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Sendak Sale: Where the Wild Things Were
by Jeanne Schinto

A first edition of Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are sold for $18,000 (est. $10,000/15,000). It was signed and inscribed with a drawing of a wild thing. The book tells the tale of a boy named Max, who has a tantrum and gets sent to bed without his supper. Obedient, ... (Read More)

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Changes in Seattle
by Cathy Aldrich

These Aboriginal shields were offered in the on-line catalog, but a sale was negotiated prior to the auction. They ended up going to a museum in Sydney, Australia for $25,000. These Japanese Kamakura wood masks were housed in stacking lacquer boxes with signed lids (not shown). The wooden masks are large ... (Read More)

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Keno Sells Americana
by Lita Solis-Cohen

This 1760-80 Massachusetts 32¾" x 34" x 20¾" mahogany serpentine chest of drawers sold on the phone for $117,800 (est. $50,000/80,000), the top lot price of the sale. John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841) of Boston painted the 1818 burning of Boston’s Exchange Coffee House and signed and dated it on the lower ... (Read More)

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Ceramics Fair 2013
by Lita Solis-Cohen

The Bohemian National Hall is a perfect place for the New York Ceramics Fair. A chorus of Martin Brothers bird tobacco jars were (from left) $50,000, $35,000, $32,000, $90,000, and $55,000 from George Kingham of Kinghams Art Pottery, Ltd, Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds, U.K. One sold! The second from the right ... (Read More)

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Inaugural Jewelry Show Successful
by Julie Schlenger Adell

  White deer ring, $14,000 from Manya & Roumen Jewelry. Photo courtesy Manya & Roumen Jewelry. JMK Shows and Events held its new jewelry show on January 19 and 20 at the Pratt Mansions on Fifth Avenue, New York City. Signed pieces from Tiffany, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Buccellati were ... (Read More)
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