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(Auction)Latin-Americana Library of W. Michael Mathes Sells for $1.2 Million
What is believed to be the first book written by a native of Mexico to be printed in Europe sold to a phone bidder for $17,500 (est. $10,000/15,000). Published in Perugia in 1579, it is Rhetorica Christiana,a manual about Mexican culture intended to instruct missionaries. The author, who also engraved ... (Read More)
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(Show)The IFPDA Print Fair 2014
Diana, 2014, the latest print by Alex Katz, made its debut at the IFPDA fair. Printed in an edition of 70, the 36 5/16" x 37 3/8" four-color linocut was $8250 (framed) from Mary Ryan Gallery, New York City, whose booth was accumulating red “sold” dots.
The NY Satellite Print Fair ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The 46th Annual Chappaqua Antiques Show
These mid-19th-century chairs of tiger maple and bird’s-eye veneer and a cane seat were available from Kelyn Antiques, Pawling, New York. Jane Lynn said she found the chairs in New York but believes they are from New England. She asked $265 for the pair.
Samet Durmus of The Golden Horn, a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Giant Clock and a Giant Clamshell
This Tiffany & Company mahogany floor clock sold for $98,400 (est. $90,000/ 120,000). It is in a 119" tall case, attributed to R.J. Horner & Company, with a three-train eight-day movement, attributed to J.J. Elliott of London, and nine tube chimes marked “Walter H. Durfee” of Providence, Rhode Island. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)Average Can Be Good
Roberta and David Keyes of Vintage America Antiques, Gig Harbor, Washington, returned for their second time at the show. They brought diverse and delightful offerings. Gig Harbor is on the west side of the Puget Sound, as is Bremerton, where this World War II-era sign originally hung to entice sailors ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Greater York Antiques Show
Kelly Kinzle of New Oxford, Pennsylvania, had a big stand up front on the left of the show entrance with a Centennial quilt made of nine printed bandannas on the outside wall ($7500).
Cheryl Mackley of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, sold the two baskets at top and the sampler. The small ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Iron, Bone, and Americana
Nine phone bidders chased three unsigned paintings by Thomas Chambers (1808-1869). The 18" x 24" oil on canvas view of New York harbor (shown) with Castle Williams on one side and Staten Island on the other brought $25,830. Castles of the Mind, 22" x 30", from 1845-60 is an exotic ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Wilton Fall Antiques Market
These carved boxes with bears from Quimby’s Chocolate Company of California were available from Marc Witus of Gladstone, New Jersey. The brown bear was $1850, and the white one, $2450. The Victorian still life on the wall was $1250.
A 19th-century bench with a broad walnut seat and pine back was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art Dealer William “Willie” Postar's Eclectic Estate Sells to Savvy Crowd
Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878), given the English title Bucolic Riverscape with a Rowboater, 10" x 14¼", oil on wood panel, $11,875 (est. $1000/2000) to an Internet bidder.
Grogan & Company appraisal consultant Bob Carroll is shown with Butchered Animal by Hyman Bloom (1913-2009). The 70" x 40¼" oil on canvas, 1953, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important Virginia Stoneware Crock with Horses Trots to $92,000
This 13½" high two-gallon stoneware jug, stamped “Cowden & Wilcox” of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, set a new auction record for Pennsylvania stoneware, selling for $97,750 (est. $20,000/30,000). It was bought by a private Pennsylvania collector. “There were a lot of people interested. I believe above fifty,” said Tony Zipp following the ... (Read More)
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