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(Fragment)The Market for Fountain Pens
Montblanc Fortune Number 88 pen (edition of 88) with a Chinese motif. It has a red gold latticework design of interlocking eights on the body, a diamond-studded clip, and an 18k red gold nib engraved with a yin and yang symbol. It sold at Bonhams & Butterfields with its black-lacquered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nashville Flooding Severely Damages Opryland Hotel
by Karla Klein AlbertsonHistoric Nashville has long been an important focus for American country antiques as well as the national country music industry. The recent flooding on the weekend of May 1 and 2, however, was more biblical than historical in its destructive effect. News and weather channels were filled ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Patriotic Eagle Inlays on Federal Furniture
Figure 1. Courtesy National Archives, Washington, D.C.Figure 2. Author's files.Figure 2A. Courtesy Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.Figure 3. Courtesy Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc.Figure 3A. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art; gift of F. Ethel Wickham, in memory of her father, William Hull Wickham, 1950 (50.18.1).Figure ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Greenwich Antiques Show Canceled for 2010
The Greenwich (Connecticut) Historical Society will not ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Whose Responsibility?
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittHere is an e-mail I received from a reader. "I had a business that failed. The bank held an auction, and everything was sold. A buyer left two items in my building because he could not physically remove them himself: a hood for a kitchen ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Kevin Bond's Cabin Fever Sales
A wonderful corner cupboard with a later grain-painted finish came from Ontario and sold for a solid $4000 ($3749). January 30.Kevin Bond, Hampton, New Brunswick, Canadaby Peter SmitAll prices in Canadian funds; approximate U.S. funds in parenthesesKevin Bond offered two country sales in Hampton, New Brunswick, on Saturday, January 30, ... (Read More)
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(Show)One of the Best Americana Shows Out There
Newcastle, Maine, dealers Jewett-Berdan asked $1550 for the large Steiff velvet rabbit and $295 for the small velvet rabbit. Both sold.In addition to a booth at the show, dealer James Lawrence of Little Compton, Rhode Island, had a small area where he signed copies of his recently self-published book Roseware: ... (Read More)
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(Show)Nan Gurley's Sunday Show
Nan Gurley (right) with New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association president Kathy Schoemer, who had words of strong praise for Nan Gurley. “She just runs a fantastic show. Nan is a pro, and she runs our Canterbury, New Hampshire, show in September,” she said.The unusually large pierced tin lantern was $775 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newport Highboy Sells for $431,250
"The Goddard-Townsend highboy was fresh. It's always been in the family, and everybody came for it," auctioneer Joseph Kabe said of the chest he sold for $431,250 (includes buyer's premium) on April 10 in Milford, Connecticut. The buyer was Ohio and Massachusetts dealer Bill Samaha. Other bidders for the highboy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Days of 20th-Century Decorative Arts
Louis Comfort Tiffany cabbage-shaped ceramic vase with polychrome mottled matte glaze, incised “LCT,” 8½" x 8", restoration to underside of one foot, $50,020 (est. $19,000/24,000).Tiffany Studios table lamp with Daffodil shade over a three-socket Secessionist base, 24" x 20", base and shade stamped “Tiffany Studios New York,” shade numbered 1497-18, ... (Read More)
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