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Whatcha Got?, the nationally syndicated antiques and collectibles call-in radio show hosted by Harry L. Rinker, is now part of Genesis Communications Network of Eagan, Minnesota.Whatcha Got? airs on Sundays between 8 and 10 a.m. Eastern Time. It also streams live on the Internet (www.gcnlive.com) and is available as a ... (Read More)
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Half-hull model of the clipper Spitfire, $6160.A quartet of 19th-century laminated half-hulls drew prices ranging from $385 to $715.Oil on canvas by Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph, $3025.Andrews & Andrews, Northport, Maineby Mark SiscoA sea-salty mix of maritime history and contemporary marine folk art spiced up an Andrews & Andrews auction ... (Read More)
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Aileen Minor of Centreville, Maryland, asked $8900 for a pair of limestone whippets and $950 for the pair of oval granite urns. The weathered cast stone figure of Napoleon came from a North Shore Massachusetts estate ($2500). The 46" high 19th-century pedestal with a weathered sundial in the center of ... (Read More)
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Heart of Country is in the capable hands of the next generation. Front, from left: Susan Kramer Hunkins and daughter Sarah Jane Hunkins, who helped with communications and was a panelist at the Speaking from the Heart roundtable discussion. Back, from left: Stephen Hunkins Jr., who handled everything from ticketing ... (Read More)
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More than five hours of original 16-millimeter moving pictures sold to a dealer for $57,600 (est. $40,000/60,000). Swanns Wyatt Day said he knows of no comparable film record ofthis size and scope showing what life was like for working-class, middle-class, and wealthy African-Americans during the period of economic prosperity in ... (Read More)
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by Steve ProffittHave you ever considered auctioneering school? Maybe you should.A sure sign the economy is in steep decline is the significant increase in requests for jobs and job leads I'm experiencing. Recently, a friend asked me to advise a young lawyer who had been laid off by a firm ... (Read More)
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A partial copy of Tercero Cathecismo y Exposicionde la Doctrina Christiana, por Sermones, published in Lima in 1585, sold for $28,800 (est. $5000/7500). According to the catalog notes, it was either the third or fourth book published on the continent and was printed on the same press as the first ... (Read More)
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Few knew what to make of this pleasing harbor scene placed early in the two-day sale. It was signed B. Calixto 1888 and was 16½" x 27½". Eldreds gave it a modest $350/450 estimate. When calls started to come in for condition reports, and customers from Brazil started to stack ... (Read More)
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by Betty FloodSeveral versions of proposed legislation concerning auctions have been introduced in the New York state legislature since 1993, but during this particular legislative session more focus has been on the arts, perhaps because of the economic situation throughout the country.New York state law does not currently mandate the ... (Read More)
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Sarahs Road, a 10" x 16" oil on board, fetched $2478. The view is a place in Sutton, Massachusetts, that doesnt exist anymore, said Michael Graves. Its probably been gone for twenty years. That was an old road that dead-ended at an old swamp. Its paved now, of course, and ... (Read More)
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