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The Indy Antique Advertising Show
by Don Johnson

Battery-operated Fred Flintstone on Dino by Marx, with the original box, $650 from Darryl McKinney of Monroe, Ohio, who promotes the Cincinnati Antique Toy and Advertising Show. Mechanical store display, “Look for Mazda GE on the Bulb,” depicting a woman whose arm moved to point at a light that turned on ... (Read More)

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American Indian and Western Art
by Don Johnson

Yarns of a Summer Day by Henry Farny (1847-1916), gouache on paper, 1894, 11¼" x 15¾" (sight), $310,000. Apache figural tray basket, a central flower radiating light and dark petals, surrounded by ten humans, ten dogs, and five wolves, circa 1900, 19¾" diameter, $22,140. Navajo Late Classic woman’s dress, black and red, ... (Read More)

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Triple Portrait Sells for $15,000
by Julie Schlenger Adell

This unattributed 29" x 31½" oil on canvas portrait of three children, bearing an American Folk Art Gallery label on the back of the frame, sold in the room for $15,000 (est. $7000/10,000) to collectors Michael and Suzanne Payne. The Paynes recognized it as a work by upstate New York ... (Read More)

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Prints and Drawings: A Green-Haired Muse and Black-and-White Images of Manhattan
by Jeanne Schinto

Shadow Dance by Martin Lewis (1881-1962) fetched $42,500. The 1930 drypoint and sand-ground print from an edition of 109 is 9¼" x 10¾". This was not the first time that the print has done very well at Swann. The auction house set a still-standing record when it sold a copy ... (Read More)

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American Furniture, Outsider Art, and Folk Art
by Lita Solis-Cohen

The Crowninshield family mahogany bombé chest of drawers, Marblehead, Massachusetts, circa 1770, 33¼" high x 40" wide x 22" deep, appears to retain its original cast brass hardware and sold on the phone for $581,000 (est. $300,000/600,000). Other bombé chests from this group have sold for $2,023,500 at Christie’s in ... (Read More)

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Auction in Cambridge
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

The 6¼" x 10¼" unframed moonlit scene of ships under full sail, with one flying an American flag, by James Edward Buttersworth (1817-1894) came from an Arizona estate and sold to a Worcester, Massachusetts, dealer for $11,400. The 17¼" x 23¼" watercolor on silk mourning picture had gold foil decorations and ... (Read More)

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Two Mansions Antique Cane Collection
by Marty Steiner

Defensive canes take many forms. The simplest are either swords or knives housed in the cane shaft. This exceedingly rare French cane, circa 1870, saw short production because of numerous accidental injuries to the owners. With razor barbs, this example was the sale’s highest-selling lot at $8160 (est. $4500/6000). Dating ... (Read More)

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Iconic Names Generate Strong Bids
by Susan Emerson Nutter

The 1964 offset lithograph Liz by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is a very well-known image, but Davis was not sure which edition it was. Signed in pen and having some minor handling creases, the 21 5/8" x 22" image (22 1/8" x 22¼" sheet) must have been from a desirable edition. ... (Read More)

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An Expressionist’s Flowers, a Sargent Head, and a Girl Smelling an Apple
by Jeanne Schinto

The unsigned 22" x 17¼" oil on canvas study of a man’s head by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), circa 1878, inscribed on the stretcher 182 and 4242, sold for $243,000. Apple Perfume by Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942) brought $65,190. The 22" x 18" oil on canvas is signed and dated 1911, ... (Read More)

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Fall Harvest Sale Totals $837,000
by Dick Friz

The sale’s top entry, a Rock and Graner (Germany) battleship, circa 1900, hand painted, came from a European estate, had been proudly possessed by one family for nearly a century, and was essentially original and exceptional. Measuring 19" long, it sold for $30,680 (est. $35,000/45,000). Keystone (U.S.) “Ride ’Em” Coast-to-Coast bus, ... (Read More)
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