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(Show)Reborn "Burk" York Show Does a Test Run
Richard Axtell of Deposit, New York, tagged his circa 1905 Weller pot, depicting Indian Chief Pontiac and signed by artist “L.J. Burgess,” $12,500 (left). The one on the right, depicting Indian Chief Joseph, was also $12,500. They were purchased from Weller in 1905. The Plume & Atwood library lamp was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A "Rainy Night" and Then a Rainbow
Louis Rémy Mignot (1831-1870), Rainbow over a Lake in the Hudson River Valley, or possibly Close of a Showery Day, Lake George, 16" x 24", oil on canvas, monogrammed and dated “M 62,” $120,000 (est. $30,000/50,000). Schinto photo.
Lesser Ury (1861-1931), Rainy Night, Berlin, 41¼" x 26¾", oil on canvas, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Seventh Annual Ohio Valley Auction
Sawbuck table in mixed woods, three-board top, 19th century, 29" x 72", old refinish, $4406.
Reward of merit folk art bookplates, attributed to Ohio, watercolor and ink on paper, both in the same hand: One with a bird facing right on a branch, signed and dated “Benjamin Florey 1837” on the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Springfield Antique Show & Flea Market Extravaganza
American art pottery is always available at the Extravaganza. These Rookwood Vellum glaze scenic vases offered by Jack and Luane McAuliffe of Fancy That Antiques, Marshall, Michigan, ranged from $2200 to $4900 each.
Traditional antiques can be found at the Vintage Marketplace. Tricia Le Tempt of The Red Door Antiques, Eddyville, ... (Read More)
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(Show)East Berlin Show Hits Its Sweet Sixteen
This sailor’s valentine was $3300 from Troy, Ohio, dealers John and Ellen Williams.
Local East Berlin dealer Andrea Hollenbaugh priced her assembled collection of 15 early printed cloth dolls and animals, mostly Arnold Print Works, at $2400.
Bill and Betty Annable of Oberlin, Ohio, were new to the East Berlin show this ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Solomon Bell Cats Bring $73,000
Earthenware cats with lead and manganese glaze. “These are probably the best example of Strasburg, Virginia, redware figures that have ever been offered or sold in public,” the buyer told us. Photo courtesy Burt Long.
A pair of redware cats made by Strasburg, Virginia, potter Solomon Bell sold for $73,000 (no buyer’s ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Are Massachusetts Show Exhibitors Due a Dose of Philadelphia-Style Tax Medicine?
A fresh threat from a state taxation entity has emerged to bedevil show dealers, many of whom have not yet recovered from the Philadelphia dispute that cost them dearly last year.
The Philadelphia episode occurred when exhibitors at past shows began receiving dunning notices from a collection agency seeking retroactive “business income ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Rebel Collector Embraces Loisaida and Graffiti Art
John Axelrod and his Australian terrier, Myrna Loy, with (untitled by the artist) Subway Door by Lee Quinones (b. 1960). The work is acrylic, oil stick, and spray enamel on a 37¾" x 27¼" section of a wooden New York City subway door. “This was part of a door between ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.
New Views of New England: Studies in Material and Visual Culture, 1680-1830, Martha ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Recipient of the 2012 American Ceramic Circle Book Award
A Book Review
Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804 by Maurice Hillis Maurice Hillis, 2011, 570 pages, hardbound, £60 plus S/H from (www.TheLiverpoolPorcelainBook.weebly.com)
In his foreword to this groundbreaking tome, Geoffrey Godden leaps from his long-occupied English porcelain pedestal to exclaim, “This is the most welcome and eagerly awaited of books.” Godden, who is not ... (Read More)
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