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(Fragment)The Carnegie Museum of Art Acquires Decanters Made for Monroe's White House
The decanters on Rebollo's stand at the Winter Antiques Show in January. Solis-Cohen photo. by Lita Solis-CohenTwo cut and engraved glass water decanters, the only survivors from the large service President James Monroe ordered for the White House from the Pittsburgh glass firm Bakewell, Page & Bakewell, went on view ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: The Golden Age of English Glass
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775by Dwight P. Lanmon, FSAAntique Collectors' Club, 2011, 373 pages, hardbound, $95 plus S/H from Antique Collectors' Club, (www.antiquecollectorsclub.com) or (212) 645-1111.The Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775 is one of those special books that transport the reader into a collector's lair ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Little-Known Sales Tax Law Picks Vermont Auctioneer's Pocket
by David HewettAmerica's state governments have an income problem. Tax revenues have plunged, and states from California to Maine find themselves sinking daily into a seemingly bottomless pit filled with red ink. In response, legislators and state fiscal agencies are engaged in finding new sources of income, or fine-tuning laws ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Painted Tall Clock Brings $57,200 at Vermont On-Site Sale
The Kilbourn family Vermont-painted tall clock, 84" high, is rare, and heaven only knows when another will emerge. There was a raft of numbers mentioned before the sale, but all that eventual purchaser Joe Martin would offer was, “It’ll go high.” He was right. The clock sold for $57,200.by David ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Korean Brush Pot Rocks Potomack Sale
This deeply carved ceramic brush pot, believed to be Korean and from the late 19th century, proved to be the surprise high lot of the sale. The pot measures 4½" high overall x 3¾" diameter. The reticulated body is boldly carved with floral designs, the rim is decorated with a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sandzen and Remington Top Lots in Texas Art Auction
Late Moon Rising (Wild Horse Creek), a circa 1923 oil on canvas by Birger Sandzén (1871-1954), tied for the top price of the auction at $262,900, well above its $80,000/120,000 estimate. Measuring 36¼" x 48¼", this work depicts Wild Horse Creek, which ran through land owned by Sandzén's in-laws near ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Toy Crowd Bids Kaufman Collection a Fond Adieu
Don Kaufman's wife, Sally (center), is shown holding Don's first toy, the Arcade Red Baby, presented to her as a special memento at sale's end. With Sally are (from left) Rich Bertoia, Jeanne Bertoia, and Jeanne and Bill's daughter and son, Lauren and Michael.Arcade White "Lammerts" (St. Louis) furniture van, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Theodore Church Collection Sells
Charles Louis Heyde (1822-1892) arrived in Vermont in 1852 and spent the next 40 years painting views throughout the state but concentrating on the Burlington area, where he made his home. This 14" x 27" oil on canvas is Burlington Bay, looking toward the Adirondack Mountains. He painted it numerous ... (Read More)
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(Auction)San Francisco Bay Auction Has Global Reach
An absentee bidder from England paid $12,870 (est. $10,000/15,000) for an oil on paper mounted to canvas by James Collinson (British, 1825-1881), The Image Maker. Fine arts specialist Gregory Ghent called this lot "very exciting for us in terms of research and discovery." The painting appeared at a Michaan's free ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Bronco Buster by Frederic Remington (1861-1909), 23" high x 21½" wide, Roman Bronze Works, 1906, missing the quirt's two falls, $205,625.Western Great Lakes figural ball club, both sides painted in polychrome and decorated with a turtle, sun, star, American eagle, teepees, and geometrics, handle terminates with a wolf head, scalloped ... (Read More)
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