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(Auction)Gamage Pitches a Double-Header
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Rockland, Maineby Mark SiscoFor at least two days, "dead oak" became "live oak" at Bruce Gamage's double-barreled auctions on July 12 and 14 in Rockland, Maine.The first day consisted primarily of the estate of a Rockport, Maine, couple, who were the longtime owners of the Sail Loft ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Marble-Top Mixing Table Brings $111,550
by Lita Solis-CohenOn Friday, September 19, when the focus was on how to stop the Wall Street meltdown, John Turner, president of Briggs Auction, Inc., Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, sold a small, rare 18th-century walnut mixing table with a King of Prussia marble top and trifid feet for $111,550 (includes buyer's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maine Folk Art Trail Continues through Fall
The Maine Folk Art Trail drew many visitors this summer to the concurrent exhibitions of folk art objects at 11 participating museums. Many of the objects on display had never before been exhibited. (See M.A.D., June 2008, p. 36-B, for an overview of the project and photos of selected objects ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Missed Property Tax Payment Results in $1 Million Loss for Collector Nansi Nelson
by David HewettMost of us occasionally forget that a bill is overdue until an envelope arrives with the commanding words "Final Notice" printed on it. It could be the cable company bill, an insurance payment on the car or van, or maybe a property tax bill, and because it's not ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Hundred Grand Lands Grand Moran
Hap Moore, York, Maineby Mark SiscoTwo large Edward Moran oils on canvas. Left, View near Pennsgrove, $100,800. Right, View on Delaware Bay, $85,120.An enormous (16" diameter) Rose Medallion center bowl sold for $1568. “I don’t get many Rose Medallion bowls of this depth and thisquality,” Moore noted. Neither does anyone ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Guns, Germs, and Wheels at Sci-Tech Auction
Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy SkinnerNew York City dealer Martin Lane paid $292,000 for the sale’s top lot, a Colt Model 1881 Gatling gun made in Hartford, Connecticut, and purchased by Bannerman’s from the Watervliet (New York) Arsenal some time before World War I. It came unused, never ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Orchestrating an Auction: The Psychology of Bidding
by Daniel Grant "You start out slow, but [lots] three and four will pick up the pace, ease up a little bit, then build some excitement with twelve and thirteen, work up to twenty through twenty-two, which should go way over the top, then come down a bit, trying to ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Super Market
This copper with gold leaf longhorn cow weathervane was priced at $16,500 from Hypoint Art and Antiques, Lake Barrington, Illinois.Philadelphia dealer Joan Wenger was asking $11,000 for this Cochiti bowl. Wenger reported sales of jewelry and “good textiles.”Santa Fe, New Mexicoby Alice KaufmanBarry Cohen called his seventh annual Historic Indian ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Bringing the A-Game
Santa Fe, New Mexicoby Alice KaufmanThe circa 1870 Chilkat blanket cost $85,000 at Alaska On Madison, New York City. Jack Bryan said that they’d had “great success at setup and preview, and steady business on day two. Dealers have put their best foot forward, and everyone has ridden the crest.”Jim ... (Read More)
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(Feature)VADA Annual Show: Decent Attendance, Uneven Sales
You can’t ask for a more vivid hooked rug than this 19" high x 43" wide one that Gloria Lonergan of Mendham, New Jersey, offered for $2495.We rather liked the 32½" x 23½" portrait of a boy with a wistful look in his eye. He’s by an unknown American artist ... (Read More)
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