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The third lot offered, this 6¼" high silver caster by one of Bostons best silversmiths, Edward Winslow, reached the $43,000 mark before competitors quit and one phone bidder was the winner. It cost the anonymous individual $50,740.There were but three period highboys in the sale, two of the Queen Anne ... (Read More)
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Birds in a Landscape, signed and dated lower left A. Bisschop 1695, went at $27,600 to Lawrence Steigrad, a dealer in old master paintings. It was the highest-dollar painting of this painting-heavy sale. Abraham Bisschops father, brother, and sister likewise were all painters in the Netherlands.Porcelain clouds drape the base ... (Read More)
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Don and Trish Herr of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, asked $3000 for the 1841 Maryland quilt in fine condition, $5000 for the painted blanket chest, and $800 for the flocked wallpaper box.William and Teresa Kurau of Lampeter, Pennsylvania, offered a selection of childrens china. The dendritic pattern service was priced at $1600 ... (Read More)
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Robert Young Antiques, London, England, offered this circa 1880 hand-carved and painted pine folk art tavern sign of the Duke of Wellington from the EnglishWest Country. It was $22,000. How was the show? Not one of the best, but its not over yet.La pierrière à Saint-Palais, marée montante, an oil ... (Read More)
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Linda and Allen Rosen. The Seth Thomas clock iscarved walnut in the form of a pocket watch with a marble face and metal numerals. It runs for 30 days. They believe it may have come from the Poughkeepsie, New York, railroad station. Its $3500.The Rosens remodeled 18th-century barn. The addition ... (Read More)
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Circa 1855 J. & E. Norton/ BenningtonVT six-gallon butter churn, 16" high, decorated in great Bennington blue slip with an elaborate compote of flowers in fine line detail, minor imperfections in the making, $11,550.Circa 1855 J. & E. Norton/ Bennington VT four-gallon crock, 11½" high, decorated in cobalt blue with ... (Read More)
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Sheriff by N.C. Wyeth. Photo courtesy Gerald Peters Gallery.by Clayton PenningtonA mistake in provenance is a $1.5 million error. That's the contention of Steve Sell, a collector in Dallas, Texas, who filed suit in federal court in Texas against the Gerald Peters Gallery in December 2010.The lawsuit revolves around an ... (Read More)
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The York Antique Marketplace show scheduled for March 5 and 6 at the York Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, has been canceled, according to promoter Tex Johnson. The November 19 and 20 York Antique Marketplace is still scheduled at this time.For more information, call (610) 207-9505 or e-mail ... (Read More)
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The Henry Strachey papers, 1775-83, approxi-mately 480 pages, sold for $602,500 to the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, with dealer William S. Reese acting as agent. The purchase of the Strachey papers at Sothebys auction was a remarkable collaborative effort, Clements Library director ... (Read More)
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Lieutenant Commander James Parkers flag from the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, hand sewn with 34 appliquéd stars, signed James Parker on the fly, approximately 8½' x 16½', $29,375. Sold with a hand-sewn naval pennant with 13 embroidered stars, approximately 25' long, as well as Parkers appointment to lieutenant (signed ... (Read More)
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