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(Auction)The June Auction
The high lot of the sale was the platinum, onyx, turquoise, and diamond sautoir, 38½" long including the tassel, most likely made by Boucheron, as it was signed indistinctly “B…ron Paris.” Estimated at $2000/4000, it brought $84,000 from a New York diamond merchant who is also a collector, and he ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Spitler Chest Brings $356,500
A yellow pine blanket chest decorated in paint by Johannes Spitler (1773-1837) and called the “Long Family Spitler blanket chest” sold at auction for $356,500 (includes buyer’s premium) on June 20 at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia. The buyer was a southeast Virginia collector.
Jeff Evans said, “To ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Antiques in the Valley Show
Farmer David Tuttle of Oley, Pennsylvania, said he bought these mittens in Vermont—“I like textiles”—and asked $335 for them. He sold a woolwork picture, six pieces of redware, and a sculpture of a train wreck made from wooden patterns from an iron-molding shop.
David Tuttle asked $625 for this dollhouse. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spitler Chest Achieves Record Price
The high lot of the Evans sale was something of a foregone conclusion. The Johannes Spitler paint-decorated yellow pine blanket chest enjoyed pride of place in the salesroom and was the object of most of the presale conversation. The chest has a hinged rectangular lid with applied edge molding. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction in Cincinnati
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
Cowan’s Auctions had another go at an Americana-only auction on June 20 in Cincinnati. It was something the company last did in April 2014. The results this time around were once again encouraging, and Kirstie Craven, coordinating specialist for Cowan’s fine and decorative arts ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Julia Winds Up the Toy, Doll, and Advertising Game
This Caille “Busy Bee” trade stimulator, fresh to the market, brought $26,662.50. Julia photo.
Accompanying this Arcade Manufacturing Company model of a 1930s two-tone black and sea-foam-green Buick sedan was a vintage tin sign (not shown) reading “MEN AT WORK Except WHILE BUICKS ARE PASSING.” The pair went for $6517.50.
The Dent ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Evolution of Washington, D.C.
A Book Review
The Evolution of Washington, D.C.: Historical Selections from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection at the George Washington University by James M. Goode George Washington University, distributed by Smithsonian Books, 2015, 192 pages, hardbound, $40.
James Goode, historian and curator of the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, has selected ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bunch to Sell Raccoon Creek Inventory
Photo courtesy William H. Bunch Auctions & Appraisals.
“Game on,” said Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, auctioneer William Bunch on June 5. Bunch was confirming that his firm, William H. Bunch Auctions & Appraisals, has been tapped to sell at auction the assets of Raccoon Creek Antiques at Oley Forge, Oley, Pennsylvania. Raccoon ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maid of Dreams Tops Auction
The top lot was this Edward S. Curtis orotone, Maid of Dreams,which was signed on the lower right “Curtis LA c” and numbered “R8-09.” According to notes from the catalog, it retains its original Curtis frame that measures 12½" x 10¾". It sold for $6300 (est. $5000/7000).
This silver-mounted violin bow ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Barbara Boardman Johnson and Kelly Kinzle Added to New Hampshire Dealers Show
The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association’s 58th annual New Hampshire Antiques Show will be August 6-8 at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire. It will feature 67 exhibitors, including two new ones: Barbara Boardman Johnson of Pewter & Wood Antiques, Enfield, New Hampshire, and Cave Creek, Arizona, and Kelly ... (Read More)
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