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(Fragment)Fish Carving Sells for Record $100,000
Photo courtesy Steven Michaanby David HewettOn November 2, 2009, collector Steven Michaan sold an Oscar Peterson fish carving for $100,000, the highest amount recorded for the Michigan carver's work.Michaan, author of two books on fish decoys and the host of a Web site (www.fishdecoy.com), said he's not a dealer, just ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tennessee Officials Seek Return of Davy Crockett's Marriage License Application
by David HewettSometimes exposing a prized family heirloom to public view can have unexpected results. That's just what happened to 90-year-old Margaret V. Smith of Tampa, Florida. She showed up at the June 25, 2005, taping of the widely watched WGBH-created Antiques Roadshow in Tampa with a legal document, an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Humble Turtle Crowned King of Ceramic Beasts
The star of the sale returned to Salem, North Carolina, the place where it was molded, glazed, and fired circa 1805, possibly by master potter Rudolph Christ. Old Salem Museums & Gardens paid $100,000 for the turtle, a record for a press-molded bottle. Old Salem is taking it and other ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Editorial: Have a Seat
In May 2009 James Lefkus of New Jersey paid $2079 for what he thought was an original pair of seats. Instead, he claims he received a refurbished set with the original paint stripped, repainted, and made up of other parts.
He's now filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court, alleging ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 42nd Annual Fall Antiques Fair
"The Giant" was the model name for thisjeweler's regulator clock, made in 1900 bythe New Haven Clock Co. and offered for$16,500 by Ralph Pokluda of Chappell Jordan Clock Galleries, Houston, Texas. It features a gridiron pendulum, hung with rods of alternating brass and steel, which kept the pendulum at a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings Sale
A Ben Austrian (1870-1921) oil on canvas of a hen and 14 chicks, signed lower right "Ben Austrian, 1911," 20" x 28", sold on the phone for $21,060 (est. $15,000/ 20,000).Three phone bidders competed for this coastal scene oil on canvas by John Wilson Carmichael (British/American, 1800-1868), signed lower right ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair
Joseph M. Hayes Antiques, Columbus, Ohio, offered the $2200 Chinese 20th-century red-painted altar table shown with a $2600 circa 1760 English hanging platerack. The rack holds 30 pieces of Mason's ironstone, circa 1860, priced at $9500.Harvey Pranian of Evanston, Illinois, brought the 1920-30 African-American button cover quilt from Jackson, Tennessee. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Records (Again) for Catlett and Other African-American Artists
Native Son by Charles White (1918-1979), an 81/2" x 11" 1941 work in tempera on cardstock, went to a collector at $38,400 (est. $10,000/15,000).Shotguns by John Biggers (1924-2001) sold to a collector for a record $216,000 (est. $200,000/250,000). The 42" x 49 7/8" oil and acrylic on canvas now will ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antique Show
From David Cotton and Heather Malott of Wabash, Indiana, the prison-made hickory lean-back armchair and ottoman was $950 the pair; the buffalo-horn rack, $185; and the "Naughty Pine" sign, $195.Sporting goods from Al and Leann Garten of Split Rail Antiques, Charleston, West Virginia. Top row: 1920's leather football helmet, $365; ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Reviews of New Art and Antiques Books
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.Sargent's Daughters: The Biography of a Painting by Erica E. Hirshler ... (Read More)
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