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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Apaches and Sioux and Pueblos of New Mexico, two leather-bound photograph albums from Joseph Henry Sharp and John Hauser’s 1893 trip west, with a handwritten partial inventory, loose binding, very minor losses and fading to some images, $66,975.Apache painted rawhide playing cards in red, yellow, and blue, set of 37, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Rosenbach Museum & Library Acquires Gratz Family Portraits
Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) was 50 years old when she sat for Thomas Sully (1783-1872) in 1831.Joseph Gratz (1785-1857) was painted by George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1994), who studied in Paris and was encouraged to paint portraits by Thomas Sully.by Lita Solis-CohenTwo rarely seen portraits of Rebecca Gratz and her brother ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marburger Farm Antique Show
This signed Gustav Stickley Arts and Crafts V-back armchair, model #354, was built between 1904 and 1906. It is made of quartersawn oak; the finish is original, but the leather is reupholstered. Tom and Karol Streling of Strelings Antiques, Kewadin, Michigan, priced the set at $1750 for the chair and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Name's Bond. William Bond
William Bond & Son, regulator No. 396, with single-arm gravity escapement and remontoire invented by Richard F. Bond. It sold to a private collector for $539,500 (est. $300,000/ 500,000). The two only other examples, No. 394 and No. 395, are in institutions—Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Liverpool's Merseyside ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Zephyr Crosses the Line
The oil on canvas ship portrait of the merchantman Zephyr by Samuel Walters, launched in 1854 in East Boston and staying afloat until at least 1891, sold for $21,850.“You couldn’t ask for anything more state of Maine,” Bourgeault announced. Imagine a full-size drop-front desk with wooden knobs, four grain-painted burl ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Julia Sells Roosevelt Shotgun
Roosevelt’s F grade A.H. Fox shotgun, presented by Ansley Fox to Theodore Roosevelt, was taken on several expeditions by Roosevelt and his son Kermit. It sold for $862,500. Sisco photos.This cased Colt Model 1860 Army percussion revolver, serial number 151385, was engraved by Gustave Young with foliage and arabesques, wolf ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Henry's Field
Word of a good show travels fast, and a long line of shoppers formed at the second annual Antiques in Henry’s Field before the show opened. Admission was $8 to benefit the Goschenhoppen Historians.Jack Hoy manned the Goschenhoppen Historians stand to publicize the Goschenhoppen area in the upper Perkiomen Valley, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.A Passion for the Past: The Odyssey of a Transatlantic Archaeologist ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Manager for Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair
Ed McClure and Vivien Cord of Cord Shows Ltd.Cord Shows Ltd. is the new manager of the Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair in Madison, Connecticut. The show will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Saturday, August 27.Contracts will be mailed to all dealers who have participated in the past but are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Flask Breaks Record
$176,670. Norman C. Heckler and Company photo.Norman C. Heckler and Company's antique bottle and glass absentee auction, which closed October 27, 2010, consisted of 100 bottles and other glass items. Results were strong in the historical flask category.An 1820-40 historical flask with a bust of General Jackson on one side ... (Read More)
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