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(Auction)The Monsen-Baer Collection of Roseville Pottery
Carved and reticulated experimental vase with Mackintosh rose decoration, the flowers in shades of pink and yellow, unmarked, 11 3/8" high, two horizontal hairline cracks running across one flower and one stem, light crazing, $5750.
Futura Tank vase, shape 412-9, unmarked, 9" high, excellent condition with a tiny chip at the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)March 20th-Century Design Auction
Estimated at $5000/7000, the 8" high polychrome Walrath Pottery vase with incised logo brought $8750. Treadway/Toomey photo.
Bidders thought they caught a sleeper when this Italian vase in red glass with gold foil inclusions was cataloged as an unsigned Sommerso vase and attributed to Venini (est. $500/1000). The auction house later ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New York Furniture Forum
The intact New York kast in black, white, and blue-gray paint and made of tulip, poplar, and maple, 1700-25, has trompe l’oeil stone-carved niches hung with pomegranates and other fruit, a bold cornice attached to the upper case, and a separate base containing a single drawer, reflecting urban Dutch cabinetmaking ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Great Auspiciousness Confirmed for Chinese Tribute Clock
Estimated at $80,000/120,000 and bringing $161,000, the star of the show was the Chinese tribute clock, produced in the late 18th century as a royal gift. The English time-only movement featured a center seconds hand, chain-driven fusee, and a cylinder-escapement balance. Clearly more important was the rarity and quality of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner's Americana Sale
The Phillips family needlework, created around 1670 in the English style by 13-year-old Sarah Phillips (1656-1707) of Rowley, Massachusetts, sold for $903,000 to dealer David A. Schorsch, bidding in the gallery for a client. The price is the third-highest achieved at auction for an American needlework.
“The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Four Cannon Pattern Cups and Saucers Bring $23,100
Photo courtesy Witman Auctioneers, Inc.
When auctioneer Luke Witman was cleaning out the estate of collector Mary S. McCommon of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he found an old, stained, rain-soaked box in the garage, not very far from the trash bin. “I always tell my guys, ‘Look in every box,’” he said.
When the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Merrill C. Berman Collection of Political Americana
Considered the headliner at the auction, this set of ferrotype buckles picturing the four tickets of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the 1860 election, each approximately 1" wide, sold for $58,750.
Dated 1789, this George Washington “Memorable Era” brass inaugural shank button brought $15,000. Featuring a Federal-style eagle and slogan, ... (Read More)
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