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(Auction)Russian Icons Lead the Way
This icon, “Mother of God of the Sign/ Znamenie,” sold for $92,000. The European buyer felt reassured by the letter of authentication signed by Marina Bowater of Bowater Gallery in London in 1970.This Russian triptych icon painted in egg tempera on wood has Mary Magdalene in the center, flanked by ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America
A Book Reviewby Jonathan RickardSalt-Glazed Stoneware in Early Americaby Janine E. Skerry and Suzanne Findlen HoodThe Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, in association with University Press of New England, 2009, 272 pages, hardbound, $75 plus S/H from Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, (www.williamsburgmarketplace.com) or (800) 446-9240, or from University Press of New England, (www.upne.com) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts at Bonhams
William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, American school, oil on board, 25¼" x 35", in need of cleaning and with a tear, $24,400 (est. $6000/8000).
Watercolor on paper portraits of Benjamin and Ann Morse, 1830, each 9" x 7", $19,520 (est. $3000/5000) to a phone bidder, underbid in the salesroom by ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Art and Curiosities in Bottles
The bark in this diorama is being towed by a tug that has made its way into the neck of the bottle.Ship and diorama in a light bulb.Ship-in-bottle with a handmade pulley dangling from its stopper.Large decanter with two china dolls (lower one partially visible) at an elaborate and intricately ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Antiques Show, 2010
Stephen Score of Boston asked $20,000 for this large birdhouse. He said he needed to be in the picture to give it scale.Russack & Loto Books LLC, Northwood, New Hampshire, used big letters to tell shoppers what they had for sale.Greg Kramer of Robesonia, Pennsylvania, offered a table, chairs, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Auction
Civil War archive of Captain Henry T. Dudley, 15th and 20th Massachusetts Infantry, 143 letters, 26 documents, 12 postwar diaries, 95 photographs plus memorabilia, $22,325.Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sIn a way, it's about the $500 Buffalo Bill cabinet card.When Cowan's held its winter American history auction on December ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)WGBH Lab and Antiques Roadshow: Video Shorts Wanted
In collaboration with Antiques Roadshow, the WGBH Lab is hosting an open call for video shorts that showcase a particular object or antique with personal relevance to the filmmaker. The WGBH Lab, an on-line tool for media makers to share their work, challenges emerging talent to consider their own compelling ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vargas Pinup Breaks Six-Figure Barrier at Illustration Auction
Duotone Varga Signature by Alberto Vargas (1896-1982), watercolor on posterboard, 1947, 27¼" x 18", sold for $101,575, an auction record for the artist.Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935), book illustration from A Child’s Garden of Verses, 1905, mixed media on paperboard, 33½" x 23". From one of Smith’s most important projects, this ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Record Likely for Southern Corner Cupboard at Brunk Auctions
The original blue paint on this Swisegood school corner cupboard (96½" x 50" x 25¼") can be seen under its painted surface of orange and red. In excellent condition, the cupboard was made in Davidson County, North Carolina, circa 1820. With rope-carved quarter columns, original brasses, and original bracket feet, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Tribal and Textile Arts Show Will Not Take Place in 2010
The ... (Read More)
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