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(Fragment)The Virginia Safe Project
Figure 1Figure 2Common to most 19th-century Shenandoah Valley households, the pie or food safe is the focus of a multiyear research project launched in August 2010 as "The Virginia Safe Project."The initial phase of the study will target the Shenandoah Valley region, beginning with Frederick County in the north and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Fine Art Fund on the Way
by Daniel GrantInvesting-not collecting, but investing-in art is an idea that always seems promising. Christie's recently reported record earnings of $5.3 billion (GBP3.3 billion), the highest in the auction house's 245-year history and up 53% from 2009. The New York-based Beautiful Asset Advisors, which tracks the annual profit margins of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Presentation Wine Jug Leads Farmer Sale
The Wythe County, Virginia, fraktur in watercolor on laid paper, thought to be the work of an individual known locally as "the Wild Turkey Artist," caused quite a stir. The decoration features facing birds with large tulip forms and other foliate designs, as well as a heart. The text is ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Tale of the Show
Rebecca Prohorenko of Bellevue, Idaho, can be counted on for a colorful booth, which is usually filled with customers who jostle for prize textiles, buttons, and ladies' adornments. The hat is an Edwardian period piece, with chiffon and feather trim, priced at $28. The two-tone lace-up boots dating from the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Northwest Vintage Holiday Show
Lorraine Coffman sells at shows of her choice, this being one of a few. This rocking horse dates to circa 1800 and had a lovely carved face and remnants of its original leather saddle and just a wisp of the original tail. The white paint is well worn, and he ... (Read More)
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(Show)Last Wilton Holiday Antiques Show of the Decade
Fred Giampietro of New Haven, Connecticut, brought a wonderful lichen-encrusted figure made from metal implements that was over 6' tall. Its upper torso was lit by a single spotlight, which made photography rather difficult. Giampietro tagged the French creation at $1200. He reported a very strong presale.Shown in the booth ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sotheby's Americana
A rare silver medal commemorating Commodore M.C. Perry's 1854 expedition to Japan, cut by Francis N. Mitchell for the U.S. Mint in 1854, signed "F.N. Mitchell. F." on the obverse, 2 5/8" in diameter, sold on the phone for $28,125 (est. $8000/ 12,000). Commissioned by the merchants of Boston and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Books in Beantown
Kenneth Gloss of Boston's Brattle Book Shop, one of the oldest and largest antiquarian bookshops in the country, brought a first American edition of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, or, the Whale. Published in 1851, it retains its original binding of brown-gray cloth with gilt. In a "near-fine" custom box, it was ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: We have reached the March issue already, and as I am keen to get items from new year sales into these columns as quickly as possible, I am forced to be increasingly ruthless with the 2010 hangovers-and certainly I must have done with them in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong Prices at Americana Sale
United States 1796 $10 gold coin, regular strike with draped bust, small eagle, reeded edge, and 16 stars, $42,660 to a phone bidder, underbid on the phone.
A 72" wide Pennsylvania carved mahogany spread-winged eagle with original varnish, circa 1870, given to the Gettysburg YWCA by Annie and Irene ... (Read More)
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