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A Beijing enamel European-subject snuff bottle, Imperial, palace workshops, 1736-60, Qianlong blue-enamel mark and of the period, sold forHK$9,280,000 (approximately US$1,191,580).A 4.22 cm high (approximately 1.66") Chinese snuff bottle made for the Imperial Court of 18th-century China sold for HK$9,280,000 (approximately US$1,191,580, including buyer's premium) at Bonhams Hong Kong on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
The top lot of the auction was a Type 1 Miller patent plow plane by Stanley that sold for $8360.Another item that exceeded the estimate, this handled adjustable cabinet scraper, with dual brass adjustment arms and a cast-iron frame, finished at $1980 (est. $600/1200). Martin J. Donnelly photo.A simple hammer ... (Read More)
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Seated in an exhibition space shared by Boston Architectural College (BAC) and Dakota Jackson Inc. are Chala Hadimi (left), director of the colleges foundation program, and Dave Harrison, head of the school of interior design. To the right of the unidentified standing man is Jacksons two-piece A*ra*besque cocktail table set, ... (Read More)
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The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAfter quite some thought and careful consideration, we've decided that converting young collectors is a very slow process. We've arrived at the conclusion that it might be faster to make them. As a result, sometime around Labor Day (insert wisecrack here), we'll be ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Bonhams, New York Cityby A.J. Peluso, Jr.Photos courtesy BonhamsIt's simple, Bonhams offered a sprawling 137-lot sale focused on ship models and paintings of the highest quality in New York City on April 14 and voila, $1,385,298 (includes buyers' premiums). Add that to its January take, $441,701, and voila, $1,826,999. For ... (Read More)
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Auctioneer John McInnis is going on the road this summer for a two-day sale. McInnis, who owns an auction gallery in Amesbury, Massachusetts, has rented the facility at the Cliff House Resort & Spa in Ogunquit, Maine, for a July 16 and 17 auction."I wanted to do something different in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
One of the sales top lots, a pair of 29½" tall Chinese Famille Verte with black ground vases, fetched $3540 on theInternet (est. $1500/2000). Grogan photo.Three Chinese porcelain gilt-decorated powder blue vases sold to another Internet bidder for $2950 (est. $300/500). A phone bidder bought a Chinese oxblood vase-form lamp ... (Read More)
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Business was brisk at the booth of Gladstone Jones, Philadelphia, which was filled with botanical prints.We snapped a photo of London seller Robert Bloch in his booth. The French 19th-century drapery table is $6600. Behind it, the French bistro mirror measures 59" x 74" and is $6500. The mid-19th-century French ... (Read More)
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There were two bidders in the salesroom and two on the phones for the Beekman diminutive mahogany chest, 35" wide, with rococo carving on the feet, skirt, and the edge of its top, stop fluting on the canted corners, and some repairs to the rear feet. Estimated at $200,000/600,000 and ... (Read More)
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by Ian McKay, e-mail: Valued at $4000 but sold for just over $1 million at Bonhams in April, will this portrait turn out to be a real Rubens?Everyone (Well, Almost) Loves a SleeperWhen the lawyers get involved, when salesrooms are challenged over their failure to get the best for their ... (Read More)
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