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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: A coloured ink drawing of Sissinghurst Castle in 1761, seen at a time when it was used to house French prisoners of war. Today, all that remains of this once great house are the tall Elizabethan towers, the long building in the foreground, part of which ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marine Paintings and Decorative Arts
The first lot of the day did well. A commemorative life ring for the America's Cup defender Enterprise, 1930, with an unsigned portrait of Enterprise in the center hole, inscribed to both designer W. Starling Burgess and Captain Harold S. Vanderbilt, and with a New York Yacht Club burgee, sold ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Vendors Sought for D-R Fund-raiser
The Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School chapter of Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, is seeking antiques dealers for its spring fund-raiser. On Saturday, April 24, CSF will hold an antiques show and sale at the high school to raise money for college scholarships for 2010 graduating seniors.Antiques dealers from all ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Veteran Connecticut Antiques Dealer Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
by David HewettOn January 15, Woodbury, Connecticut, antiques dealer Harold E. Cole, doing business as Harold E. Cole Antiques, filed a Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition, seeking reorganization in the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut.In initial forms filed with the court, Cole, through his attorney, Maximino Medina Jr., estimated ... (Read More)
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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, 251/4" 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
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