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(Fragment)The Rosenbach Museum & Library Acquires Gratz Family Portraits
Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) was 50 years old when she sat for Thomas Sully (1783-1872) in 1831.Joseph Gratz (1785-1857) was painted by George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1994), who studied in Paris and was encouraged to paint portraits by Thomas Sully.by Lita Solis-CohenTwo rarely seen portraits of Rebecca Gratz and her brother ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marburger Farm Antique Show
This signed Gustav Stickley Arts and Crafts V-back armchair, model #354, was built between 1904 and 1906. It is made of quartersawn oak; the finish is original, but the leather is reupholstered. Tom and Karol Streling of Strelings Antiques, Kewadin, Michigan, priced the set at $1750 for the chair and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Julia Sells Roosevelt Shotgun
Roosevelt's F grade A.H. Fox shotgun, presented by Ansley Fox to Theodore Roosevelt, was taken on several expeditions by Roosevelt and his son Kermit. It sold for $862,500. Sisco photos.This cased Colt Model 1860 Army percussion revolver, serial number 151385, was engraved by Gustave Young with foliage and arabesques, wolf ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.A Passion for the Past: The Odyssey of a Transatlantic Archaeologist ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Name's Bond. William Bond
William Bond & Son, regulator No. 396, with single-arm gravity escapement and remontoire invented by Richard F. Bond. It sold to a private collector for $539,500 (est. $300,000/ 500,000). The two only other examples, No. 394 and No. 395, are in institutions-Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Liverpool's Merseyside ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Zephyr Crosses the Line
The oil on canvas ship portrait of the merchantman Zephyr by Samuel Walters, launched in 1854 in East Boston and staying afloat until at least 1891, sold for $21,850."You couldn't ask for anything more state of Maine," Bourgeault announced. Imagine a full-size drop-front desk with wooden knobs, four grain-painted burl ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Henry's Field
Word of a good show travels fast, and a long line of shoppers formed at the second annual Antiques in Henry's Field before the show opened. Admission was $8 to benefit the Goschenhoppen Historians.Jack Hoy manned the Goschenhoppen Historians stand to publicize the Goschenhoppen area in the upper Perkiomen Valley, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Colescott's Satirical Adam and Eve Leads African-American Art Sale
Untitled (French Landscape) by William A. Harper (1873-1910), a 161/4" x 201/4" oil on canvas, sold for $19,200 (est. $6000/9000). Swann said the price for the 1905 work was an artist's record.A Legend Dimly Told by Robert Colescott (1925-2009) sold to a collector for $132,000 (est. $50,000/75,000). The 84" x ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sandburg Cache
This is part of the cache of some of Carl Sandburg's earliest poems, some of which are unpublished, and various correspondence with magazine editors in 1911 and 1912. It sold in November 2009 for $7930. Photo courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.by Desiah MelbyIn late summer 2009 antiques and book dealer Ken ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Manager for Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair
Ed McClure and Vivien Cord of Cord Shows Ltd.Cord Shows Ltd. is the new manager of the Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair in Madison, Connecticut. The show will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Saturday, August 27.Contracts will be mailed to all dealers who have participated in the past but are ... (Read More)
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