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Charles White's J'Accuse! No. 10 (Negro Woman) sold to a dealer on the phone for $204,000 (est. $150,000/200,000). The 1966 charcoal on paper in tondo form is 28" x 28".Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) by Kara Walker went to a collector at $120,000 (est. $75,000/ 100,000), a ... (Read More)
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Virtually every one of the 52 items listed in the Class III category sold within or above estimates. Top, the Colt Thompson M1921AC submachine gun, serial number 6884, with all internal parts manufactured in 1921, in a purple felt-lined case, sold for $37,950 (est. $20,000/30,000). The 1919 Colt B.A.R., serial ... (Read More)
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MHS president Dennis A. Fiori with his wife, Peggy Burke, executive director of the Concord Museum. Schinto photo.
Oil on canvas portrait of Dorothy Quincy (1708/9-1762), wife of Edward Jackson, a Boston merchant and manufacturer. It was painted in Boston circa 1720 by an unidentified painter. Quincy's great-grandson Oliver Wendell Holmes ... (Read More)
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One of Ben Lennox's favorites was this set of about 25 soldier figures from the 1960's to '80's, $2800 the set or priced individually. Steve Harris displayed a number of crocks and jugs on a plant shelf. His least expensive one was a cracked redware jar at $65, and his ... (Read More)
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Photo courtesy Pook & Pook.by Lita Solis-CohenPotter Absalom Stedman's masterpiece, a stoneware jug incised with a large American eagle holding an American flag, sold for $402,900 (includes buyer's premium) at Pook & Pook's sale on May 5 of the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Grievo.Four phone bidders and an ... (Read More)
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The “Grand Reopening Sale” for New Orleans Auction Galleries (NOAG), November 30-December 2, 2012, was featured in M.A.D., March 2013, p. 16-D. The previous business bearing that name had run into financial problems and declared bankruptcy on April 1, 2011. That filing is still open and being conducted by Judge ... (Read More)
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When I first saw this scroll in a showcase at the Potomack gallery, I thought it was a roll of wallpaper. Boy was I wrong. The handscroll, Travelers in Landscape, an ink and light color on paper, mounted on silk brocade, dates from the first half of the Qing Dynasty ... (Read More)
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Bill Lohrman.Lohrman's home in New Paltz overlooking the Shawangunk Mountains. He built the house with a carpenter 32 years ago. "It has the same floor plan as the 'Stencil House' at the Shelburne Museum," he said. When you're inside, you assume it's made up of early architectural parts. Doors, woodwork, ... (Read More)
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Once a supermarket, the Naples International Pavilion is now a venue for events such as the Naples International Art & Antique Fair.The lobby entrance to the show was like a Hollywood movie set.Pier & Co., Naples, Florida, sold this marble-top Empire pier table tagged $2850.Ed Weissman of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ... (Read More)
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The Tiffany Moorish clock (left) varies from the version sold at Leighton Galleries (right) in condition and minor decorative details; the Briley clock brought $91,875, and the Leighton clock brought $8500. Was it the same clock? The clock at the Briley sale had a new finial, new bosses added to ... (Read More)
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