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Country Auction in Maine
by Mark Sisco

The background on this Maine folk art decorated box appeared to be composed of wooden matchsticks inlaid with mahogany images of diamonds, a star, two bears, and two clasped hands. It sold for $165.This oil on canvas, probably of a Gloucester or Provincetown, Massachusetts, harbor scene, was by J.J. Enwright, ... (Read More)

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Rago Sale Features Selection of Antique Jewelry
by Mary Ann Hensel

This rare pair of Holbeinesque enameled gold earrings, circa 1870, 2 1/8" long, is attributed to Hancocks and was retailed by S.J. Phillips Ltd., both of London. They are pictured in Understanding Jewellery by David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti. They came to the sale from a consignor that Rago's Sarah ... (Read More)

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Freeman's Marathon Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Attributed to Ruth Henshaw Bascom (1772-1848), this profile portrait of a young woman, pastel and graphite on paper in a painted frame, 18½" x 13½", sold on the phone for $26,200 (est. $3000/5000) to the trade, underbid by a collector in the salesroom.Needlework picture, "Wrought by Abigail F. Cunningham under ... (Read More)

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Metropolitan Museum of Art: In the Folk Art Tradition
by A.J. Peluso

Private collection. ... (Read More)

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Two Auction Records for a Zoot Suit
by Richard de Thuin

Wow! What can we say? What a session of bidding occurred when this man's wool zoot suit, 1938-42, came up for bid. Four phones battled each other, and Karen Augusta and Bob Ross fielded bids on their individual phones. The excitement began at $500 against a $700/900 estimate and spiraled ... (Read More)

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In the Trade: Doug Ramsay, DBR Antiques, Hadley, Massachusetts
by Frank Donegan

Doug and Rui Ramsay.View of the Connecticut River from Ramsay's home.Delicate New England demilune table with pegged construction in Spanish brown paint over red stain, $1400. On top, a mid-20th-century sheet metal weathervane of a coupe, $1850.Polychrome carved pine eagle that Ramsay dates to the late 19th century, $2850.Gold-painted model ... (Read More)

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First Fairfield County Show a Chancy Move for All
by David Hewett

The Hanebergs Antiques, East Lyme, Connecticut, showed two brace-back, continuous-arm Windsor chairs with slight differences. The chair at left cost $2500; the one at right, $2800.Scott Bassoff, Sandy Jacobs Antiques, Swampscott, Massachusetts, showed a toy made in Keene, New Hampshire, around 1920. The 13" long Kinsgbury Automatic Fire Station with ... (Read More)

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Classic Chinese Furniture and a Sleeper Self-Portrait
by Jeanne Schinto

A 20" x 16" oil on canvas self-portrait of Augustus John (1878-1961) sold for $44,250 (est. $2000/3000). The sleeper of the sale, it bore a gallery label from Arthur Tooth & Sons of London and is going back to London, said Michael B. Grogan.A 58" long 19th-century Chinese nine-dragon embroidered ... (Read More)

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Computer Column: Taking Notes
by John P. Reid

Note taking software displayed in front of the Web page it has just clipped and saved.Computer Column #279by John P. Reid, [email protected] on this column begins each month with a flurry of note organizing. A folder for the new subject is set up in the Web browser "Favorites" or "Bookmarks." ... (Read More)

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Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York
by Lita Solis-Cohen

This scroll-back armchair, made in 1807 for William Bayard's brick residence at 6 State Street at the tip of Manhattan, is among the earliest documented Phyfe furniture in the Neoclassical idiom. It was among the 12 chairs purchased by Henry Francis du Pont in 1929 along with their original bill. ... (Read More)
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