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The Jordans shop. It looks old, but they built it recently using parts from an 18th-century Maine home. The couple is camera-shy. Theyre hiding inside.Part of the shops interior.Amusing hooked rug, 29" x 27", the clock face tan and the wide outside border burgundy, $1675.Account book of tailor James Read ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
A Chippendale mahogany blockfront chest of drawers, possibly made by George Bright of Boston, sold to an East Coast dealer for $61,000 (est. $80,000/120,000). That was the highest price in the Americana section of the auction, although it did not come up to the chests lower estimate. With an impressive ... (Read More)
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The Antique Metal Restoration Center is reopening in East Walpole, Massachusetts. Otto Suchy has restored everything metal from suits of armor to candlesticks. A family business started in 1938 in Czechoslovakia by Suchy's father, the firm moved to the United States in 1968.Over the years Suchy has worked for museums ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
by Marilis Hornidge When it comes to mysteries with a solid antiques background these days, the gleanings are amazingly few. Best-selling glitzy thrillers of the Da Vinci Code ilk seem to have discouraged authors (and/or publishers) from the old-fashioned puzzles with class and background; the determinedly light-reading writers have been ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
We have often commented that no serious glass collection is complete without an example of a pressed tulip vase from the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. The collection of Larry and Sandy Mackle is no exception. These brilliant deep teal or peacock blue vases measure 11" high with a base ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Tom Armitage Art & Antiques, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, offered the carved table for $695, the crib quilt for $1250, and the blanket chest in green paint for $2350.Halsey Munson of Decatur, Illinois, asked $5100 for the New England stretcher-base tavern table, probably Essex County, Massachusetts, 1710-40, and $2500 for the ... (Read More)
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by David HewettThe atmosphere on Capitol Hill is perpetually roiled and particularly so in this summer of 2010. There are the shooting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; verbal and print wars fought daily between the administration and Republicans, news outlets, and bloggers; the battle against those responsible for the oil ... (Read More)
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Michaan's Auctions in Alameda, California, has partnered with decorative arts expert Reyne Haines. Their first auction will be held in November and includes 20th-century decorative arts, furniture, jewelry, and fine art from the Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, Art Deco, and mid-century periods. They are accepting consignments for the inaugural ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
This rare large (10 1/8" diameter) bowl by Lucie Rie (1902-1995) in porcelain with a manganese and blue glaze with sgraffito and inlaid designs, impressed with the artists seal, sold for $74,500 (est. $14,000/ 18,000) to a bidder in the salesroom who battled with phone bidder 1045, who had outbid ... (Read More)
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Donna Staggs of Donnas Antiques, Fullerton, California, asked $395 for the horse on wheels and $195 for the teddy bear wearing a sweater suit. The bear has been in my family for a long time, and his suit has never come off, Staggs said. This is the only good country ... (Read More)
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