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(Auction)Pewter Dessert Dish Highlights Americana Auction
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Freeman'sAccording to family history, this pewter dessert dish incised with the initials "IZ" and "CZ" and "1728," surrounded by flowers, belonged to Joost and Christine Zabriskie of Bergen County, New Jersey. It is attributed to Francis Bassett I, New York City, 1715-40; the only ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stolen Painting Leads to Lawsuit
It's a dealer's nightmare scenario: unwittingly to buy a stolen painting; to have it cleaned and framed; to sell it for a tidy profit; and sometime later to find out the picture had been nicked and have to refund the buyer's money.In the case of California dealer William A. Karges ... (Read More)
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(Show)Tolland Show: A Bright Spot in a Soft Market
Within an hour or two after the show's opening, visitors crowded the aisles.Show director Kathy Bach of the Tolland Historical Society, sponsor of the event, stopped for a visit with exhibitor Thomas Longacre of Marlborough, Massachusetts.An early 19th-century stepback cupboard, tagged $2100, was shown by Susan H. Wirth (left) of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marin Indian Art Show Celebrates Silver Anniversary
San Rafael, Californiaby Alice KaufmanTopanga, California, dealer Aarin Richard priced these circa 1885 Cheyenne thunderbird moccasins at $4800.Sonoma, California, dealer Russell Kloer was asking $45,000 for this very large San Ildefonso bowl.The 25th annual Marin Show: Art of the Americas, held February 21 and 22 in San Rafael, California, attracted ... (Read More)
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(Show)Quick and Sweet is Still Sweet at Nan Gurley's Wednesday Shows
He's wearing one hat here, but Philip "Dale" Pregent does wear two hats, although not at the same time. In addition to his antiques trading, he is the mayor of Keene, New Hampshire. We liked the watercolor he's holding here. It had good color and action with a covered wagon, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Chinese Vase Tops $1.2 Million at Brunk Auctions
$1,236,250. Photo courtesyBrunk Auctions.At the May 9 and 10 auction at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, a 12" vase, believed to be a modern copy and carrying an estimate of $400/800, sold for $1,236,250 (includes buyer's premium).The woman who consigned the Famille Rose vase with flowers on a pale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Auction House Opens in Seattle
by Cathy AldrichStarting a new venture in uncertain times might seem to be a recipe for disaster, especially when that new venture deals with antiques. Jim Skrzypczak, however, seems to have tapped into something good with his new auction house, Seattle Auction Gallery.The first auction was held in February and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Rifle Hall Americana Antique Show and Spring Jubilee
This four-panel glass display box came from India, where it was used by a snake charmer to house a cobra between performances. It includes two locks, airholes on top, and an iron ring for hanging it from a tree. It was offered for $295 by Earl Lacy of Woo Woo ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hope Springs Eternal at Moore Sale
Napoleonic Wars ship model in bone of the H.M.S. Glory, $12,320.Simple painted swags and flowers and an 1823 Concord, New Hampshire, newspaper lining turned a $20 box into an $8400 buy.Pastel of the Fitzhugh children, 21" x 27", $7168.Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, Maineby Mark SiscoHap Moore opened his March ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)NeoCollect
A NeoCollect catalog page. Clicking on a picture brings up an enlarged image and detail page.A NeoCollect illustration of a hand-engraved gold medal depicting the American Civil War battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia.Computer Column #246by John P. Reid, [email protected] free Internet service for creating an illustrated on-line catalog of a ... (Read More)
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