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by Lita Solis-CohenOn Friday, September 19, when the focus was on how to stop the Wall Street meltdown, John Turner, president of Briggs Auction, Inc., Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, sold a small, rare 18th-century walnut mixing table with a King of Prussia marble top and trifid feet for $111,550 (includes buyer's ... (Read More)
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The Maine Folk Art Trail drew many visitors this summer to the concurrent exhibitions of folk art objects at 11 participating museums. Many of the objects on display had never before been exhibited. (See M.A.D., June 2008, p. 36-B, for an overview of the project and photos of selected objects ... (Read More)
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by David HewettMost of us occasionally forget that a bill is overdue until an envelope arrives with the commanding words "Final Notice" printed on it. It could be the cable company bill, an insurance payment on the car or van, or maybe a property tax bill, and because it's not ... (Read More)
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Hap Moore, York, Maineby Mark SiscoTwo large Edward Moran oils on canvas. Left, View near Pennsgrove, $100,800. Right, View on Delaware Bay, $85,120.An enormous (16" diameter) Rose Medallion center bowl sold for $1568. I dont get many Rose Medallion bowls of this depth and thisquality, Moore noted. Neither does anyone ... (Read More)
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Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy SkinnerNew York City dealer Martin Lane paid $292,000 for the sales top lot, a Colt Model 1881 Gatling gun made in Hartford, Connecticut, and purchased by Bannermans from the Watervliet (New York) Arsenal some time before World War I. It came unused, never ... (Read More)
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by Daniel Grant "You start out slow, but [lots] three and four will pick up the pace, ease up a little bit, then build some excitement with twelve and thirteen, work up to twenty through twenty-two, which should go way over the top, then come down a bit, trying to ... (Read More)
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This copper with gold leaf longhorn cow weathervane was priced at $16,500 from Hypoint Art and Antiques, Lake Barrington, Illinois.Philadelphia dealer Joan Wenger was asking $11,000 for this Cochiti bowl. Wenger reported sales of jewelry and good textiles.Santa Fe, New Mexicoby Alice KaufmanBarry Cohen called his seventh annual Historic Indian ... (Read More)
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