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(Feature)Johnson Clockmakers of Sanbornton: Highly Regarded, Little Known
Figure 1A. Patent timepiece, Johnson Brothers, Sanbornton, New Hampshire, circa 1875. Courtesy Tom and Diane Bartlow, California.Figure 1B. Eight-day bronze and brass movement.Figure 1C. Rear view of the movement. Note the two "dog-ear" attachments on the rear plate.Figure 1D. Reverse-painted tablet "Constitution's Escape From a British Squadron."Figure 2A. Photo of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jane Stickle Quilt on Display
The quilt that inspires quilters all over the world will be on its yearly display at the Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont, until October 14. Brought to the museum 60 years ago, the Jane Stickle quilt is shown only for a short time each year because of the fragility of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Farnham Nautical Collection Auction
A 64" x 42" blue-back chart of "Vineyard Sound & Nantucket Shoals," surveyed by George Eldridge and published by "S. Thaxter & Son," sold for $2200. Samuel Thaxter founded the marine instrument supply company in 1792, and the Boston firm remained in business until 1919.Chart of the "Gulf and River ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctioneers Request Immunity
by Elizabeth DinanAttorney Harry Starbranch (left) and auctioneer Stephen Bennett in Portsmouth District Court on August 3.Two New Hampshire auctioneers, accused of rigging the bidding for the sale of an S.F.M. Badger nautical painting in order to collect a commission, have asked a judge to allow them to appear as ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana Celebration
Greg Hamilton of Stone Block Antiques, Vergennes, Vermont, offered this Northwest Coast gathering basket for $1500. Hamilton, who said he found the basket in an Addison, Vermont, barn, also displayed primitive wood boxes, sterling bowls, and candelabra. He sold a schoolmaster's desk to another dealer the first morning of the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Korean Painting Tops American Primitive
Park Soo-Keun mixed media painting, $460,000.Oil on canvas portrait by J.B. Gregory, $46,000.Frank Shapleigh oil on canvas, $31,625.John Mcinnis Auctioneers, Ogunquit, Maineby Mark SiscoTwo paintings from polar opposites of the artistic spectrum provided the major sparks at John McInnis's two-day auction in Ogunquit, Maine, on July 16 and 17. One ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale Exhibits Irregular Pulse
The auction's top lot was the portrait of the ship Rappahannock, a 311/2" x 42" unsigned oil on wood panel that sold for $35,550 (est. $2500/3500).This was the best seller among the dozens of vanes. The 19th-century flattened full-bodied molded copper ram with weathered gilt surface and its original horns ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Tilden-Thurber and The Weiss Collection
Stanley Weiss plays his Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu violin, noting that Paganini preferred a Guarneri to a Stradivarius. He seems to be accompanied by the woman at the piano in the portrait by John Blunt. Weiss said he bought the painting at a Christie's auction years ago.The fourth floor, like ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: Continuing to plough my way through the summer backlog, I have focused my attention this month on record-breaking English watercolours by Cozens, Towne, and others, as well as a further group by J.M.W. Turner. The latter is also represented by a Roman panorama in oils that ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antiques-a-Palooza
EditorialEight bucks will get you a ticket to the Warren County Antiques Fair & Festival on September 25 and 26 in Harmony, New Jersey. As show admission fees go, that's on the low side.Carole Deutsch, involved in managing the show, is making sure that visitors get their money's worth. She's ... (Read More)
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