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(Auction)World at War Auction
German World War II Luftwaffe bomber clasp and day fighter clasp, excellent condition, $862.50 the pair.
Original U.S. McClellan saddle restored circa 1980 by Hank Kluin of Burgess and Company, Red Bank, New Jersey, replicates the M-1885 pattern cavalry saddle, with Kluin-made accessories, unused, very good to excellent condition, $920.
British Boer Wars ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nineteenth-Century Antiques Sold in Alabama
All-original R.J. Horner nine-tube mahogany grandfather clock decorated with carved cross-armed full-bodied maidens down both sides of the case’s front, $86,250.
Circa 1880 Pottier and Stymus Neo-Grec ormolu and porcelain-mounted sideboard with parcel-gilt and ebonized marquetry inlay, $63,250.
Signed George Jones 10'6" monumental walnut regulator clock with carved deer head and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Art of the Americas
John Molloy Gallery, New York City, was offering this 19th-century Northwest Coast drum for $1100. Molloy said, “Sales were spirited at a new, recent-level high.”
Heidi Becker of Eugene, Oregon, priced this 1920’s Plateau parfleche from her own collection at $950. “I used to use it to pack my clothes,” she ... (Read More)
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(Show)An All-American Success
A well-weathered biplane weathervane soared over Woody and Nancy Straub’s booth. Tagged $695, it flew back to Florida with the Straubs.
Mario Pollo of Bearsville, New York, offered three chests. From left: a cherry wood-grained panel chest on turned legs was $2350; a dovetailed sea chest with beckets and a painted ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Esmerian Case: Sotheby’s Moves to Quash Bankruptcy Trustee’s Order
Three documents were filed with the clerk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, at just before 4 p.m. on February 19,beating a filing deadline of 5 p.m. by a little more than an hour. With those filings, the fate of the Ralph Esmerian folk art collection ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MADA Provides Grant to Friendship Museum
From left: Harry Hepburn, Margaret Gagnon, Gordon Winchenbach, Pat Jameson, and Elizabeth DeSimone.
The Friendship Museum of Friendship, Maine, has been awarded a grant of $1500 from the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA). Museum president Margaret Gagnon and treasurer Gordon Winchenbach accepted the check, presented by MADA president Elizabeth DeSimone, endowment ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Black Powder Exempt from New York Gun Law
Black powder used in many reenactments is exempt from New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s NY SAFE Act, a new gun control law. “The entire predication of the bill is based on the assault rifle,” according to Rich Azzopardi, deputy press secretary to Governor Cuomo. “One of the key characteristics ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)What Happened in New York City during Americana Week
Christie’s deputy chairman John Hays shows the Townsend signature on the bottom of the top drawer of the mahogany block-and-shell bureau table that brought $2,210,500 from a phone bidder.
James Buttersworth painted “Flying Cloud”on her record breaking voyage to San Francisco around Cape Horn in 89-days, April 20th 1854. It sold ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hearing for Proposed Sale of Esmerian Folk Art Postponed
There was no January 29 hearing regarding a possible sale of the folk art assets in the matter concerning Ralph Esmerian and the American Folk Art Museum. That date originally had been proposed by liquidation trustee Jay Teitelbaum, in papers filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of ... (Read More)
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