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(Feature)Expensive Corner Cupboard at Skinner
by David HewettOn Sunday, November 7, Skinner held a particularly heady American furniture and decorative arts sale at its downtown Boston gallery. One observer, noting an apparent uptick in furniture prices, said it was the strongest sale he'd seen in the last five years.A circa 1790 black walnut corner cupboard ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Paintings on Leucadendron Argenteum
Above: "E Plurebus [sic] Unum" with eagle and American flags and "'Jabez Howes'/ San Francisco." Below: "Kind Regards/ From South Africa" with portrait of the ship Jabez Howes (San Francisco).Above: "A Souvenir" with Victorian rose sticker. Below: "Across The Sea/ Remember Me" with a scene of Cape Town harbor and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chapman Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Sold in Tennessee
Entrance to Magnolia Gardens in Spring, Charleston, S.C. was one of three paintings in the sale by Anthony Thieme (1888-1954), who worked in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut but also traveled in Europe and throughout the United States. A regional painting expert called the view “probably the best southern Thieme ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Vermont Popular with Exhibitors and Customers
Without some missing pieces, it’s tough to know exactly what the small wheel or winder in green paint was originally used for, but it sold. Stephen Burkhardt, a first-year exhibitor at the show, was quite pleased with the results.We shot this photo while the customer was literally in the act ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Charles Haver, Roxbury, Connecticut
Charles Haver. The Pennsylvania tall clock is $8500.Interior view of Haver’s shop.The Nova Scotia hooked rug with a winter cabin scene is $1250. Haver said, “I sell a lot of rugs; I like hooked rugs.” He bought this rug at a country auction and said, “I really wanted it. I ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Auction Record for Kentucky Pottery
$55,200.A cobalt slip-decorated stoneware butter churn sold for $55,200 (includes buyer's premium) at the October 16 sale held by Case Antiques Inc., Auctions & Appraisals in Knoxville, Tennessee. It established a record price for Kentucky pottery at auction. The buyer was the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA).The lug-handled ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Federal Estate and Gift Tax Law Uncertainty
by Daniel GrantFor art collectors—and other wealthy individuals—trying to cope with the uncertainty of current federal estate and gift tax law, these are the best of times and the worst too.They are the worst for people trying to plan ahead, since Congress may write new limits for tax rates and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Janet L. Ennis Charitable Trust for Animals Auction
Howard Finster (1916-2001) mountain goat wood cutout decorated with paint and marker, 1993, inscribed “30.000.690 works since 1976/ by Howard Finster from God/ Aug. 31 1993 God Bless you All/ The Further you get from God/ the closer you get to Hell” on reverse, 12½" high, $413.Frederick S. Beaumont (1861-1934), ... (Read More)
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(Show)Let the Fall Antiquing Season Begin in Pennsylvania
Harry Hartman of Marietta, Pennsylvania, asked $55,000 for the miniature Soap Hollow lift-top chest initialed “JKM” and dated “1851.”A collection of five early tin heart-in-hand cookie cutters was $4500 from Art and Alice Booth.York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassMelvin Arion's Original York Antiques Show & Sale, held semiannually, is the largest ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Last of the Young Collectors?
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondNo young collectors are coming to save the marketplace. It's not happening, no matter how long we wait. We've skirted around that issue for a while now, and maybe it's time to put it out there. We realize it's a harsh reality, but ... (Read More)
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