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Crowded Ferrell Southern Stoneware Sale
by Pete Prunkl

“Phoenix/ Factory 1840” is written in fine script on the shoulder of this 19½" stoneware jar. Master potter Thomas Chandler was employed at Phoenix in 1840 and may have turned this jar. Phoenix Factory went out of business in 1850. At $90,000, this was the sale’s top lot (est. $50,000/70,000). ... (Read More)

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New Miami Show
by M.A.D. staff

Puchstein Promotions will launch a new show in January. The Miami Antiques Extravaganza will be held January 24 through 26, 2014, at the Miami-Dade County Fairgrounds, located on the west side of Miami, Florida. The majority of the approximately 400 exhibitors will be inside the air-conditioned Arnold Hall and Coliseum; ... (Read More)

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The Winter Antiques Show 2014
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Library table and two chairs, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, New York City, 1891-93, made of primavera (similar to satinwood) and American ash with elaborate floral carving, varicolored wood, and metal micromosiac inlay; the chairs have glass ball and brass claw feet; $1,330,000 from Associated Artists. David Parker believes Samuel ... (Read More)

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$767,000 Decoy Tops Sotheby’s Americana Auction
by Lita Solis-Cohen

  John James Audubon (1785-1851), Say’s Squirrel, inscribed in pencil: “2 female 1 male April 9 ’43 Female and male facing in long leaves of grass; St. Louis, MO,”watercolor, 14" x 19¾", 1831, tears, creases, and soil, sold on the phone for $137,000 (est. $80,000/120,000). The proceeds went to a nonprofit ... (Read More)

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Winter Weather Fails to Dampen Round Top Show
by Bridget Green

Gorgeous, rich greens come together in this Haitian painting from the 1970’s. Fred Cain of Naples, Florida, called it Children of Paradise and priced it at $1800. “Whoever buys it gets to figure out how to open it!” Nancy B. Cooper of Austin, Texas, said of the secret drawer in this ... (Read More)

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Under New Ownership, the Armory Antique Show Holds Its Own
by Nancy A. Ruhling

One of the first things visible to incoming shoppers was this hooked rug offered by folk art dealers Robert Snyder and Judy Wilson of Wiscasset, Maine. The semicircular circa 1930 work was $2850 and provided a graphic picture of Americana. Its eagle is surrounded by stars and stripes. The first thing ... (Read More)
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