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Knollwood Antiques, Village of Thorndike, Massachusetts, had an 1824 map of Rome, printed in 16 panels, newly conserved, mounted, and framed, that dominated the booth.
Katherine Houston Porcelain, Boston, offered a variety of naturalistic pieces.
Bridges over Time, Newburgh, New York, offered a mid-century pair of T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings armchairs with leather strapping. ... (Read More)
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This 1920s birdhouse from the East Coast of the United States was made with several doors to let the birds inside and out. From Il Segno del Tempo, Milan, Italy, it was priced at $3500.
Kathleen Taylor of The Lotus Collection, San Francisco, had this circa 1900 hand-painted white cotton cloth, ... (Read More)
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Charles Henry Niehaus (1855-1935), John Paul Jones, an 18¼" tall bronze, sold for $20,400 to an absentee bidder.
Bernard Boutet de Monvel (French, 1881-1949), 1900, a 125½" x 93½" oil on canvas, sold for $14,400 to a phone bidder.
Bernard Boutet de Monvel’s companion painting, titled 1930, also 125½" x 93½", sold ... (Read More)
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Photos courtesy John W. Coker Auctions, Ltd.
One of 19 reverse-painted and scenic glass lamps from the estate of the late Elizabeth and Donald Bates of Seymour, Tennessee, was impossible to miss. Sold by auctioneer John W. Coker on site in Seymour, Tennessee, on October 18, the lamp had a finely ... (Read More)
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Verdigris Antiques, Evanston, Illinois, brought a selection of late 19th-century tinsel reverse-painted art. The large ship was $750. The others were $650. Seller Jerry Greenblatt told us the art was an approved pastime for young ladies of the era.
The riveting three-masted ship in a hand-carved wooden case came with new ... (Read More)
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Two phone bidders wanted this drop-front rotating desk by Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) of Buffalo, New York, circa 1898, early in Rohlfs’s career. There are similar desks in a number of museums and private collections. The unmarked 56¼" x 25¼" x 24" desk sold for $255,750 (est. $45,000/65,000). The price may ... (Read More)
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This ink on paper poem was painted by noted calligraphic artist Qi Gong (Chinese, 1912- 2005). It is his rendering of a poem that was originally from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The 40" x 13" painting is mounted as a hanging scroll. The poem sold to a telephone bidder for ... (Read More)
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A comprehensive on-line exhibition of Printed British Pottery and Porcelain will be launched on October 17. This joint project of the Northern Ceramic Society and the Transferware Collectors Club relates the remarkable story of the production of printed pottery and porcelain in Great Britain from 1750 to 1900. Designed for ... (Read More)
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All 770 clocks from the Greensboro (North Carolina) Clock Museum were sold at auction in the 1980s. This black onyx clock may have been one of them. A note from the museum stated that the clock was made circa 1855 and displayed the figure of Jean Racine, a royal historiographer ... (Read More)
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The booth of Imperial Fine Books, New York City, beckoned showgoers to enter.
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, brought fresh stock and sold. Seen here is a collection of 20th-century Nigerian glass bead and cloth caps, coronet, crown, and footstool, ranging in price from $3800 to $12,500. Sales included a New Mexico ... (Read More)
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