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(Auction)20th-Century Decorative Arts and Design Auction
A pair of wrought-iron and leather consoles in the style of Jean-Michel Frank, circa 1945, executed by Comte, Buenos Aires, each 29 5/8" high x 39 1/8" wide x 10 5/8" deep, with the Comte metal label and stamped "4755," sold on the phone for $40,000 (est. $10,000/15,000).Christie's, New York ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Export Art at Auction
Found in an attic in Maine, a 24" x 36½" Chinese school tea production scene from the first half of the 19th century, ink and colors on paper, sold for $116,500 (est. $20,000/30,000). Tobacco Leaf tureen and cover of lozenge form, enameled with tobacco leaves in Famille Rose colors, with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Superheroes Museum
Superman costume in the style worn by Kirk Alyn, light blue and brown, $2860. The outfit was among those Daniel E. Miller claimed he had loaned to the museum.Batmobile in the style used in Batman starring Michael Keaton, 1989, a replica built on a Corvette chassis with a 1985 Corvette ... (Read More)
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(Show)It's All in the (Hand)Bag at the Miami National Antiques Show
Rosemary Krieger, president of Dolphin Promotions.Meet Marco Astrologo, purveyor of Louis Vuitton. This Philadelphia dealer said he has the largest collection of vintage Vuitton trunks and suitcases in the U.S. He was wearing a Vuitton vest made for him from old fabric off a clothes bag.When you think of Miami ... (Read More)
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(Show)Richmond Academy of Medicine Celebrates 49th Show
This was Martin Chasin's first year at the Richmond Academy of Medicine show. The Fairfield, Connecticut, dealer trades as Martin Chasin Fine Arts, LLC and offers an array of British sporting art, silver, glass, and porcelain. In one of his cases were a large George I covered urn-form container, $2100; ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column, as I promised in the last issue, deals only with items sold this year-but before I kick off with my first "surprise" bid of 2011, a brief, follow-up note on the most spectacular, record-shattering result of last year.In the January issue, I illustrated ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Taxes 101: How to Fix a Broken Tax Return
by Caroline EvansSo you filed your income tax return, and you made a mistake. What do you do now?People who are self-employed in the antiques trade can have a lot of paperwork to sort through as they prepare their tax return. Making mistakes, forgetting an item, or finding out about ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)June Festival of Antiques Expands
The fifth annual June Festival of Antiques in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, has added a fourth pavilion for this year's event. The new Wallace Warren Pavilion at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds will be utilized to hold 14 more dealers under cover."The new pavilion that was built just before last ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)French Asks New Hampshire Supreme Court to Review Punishment by Board of Auctioneers
by Elizabeth DinanThe New Hampshire Supreme Court is scheduled to decide whether an auctioneer accused of rigging the bidding for an antique nautical painting was justly punished by the New Hampshire Board of Auctioneers.Auctioneer Harold French of Warner, New Hampshire, was reprimanded by the board of auctioneers in May 2010 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)How Sweet It Is
$69,000. Photo courtesy Cottone Auctions.by Fran KramerBy any standard it was the crème de la crème. Lot 639 of the Cottone Auctions fine art and antiques auction on March 26 in Geneseo, New York, had a famous maker (Tiffany & Co.) and a famous designer (Edward C. Moore), was displayed ... (Read More)
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