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(Feature)Records Fall at Pook's Flack Sale
$159,975. Photo courtesy Pook & Pook.by Lita Solis-CohenA couple of records were made at the sale of the collection of Paul and Rita Flack held at Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, on October 27. A record $159,975 (includes buyer's premium) was paid for a Jonas Weber box with a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Issue of Team's "Tiffany Treasures" Available
To celebrate 48 years in business, Team Antiques of White Plains, New York, has published a new catalog. In the latest issue of Team's Tiffany Treasures is a selection of many items made by Louis C. Tiffany, such as lamps, glass, desk sets, candlesticks, and other fancy goods. All items ... (Read More)
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(Show)American Art Week in Manhattan
John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872), Lily Pond, Newport, Rhode Island, oil on canvas, 10" x 18", monogrammed and dated JFK/ 186 (indistinct). From Kensett’s major Newport series of paintings, it has a rich tactile surface and color chords that create a luminous environment; one can almost smell the sea. It represents ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction
Monumental Hopi pot attributed to Nampeyo, having a stylized polychrome bird design around the shoulder, Southwest, second quarter of the 20th century, 11" high x 20" diameter, a small hole and a 2" hairline, $37,600.
Pair of pewter lamps by Josiah Warren and Daniel Stocking, Cincinnati, circa 1821, whale ... (Read More)
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(Show)Williamsburg Holiday Show—Brightens Black Friday Weekend
Robert and Deanna Taylor of Aylett, Virginia, trade as Taylor Antiques and Estates. On this table they displayed a wooden box with inlays of clasped hands and striped shields on the lid (left), $550; a four-drawer miniature chest with turned front feet, $750; a slant-front document chest, $675; and a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Auction
Sold to benefit the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation, this circa 1869 View of Belfield, a 28 1/8" x 36 1/8" oil on canvas laid on panel, attributed to Rubens Peale, brought $40,625 (est. $15,000/25,000). Inscribed on the stretcher is “View of Charles W. Peale Homestead Near Germantown/ Copied from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Farrin Pre-Thanksgiving Auction
Two fish portraits by Maine artist Louis C. Ewer sold for $1265 apiece.
Two beaded pouches, apparently Plains Indian strike-a-light bags, both in good shape, fetched $1540 and $660.
Farrin’s Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
Rusty Farrin held about 28 auctions in 2012. With the exception of an on-site auction or two, he holds ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Art
Interior scene by Eugenio Landesio (Italian, 1809-1879), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1863, an original handwritten label identifying the scene as a corridor of the house of the Mine of Mellado in Guanajuato, Mexico, 16½" x 11½" (sight), craquelure, relined with wax method, small amounts of inpainting, $24,000.
Dessert service, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The “New” Book and Paper Show—Getman Gets It
The show’s promoter, Marvin Getman.
A finely bound, unique collection of over 100 pieces of sheet music, 1859-64, was $1500 from Yeoman’s in the Fork, Leiper’s Fork, Franklin, Tennessee.
We spent a longer time than usual with Christopher Frey of Frey Fine Books, Rougemount, North Carolina, because he had a display of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Garden Museum Contents Sold
A Tiffany Studios parakeet and goldfish bowl tea screen sold for $324,500, which was the auction day’s highest price. Michaan called the screen “very special, unique, a small version of a famous Tiffany window.” It is 8" tall including its 18k gold frame and was estimated at $400,000/600,000.
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