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The Wilton dollhouse and its furnishings were offered during the first day of the Farmer sale. The extremely detailed replica did not sell during the sale but did find a home in the weeks following the sale. It brought $2070 (est. $1000/10,000).The catalog noted that this single-drawer worktable originated in ... (Read More)
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Listed in the sale addendum as "winner of the toy fair, Paris, ca 1910," this windup chain-driven amphibious car called L'Amphibio brought $23,700 on the phone.This model is of a ship with a history. It was an early steam-powered passenger liner built in 1907 that served in the First World ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Wharton Esherick oak, leather, and wrought-iron armchair, 1939, carved "Wharton Esherick MCMXXXIX, to the Pecks, Chick-Jean," 40½" x 23" x 23". Estimated at $25,000/35,000, it sold for $100,650 to a collector on the phone.George Nakashima American black walnut and pandanus cloth cabinet on custom base, 1960's, marked with client's name ... (Read More)
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The dynamic Russian bronze by Vasily Grachev (1831-1905) was the top lot in the sale. It went at $31,720 to a Moscow collector. Hindman photo.Obviously, this is the Handel lamp department. Right to left, the paneled glass table lamp went at $1830; the leaded floral, $3172; the leaded wide shade ... (Read More)
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Fisher family silver, gold, and hardstone dinner service for 25, marked for Hans Brassler and Eleder-Hickok Co., Newark, New Jersey, circa 1936, in the Louis XIV pattern, with borders cast and chased with strapwork and accented with applied gold and silver-gilt putti, swags, ram's heads, and the initial "F" beneath ... (Read More)
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(Show)
First-time exhibitor Joshua Steenburgh of Pike, New Hampshire, was pleased by his great sales at setup. He stands by a 19th-century cobbler's bench with lots of character that he was offering for $750.Cathy Consentino of Timber River Farm, Timber River, New Brunswick, had sold the metal garden arch that formed ... (Read More)
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The pack was back. Collectors and dealers share stories while waiting for the 6 p.m. opening of the preview party on February 17. The line stretched far down a hallway of the beautiful restored Convention Center at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. A bluegrass duo provided the background music.Edd Oberg ... (Read More)
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A smiling Pat Cobb of Ann Arbor, Michigan, used the standard motel mirror to reflect her wares. A sewer tile bird on stump was $650; an English blown glass tazza or syllabub stand, $1000; and a cobalt glass bottle, $795.Kitty Saylor of Hamilton, Ohio, was having a great day as ... (Read More)
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Santa Fe dealer Steve Elmore was asking $14,000 for this circa 1885 Zuni heart-line deer jar.Choctaw Ron Milam of Corona, California, has been selling at auction since 1966. This early Yokut bowl was priced at $11,900. Ron's son Allen Milam said he had sold "a lot of little items. Our ... (Read More)
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Daniel and Joanna Rose at the exhibition. Dan Rose said he was thrilled to see the quilts for the "first time." He said, "I mostly saw their backs. When we went to shows, I was the one who held them up so Joanna could see the pattern." Photo: Gavin Ashworth.The ... (Read More)
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