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Kensington six-piece sterling silver tea service (excluding silver-plated tray), International Silver Company, $5500 from Sue Robinette of Monticello, Kentucky.A hooked rug showing musical notes, possibly a cover for a piano bench, was $225 from Diane Statler of Oakridge Antiques, Louisville, Kentucky.Along the top was a "Welcome Home" flaghoisted by U.S. ... (Read More)
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Charles Cage, silver specialist at NOAG, was enthusiastic about the silver lots that had done well, especially the George III sterling silver soup tureen, made in London 1777-78 by Robert Makepeace and Richard Carter, that sold for $21,600. As he put it, "Beautiful work on it-the crest and the arms, ... (Read More)
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Dean Six, executive director of The Museum of American Glass in West Virginia, told attendees at the 19th annual Glass Gathering on October 23, 2009, that an anonymous donor has stepped forward with a matching donation offer. The goal of the current fund drive is $45,000, which, when matched, will ... (Read More)
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Lydia Sullivan, show director of the Greater Charlotte Antique & Collectible Show, has announced that she has purchased the rights to the show from The Art Fair Company, which acquired the show earlier in 2009 from dmg world media."We are building such a great show at the Cabarrus Arena," said ... (Read More)
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An all-wire motorcycle, replicating a Harley-Davidson from the 1930's, was tagged $2650 by David Allan Ramsay of Cape Porpoise, Maine.Raccoon Creek at Oley Forge Antiques, Oley, Pennsylvania, showed an exceptional large rooster weathervane with a great surface for $26,000. The 1840's Pennsylvania apothecary was $7200.A pair of 1940's "block art" ... (Read More)
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by Ian McKay, e-mail: [email protected] of the collection of letters from Lord Byron to Francis Hodgson that sold for $455,466 at Sotheby's."The partridges are plentiful...& the girls on the manor just coming into season..." [Lord Byron]Time was when British Prime Ministers were expected to be serious bookmen-to be well read, ... (Read More)
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Pair of Sevres biscuit models of lions supporting gilt white reticulated baskets, modeled by Jean-Charles- Nicholas Brachard l'aine, after a drawing by Fragonard, 1818-20, part of an elaborate dessert service, $400,000 from Brian Haughton Gallery.Three-panel room divider by Paul Evans (1931-1987) of patterned welded steel panels with gold-leaf edges and ... (Read More)
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La Meule (The Haystack) by Blanche Hoschede-Monet, a 20" x 32" oil on canvas, sold for $48,875 (est. $15,000/20,000).Environs de Giverny by Theodore Earl Butler (1861-1936), oil on canvas, 1921, sold via the Internet for $34,500 (est. $20,000/30,000). Butler was married to Blanche Hoschede-Monet's sister Suzanne.A Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) lithograph ... (Read More)
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NHADA officers, from left: Sharon Platt, Linda Tate, Melissa Alden, Kathy Schoemer, Peter Sawyer, Thomas Thompson, and Beverly Longacre. Not pictured are Gail Piatt, Ken Pike, Rich Bojko, Dennis Berard, and Peter Austin.The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) held its annual business meeting on November 5, 2009, at the ... (Read More)
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by Lita Solis-Cohen
The Philadelphia Queen Anne stool to be offered for sale at Christie's on January 22 with a presale estimate of $300,000/$500,000 is the lot to watch this January. Its mate, estimated at $250,000/$500,000, sold for $5,234,500 at Sotheby's in September 2008 to furniture guru Albert Sack, now living ... (Read More)
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