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(Auction)The Draw of Houdini
This is the archive book about the 1902 trial in which Houdini was victorious in a slander lawsuit against a German cop and newspaper editor. It includes a 50-page trial transcript in German (and an English translation) and documentation of his demonstration of escaping from handcuffs. The book sold for $31,200 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Garrett Klinger's First Sale in New Location
The 19th-century yellow Staffordshire child’s tea set sold in the salesroom for $2850 (est. $1600).
An English delft blue and white bottle-form vase with Chinese decorations, 10¼" high, with rim chips noted in the catalog, sold on line for $1320 (est. $150).
The 18th-century English delft urn-shaped vase with Chinese decoration sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cowboys and Indians
The Bronco Buster by Frederic Remington was produced by the Roman Bronze Works and marked “75.” It bought $138,000, the top price at the auction.
The late 1890s or early 1900s Sioux Indian vest with nearly complete beadwork coverage on brain-tanned deer hide sold for $34,500.
A French Romanesque (12th century) bas-relief ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Coca-Cola Calendar Brings $210,000
Near-mint 1900 Coca-Cola calendar featuring image of Hilda Clark, $210,000. Morphy Auctions photo.
A Grapefruitola ceramic syrup dispenser in the form of a grapefruit, in near-mint condition, commanded $66,000 (est. $15,000/ 25,000). Morphy Auctions photo.
At Morphy Auctions’ August 22-24 sale in Denver, Pennsylvania, a near-mint-plus Coke calendar from the year 1900, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2014 Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
Sideboard, circa 1885, probably by Pottier and Stymus, with inset ceramic tiles by John Moyr Smith (1839-1912), $18,000 from John Orban of Cadiz, Ohio.
Large centerpiece silver bowl, Kalo Shop, Chicago, initial “G,” 1920s, $6900 from Spencer Marks, Southampton, Massachusetts.
David Brooker of Woodbury, Connecticut, brought Fag & Curly, 40" x ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Dealers at the Coastal Maine Antiques Show
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
The Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) held its annual single-day show on August 20, a week earlier than in past years, in hopes that summer residents and vacationers would attend. The show benefits MADA and the Damariscotta River Association and is held at Round Top Farm in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Coastal Maine Antiques Show
Armillary spheres were designed to illustrate the sun, moon, and other astronomical bodies in relation to the earth. Gary Hume of Wells, Maine, re-creates them out of 19th-century parts. This one was formed from a side piece of a grinding wheel, an old iron wheel, and other parts, and it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Four Days and $5.7 Million Later
Waldo Peirce’s oil on canvas of the Coast Guard at “the Silver Slipper,” Key West sold for $48,585, and Don Ernesto Con Una Bonito capped the Peirce artworks at $53,325.
A 24" x 20" oil on canvasboard by Marguerite Zorach (1887-1968) of a forest waterfall sold for $31,995. Julia photo.
This not-so-little ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Antique American Indian Art Show Santa Fe
This circa 1920 Apache basket was priced at $5800 at the American Indian Shop, Fresno, California. Bryan Taylor, “the basket guy,” said, “I did well buying and selling—selling jewelry and little things, and buying baskets—eight so far!”
Ramona Morris of Delaplane, Virginia, was asking $20,000 for this Plateau woman’s dress, 1850-70. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gamage Sale Marks the Beginning of the End of Summer
Connecticut silk embroidery by Emily Chandler, descending through the original family to the consignor, $27,600.
John McCoy (1910-1989) broke with his family’s business tradition to follow his passion for art. He married Andrew Wyeth’s sister Ann and often painted with Andrew in Maine and Pennsylvania. This roughly 24" x 18" ... (Read More)
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