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(Feature)Letter from London
Letter from London
by Ian McKay, [email protected]
Before launching into this month's selection, which is strong on antiquities but also includes two forgotten Dollies, two Russian posters, two Chinese flutes, two naval frigates, one Charles X box, one warming tapestry, and an old model medical aide, may I, as usual, wish M.A.D. ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
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.
Maine and the Sea: 50 Years of Collecting at Maine Maritime Museum ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Design of the 20th Century
This rare Tiffany Studios Trumpet Creeper lamp sold for $914,500 (est. $400,000/600,000) to an American private collector. It was highest auction price for Tiffany in December 2012. The 1902-06 lamp has a large Tree base. The leaded glass and patinated bronze shade is impressed “Tiffany Studios/ New York/ 346-1” and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Book and Manuscripts Sale: Paper and Plastic
The scarce first newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence, very likely the second printing overall (preceded only by John Dunlap’s official Congressional broadside), sold for $722,500 (est. $300,000/400,000). It was within a bound full year’s run of the Pennsylvania Evening Post, published in Philadelphia.
This is the entire King James ... (Read More)
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