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Furniture and Decorative Arts
by Danielle Arnet

Consigned by the High Museum of Art, the French silver, marble, and bronze three-piece garniture was the catalog cover lot. It sold for $134,200. Hindman photo.The letter rack marked “1030” and a “920” frame, both in the Zodiac pattern from Tiffany Studios, brought $2440. Hindman photo.Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinoisby ... (Read More)

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Freeman's Sells More Art from Lehman Brothers Collection
by Lita Solis-Cohen

A hand-colored lithograph of City of New York, published by Nathaniel Currier in 1856, 24 1/8" x 30 5/8", framed, sold for $12,500 (est. $1500/2500).Appropriately, the last lot in the sale was a woodcut of the New York Stock Exchange, signed “Davis.” It sold for $8750 (est. $400/600). It was ... (Read More)

(Auction)

The Thomas A. Gray Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

An Eastern Shore of Virginia one-piece corner cupboard, AccomackCounty or Northampton County, 1750-75, with a red, white, and blue painted surface, its paint restored by Ned Hipp based on a nearly identical cupboard at MESDA, retaining its early glass, 81¾" x 41" x 21", sold for $70,800 (est. $12,000/18,000), a ... (Read More)

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New Hampshire Auctioneers Disciplined by Auctioneers Board
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Auctioneers Stephen J. Bennett and Harold French were disciplined by the New Hampshire Board of Auctioneers on May 3.In April, both were arrested by Portsmouth, New Hampshire, police, accused of rigging the bidding of a Solon Francis Montecello Badger ship portrait in order to obtain a commission (see M.A.D., May ... (Read More)

(Auction)

High on Coke and Low on HoJos
by Mark Sisco

Coca-Cola porcelain globe sign, $6875.Bruce Gamage Jr., Rockland, Maineby Mark SiscoBruce Gamage Jr. held a compact two-day midwinter auction in Rockland, Maine, on January 23 and 24. No records were set that we're aware of, but he did bring forth some interesting art from a Maine island family, some nice ... (Read More)

(Auction)

Diamonds Sparkle at Flat Rock
by Pete Prunkl

The sale’s top lot at $41,250 was this diamond necklace with 50 carats of high-grade baguettes. It was appraised for $135,275.Richard Hatch & Associates, Flat Rock, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklPhotos courtesy Richard Hatch & AssociatesIn all the advertising for his February 26 and 27 sale in Flat Rock, North Carolina, ... (Read More)

(Computer Article)

Computer Column: Free Software
by John P. Reid

by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] or catalog cover for an imaginary event being designed with free Scribus page layout software.As the number of unemployed increases in these troubled times, some of those people join the self-employed. But a new business requires resources, not the least of which is the ... (Read More)

(Young Collectors)

The Young Collector: Connoisseurship Revisited
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSome time ago, we talked about how we believe the "good, better, best" paradigm had run amok with "best" becoming the focus, as the paradigm seemed to be moving toward "junk, less junky, worth owning." Now we've started wondering if the whole idea of connoisseurship ... (Read More)

(Auction Law and Ethics)

Auction Law and Ethics: Will Power
by Steve Proffitt

by Steve ProffittM.A.D.'s publisher, Sam Pennington (1929-2008), sent me a letter a couple of years ago that he had received from a reader. I came across it recently in my file and am using an edited version to address some of its points:"Dear Sam,"Steve Proffitt writes in M.A.D. about disposing ... (Read More)

(Auction)

Harris, Hathaway, and Hartford Produce a Good Sale
by Mark Sisco

Harris & Co. running horse weathervane, $1870.Ship painting byW. Thompson Perkins, $990.Saco River Auction Company, Biddeford, Maineby Mark SiscoAfter more than three decades in the auction business, including many years working with Maine auctioneer Claude Van Tassel, Floyd Hartford has been running his own Saco River Auction Company in Biddeford, ... (Read More)
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