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(Fragment)Newport Highboy Sells for $431,250
"The Goddard-Townsend highboy was fresh. It's always been in the family, and everybody came for it," auctioneer Joseph Kabe said of the chest he sold for $431,250 (includes buyer's premium) on April 10 in Milford, Connecticut. The buyer was Ohio and Massachusetts dealer Bill Samaha. Other bidders for the highboy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Devin Moisan Auction
The oil on canvas signed lower left “Dickinsons” sold for $5750.The Queen Anne drop-leaf table sold for $4025.The early Pennsylvania painted dower chest sold for $4830. The deep arched panels raised the piece a cut above the ordinary.Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Dover, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoDevin Moisan is not New Hampshire's ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Joel and Linda Einhorn, Woodbury, Connecticut
Linda and Joel Einhorn. That's a Dartmouth cap he's wearing. The sideboard is a classic New York Hepplewhite example with fan inlay and beautifully angled and tapered legs. It's $48,500.The grain-painted tall clock with southeast Vermont type paint decoration and a dial with the name of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, clockmaker ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)J.C. Devine Firearms Auction Canceled; Phones Disconnected
We have learned that the J.C. Devine, Inc., firearm and weapons sale scheduled for Monday, May 9, at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, New Hampshire, has been canceled.
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(Fragment)Judy Goffman Cutler Wins Big in Norman Rockwell Painting Trial
by David HewettOn Thursday, April 8, Roger L. Hunt, Chief U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, ruled that Judy Goffman Cutler was "the true owner of the painting" Russian Schoolroom by Norman Rockwell.Art dealer Jack Solomon had sued Goffman Cutler, the co-owner of the National ... (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.The Art of Aiden Lassell Ripley by Stephen B. O'Brien Jr. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Connecticut Spring Antiques Show Draws Enthusiastic Response
Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, Pennsylvania, showed the 1860-70 colorful stuffed and appliquéd quilt with fine quilting work; approximately 100" square, it cost $22,500. The wing chair from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which had descended in the Foster family and was ex-Bill Samaha, was tagged $10,500.Heller-Washam Antiques, Portland, Maine, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Peter Tillou's Cabinet of Curiosities
This 17 5/8" high pair of painted Chinese pottery figures of horses with finely detailed trappings, Northern Qi Dynasty, sold for $60,000 (est. $20,000/30,000).Amethyst geode with calcite inclusions, 30" high x 22" wide, $6000 (est. $2000/3000).Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Christie'sPeter Tillou, the enthusiastic and eclectic collector and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Marin Indian Art Show
“Things are turning around,” said Jackson Clark II of Toh-Atin Gallery, Durango, Colorado. “I’ve had my best show in three years. People’s attitudes seem better; there are smiles on people’s faces. We’ve had great traffic, and people are buying good things.” This Navajo Transitional weaving, circa 1900, (detail shown) is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vermonter Buys $101,200 Double Portrait in Vermont
$101,200 (includes buyer’s premium). Photo courtesy Lucinda Seward.by David Hewett"This thing is just fantastic. It's the prettiest and best painting I've ever owned!" an enthusiastic Joseph Martin said two days after he purchased the large folk art portrait of two children and their pet cat at a Robert Prozzo auction.It ... (Read More)
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