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(Auction)Marine Art at Northeast Auctions
This sperm whale’s tooth was “Engraved by Fred-K Myrick on Board of the Susan of Nantucket on September the 1st, 1829.” The article “Making Sense of Susan Teeth and Frederick Myrick” by Ken Martin in the October 1998 issue of Maine Antique Digest (text available on line) and his 2000 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ultimate Elvis Auction
The singer loved heavyweight gold rings. This example combines an ancient Roman-type relief head, added diamonds, and a nugget setting. In town for the auction, a Las Vegas collector of Elvis jewelry won the item at $38,837.50. Heritage photo.Pretty in a dangerous way, the rising star showed a hip sense ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Ellsworth Antiques Show
Martin J. Ferrick of Lincolnville, Maine, asked $1950 for the four-drawer chest (left) made of tupelo wood, which he said is found in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and onMartha’s Vineyard. Chestnut is the secondary wood with backboards of pine. The New England Hepplewhite fourdrawerchest of tiger maple and cherry was found ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic New England Awards Annual Book Prize
Historic New England has awarded its 16th annual Book Prize to Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 by Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan, and Jack O'Brien.Harbor & Home presents informative essays and catalog entries that explore the lifestyle of southeastern Massachusetts and the variety of furniture craftsmanship in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Painting Stars at Annual Summer Auction
The star of the sale was consigned by a North Dakotan. Bateaux Bleus (Blue Boats) by Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese, born1921), a 27" x 17" oil on canvas, signed and dated May 1952, had been reproduced in color in the December 1952 issue of Vogue. It opened at $50,000 and rose ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Banner Day
Here are three of the 17 silk trade banners that sold individually for a total of $125,350 and then were offered collectively, with no further bidders. Each of them measured about 35" x 40". Top left, a shipbuilder's banner, fringed with a later addition of red yarn, with a painting ... (Read More)
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(Show)Quality, Not Quantity, at the Maine Antiques Festival
Harry Hepburn of Harrison, Maine, explained, “This clock is the rarest of the ‘ripple’ clocks. It’s a miniature. It’s a signed dial, J.C. Brown, Forestville, totally original.” It was priced at $3750. “I have never had a preshow like I had last night,” he said happily. “I sold a desk, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Frank Vining Smith--A Boswell to a Vanishing Saga
by A.J. Peluso, Jr.Frank Vining Smith: Maritime Painting in the 20th Centuryby James A. CraigHard Press Editions, in association with Hudson Hills Press, 2010, 172 pages, 167 illustrations (85 in full color), hardbound, $65.The cover illustration shows the packet ship Dreadnought, 1946, oil on board, 24" x 30".Frank Vining Smith ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Director for Victoria Mansion
Thomas B. Johnson is the new director of the Victoria Mansion in Portland, Maine. Johnson, who joined the museum on September 1, brings over 30 years of experience in museums and historic preservation.A graduate of American University, with an M.A. in American and New England studies from the University of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rarest Cent Sells for $1.7 Million
by David HewettWith most Americans looking at alarming losses in their retirement accounts, perhaps it would be best for some of you to skip the following report. Can you stand to hear about a coin valued at one cent in 1943 that brought a $1,699,999.99 return 67 years later?On September ... (Read More)
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