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(Auction)A Walker, a Mower, and a Few Fine Rides
Unframed William Aiken Walker oil on academy board, $12,075.Stephen Bennett Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoStephen Bennett put together a compact 350-plus-lot sale on Thursday, October 30, 2008, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. There were no world-record breakers and only one item had a reserve. About a half-dozen five-figure hits spiced ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Frank Gaglio, Barn Star Productions, Rhinebeck, New York
by Frank DoneganFrank Gaglio with some items from his collection: a New England maple highboy; a rare whirligig figure of a Scotsman from Cape Cod, Massachusetts; a bride’s box with village scenes, probably fromGermany; an eagle weathervane; and a carved snake.You think you need sharp elbows to be an antiques ... (Read More)
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(Show)Greater Boston Antiques Festival: "Surprisingly Not Terrible"
Wilmington, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoChristopher Scala of Salem, New Hampshire, asked $8500 for the largest painting pictured here, a scene of Maine’s Monhegan Island in oil on canvas by Stanley Woodward (1890-1970). On the left wall, an oil on canvas of Rockport, Massachusetts, by California artist Nell Walker Warner (1891-1920) was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Holds Pre-Election Sale of Americana
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby David HewettPhotos courtesy SkinnerDealer Elle Shushan bought this watercolor miniature portrait on ivory for $303,000. The little gem (2¾" high) contained a lock of the first president’s hair under glass on the reverse. Shushan represented the Yale University Art Gallery. The record auction price for a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sanford Smith: Shows are Lifeline for Dealers
Show promoter Sanford Smith released the following statement on December 19:
"With the recent announcement of the cancelation of the Asian Art Fair, we want to reassure our exhibitors and our clientele that all of our shows this spring--the Outsider Art Fair (Jan 9 ? 11, 2009), Works on Paper (Feb ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Machmer Sale
Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Pook & PookJohn Rasmussen (1828-1895), View of the Berks County Almshouse, a large bird's-eye view of the almshouse with figures engaged in various activities, surrounded by five small vignettes, signed lower right "J. Rasmussen 1884," oil on canvas, 33" x 40". ... (Read More)
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(Auction)When Did They Call Off the Recession?
Oil on canvas by William Frederick de Haas, $41,400.Gould related that he had some difficulty convincing people that these chairs were right, but in the end, he said, everybody that counted came through. The pair of beautifully decorated arrow-back armchairs with gilded bamboo-turned legs, every inch brilliantly grain painted under ... (Read More)
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(Show)Twenty-Fifth Annual Antiques Show Seamlessly Blends Museum and Antiques
Minneapolis, Minnesotaby David HewettLisa McAllister of Clear Spring, Maryland, has good reason to smile. She’s holding a genuine rarity in yellowware, a 10" high ale pitcher from the Swan Hill Pottery of New Jersey, with what is known as an ice lip with piercing to prevent ice splashing into your ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Prendergast Watercolor Tops Well-Attended Sale
J.J. Keating Auctioneers, Kennebunk, Maineby Rose SafranPhotos courtesy J.J. Keating AuctioneersThe predicted rain subsided, leaving a rather sloppy parking field on Saturday, September 27, 2008, when J.J. Keating Auctioneers of At $11,500, the star of the day was this Maurice Prendergast signed small (around 9" x 11") watercolor of a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The $5,234,500 Philadelphia Stool Is One of a Pair
by Lita Solis-CohenRecord prices always bring out treasures. The Philadelphia stool from the Edward P. and Barbara Moore collection that sold at Sotheby's on September 26, 2008, for $5,234,500, illustrated in M.A.D. in November 2008 (p. 12-A) and December 2008 (p. 1-D), provoked a call from retired dealer Robert Trump ... (Read More)
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