniel GrantTwo major art insurance companies recently faced similar claims by policy-holding collectors, following alleged misconduct by the art dealers to whom they had entrusted artworks, but the two companies reached quite dissimilar conclusions about their obligation to pay out. Art buyers who take out policies on their collections, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
A framed 1919 Coca-Cola calendar in overall near-mint condition fetched $27,140 (est. $6000/12,000). A full box of clear Havana "Rose-O-Cuba" cigars, circa 1950, with a U.S.A. tax stamp, sold for $826 (est. $200/400).Hundreds of cigar boxes sold from the Gotham collection. These six cigar boxes, cataloged as in very good ... (Read More)
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by Ian McKay, So much to choose from as the summer sales finally draw to a close; in fact, my files floweth over. However, with a few quiet months to come, I shall be glad to draw on these riches to fill the next few "Letters from London." I have ... (Read More)
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View from grandstand looking to the right.Phil and Karol Atkinson of Mercer, Pennsylvania, and Bradenton, Florida, had a dealer display where I confess I spent at least 45 minutes trying to see everything. Phil told me that he and his wife sold most of their collection when they set up ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
A 40" tall bronze by Eugene Marioton sold for $4510. The figure is known as the Muse des bois (Muse of the Woodwind) or the Joueuse de flute (Flute Player). An oil on board of four maidens playing musical instruments, the maidens each draped in diaphanous scarves and veils, was ... (Read More)
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by Lita Solis-CohenSummer is the time to plan for the coming season, which begins in late September and reaches a crescendo in January with Americana Week in New York City. The Winter Antiques Show has some changes in the roster of illustrious dealers showing at the Park Avenue Armory January ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775by Dwight P. Lanmon, FSAAntique Collectors' Club, 2011, 373 pages, hardbound, $95 plus S/H from Antique Collectors' Club, (www.antiquecollectorsclub.com) or (212) 645-1111.The Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775 is one of those special books that transport the reader into a collector's lair ... (Read More)
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The decanters on Rebollo's stand at the Winter Antiques Show in January. Solis-Cohen photo. by Lita Solis-CohenTwo cut and engraved glass water decanters, the only survivors from the large service President James Monroe ordered for the White House from the Pittsburgh glass firm Bakewell, Page & Bakewell, went on view ... (Read More)
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