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(Feature)Decorative Bricks: A Mystery Worthy of Further Research
Kitty and Tony Ables have been displaying different patterns of the Toone bricks at antiques shows, where many have found buyers. While most have decorative designs, a significant number bear the initials "JBK" for James Barry Keller, who was born in North Carolina in 1838 and died in Toone, Tennessee, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)End-of-Summer Blowout in Fairfield, Maine
This set of six small bowls was estimated at $300/500, but a Chinese dealer said the yellow-footed 4¾" diameter bowl with red bats and green clouds was what drove the price to $373,750 paid by a phone bidder. An almost identical example, slightly larger, is housed in the Palace Museum ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Court Rules against Philadelphia Museum of Art
by Daniel GrantOn July 5, a Maryland federal district judge threw out the Philadelphia Museum of Art's lawsuit against AXA Art Insurance for refusing to honor a $1.5 million claim made by the institution. The judge found that the museum had not filed its action before a one-year statute of ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Rest of the Story
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe're finally emerging from the complete military-style takeover that happens with a new baby. Projects started before Nora's arrival, including the reorganization of our office and the remodeling of our bathroom and kitchen, were left where they were. The remodeling was, fortunately, 90% complete, but ... (Read More)
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(Show)Hot Time in Rockport
Greg Hamilton of Stone Block Antiques, Vergennes, Vermont, sits behind a large gilded wooden pilothouse eagle that he would sell for $6500.New England Antiques, Bath, Maine, displayed a bandbox covered in early wallpaper, about 12" high, for $950.Rockport, Maineby Mark SiscoOutdoor summer antiques shows in Maine can have their challenges, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Settle's In for Almost Twenty Grand
Early hooded pine settle bench, with a high four-board back and great old original surface, $19,550.Tall clock signed by New Jersey maker Isaac Brokaw of Bridge Town, probably built after 1790, $13,800.Devin Moisan, Dover, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoWhat makes a beat-up old pine bench worth nearly 20 grand? Devin Moisan's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Guilford Antiques Show Date Change
Barn Star Productions and the Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society have announced new dates for the Guilford Antiques Show. The annual show will be held Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15, 2012, at the Elisabeth Adams Middle School in Guilford, Connecticut.For the past several years, the show has been held ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Genealogy of an Antique Can Yield Unexpected Results
Shown hanging on a barn door, this circa 1820 full-stock single-barrel 12-gauge shotgun is in well-used condition and unremarkable at first glance. Long at 62" with a 47" barrel, it was first a flintlock and later converted to percussion. It was likely used for waterfowl hunting, given its Chesapeake Bay ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Newport Antiques Show
Roger King Fine Art, Newport, Rhode Island, asked $24,500 for Marginal Way, Ogunquit, Maine by Charles Woodbury (1864-1940). King said he had a good show and sold five paintings.Aileen Minor of Centreville, Maryland, specializes in garden furniture and decorations. Minor asked $2900 for Le Semeur (the sower), a French zinc ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Back in the Saddle Again with Illustration Art
A woman sitting with two men in the rear of the salesroom won this 20¾" x 20½" oil on board by Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874-1951), signed lower left, for $92,000, its low estimate and the auction's highest price. Leyendecker depicts a young woman in church wearing a bonnet. It appeared ... (Read More)
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