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(Auction)The Collection of Joseph T. Butler
Study St. Malo #11, a delicate 10½" x 13" (sight size) oil on panel by Maurice Prendergast, circa 1907, signed lower left, had a provenance from the estate of the artist and Mrs. Charles Prendergast. It is a very fine example of the landscape panels he made in France when ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Whitaker's Spring Couture Auction
Christine and Charles Whitaker hold a 19th-century embroidered linen liturgical vestment, probably Greek, which was embroidered with mythical birds, animals, and figures. Estimated at $200/400, it sold for $2040.
A highlight of the sale was a group of 18th-century stomachers and corsets. A stomacher is a decorated triangular panel that fills ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
The $69,000 preening scoter by Maine carver Augustus Wilson, from the last quarter of the 19th century, has carved eyes and an inlet head. The form demonstrates a crossover with folk art and highlights a growing direction in decoy collecting. Guyette & Deeter photo.
These three Mason’s Decoy Factory plaques are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Show to Be Revived
After the 2015 Philadelphia Antiques Show was canceled, Anne Hamilton and Nancy Kneeland from the volunteers and Richard Worley and Joan Johnson, the current and past chairs of the Antiques Show Advisory Committee, met to focus on the possibility of a 2016 show.
Catherine Sweeney Singer and the committee of four ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
LeRoy Neiman’s Football Star Constellation (35" x 24") was the top lot of the sale, bringing $430,000, way over its estimate of $40,000/60,000. It sold to an American private buyer on the phone. It was signed, dated “’78,” and inscribed “Louisiana Superdome / Super Bowl XII / Denver Dallas 1-15-78.” ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Round Lake Antiques Festival Gets New Promoter
The Round Lake Antiques Festival in Round Lake, New York, has a new promoter, Michael Green of Fairground Shows NY, who is best known for promoting the Washington County Antique Fair.
“I plan on doing some aggressive advertising and lots of person-to-person marketing. I like to go around to other shows ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South by Deborah ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Sale Indicates Market Uptick
There was competition on the Internet and on the phone for this circa 1800 Federal inlaid mahogany tall-case clock by Samuel Breneiser, Adamstown and Reading, Pennsylvania. It has a scroll top with inlaid rosettes and brass ball and spire finials, a painted iron face inscribed “Samuel Breneiser, Reading,” moon phases, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry at Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Doyle New York, Doyle Beverly Hills, and John Moran Auctioneers
The top lot of the Doyle April 22 sale was this pair of Cartier Art Deco platinum, diamond, and carved emerald and ruby “tutti frutti” pendant ear clips measuring 2 1/8" x 9/16". The pair was ... (Read More)
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(Show)Chester County Historical Society's 33rd Show
Dutch Delft garniture, late 17th century, was $6000 from Mark Allen.
Christopher T. Rebollo Antiques, North Wales, Pennsylvania, offered this Chester County tall chest of drawers, 73" high x 42" wide x 21" deep, with the initials “M.P.” It is walnut with poplar and lightwood inlay, 1780-90, and has an unusual ... (Read More)
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