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Althof, Bergmann & Co. Santa in a sleigh pulled by goats, 9" high x 20" long, is the fourth one to turn up. Each is slightly different because they were made before the advent of mass production. This one had been the prized possession of a New York state family. ... (Read More)
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“There has been a huge amount of interest in this full-plate daguerreotype,” said a member of the Eldred staff before the auction began. The circa 1845 image was big and colorful––four men in uniform, standing before crossed American flags. The flags were hand-colored by the photographer, according to catalog notes. ... (Read More)
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Thomas G. Boss of Salem, Massachusetts, offered a number of French books with Art Deco bindings, including this one, Daphne by Alfred de Vigny. Priced at $40,000, it was designed circa 1924 by F.-L. Schmied and executed by G. Cretté. Printed by pressman Pierre Bouchet, it is copy no. 3, ... (Read More)
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On November 15, 2012, an indictment charging Brian Ramnarine, owner of Empire Bronze Art Foundry, with attempting to sell a bronze sculpture that he falsely represented to be a genuine work of art by Jasper Johns was unsealed in federal court in New York. Ramnarine was arrested at his home ... (Read More)
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The show’s coproducers, Robert Four (on left) and Tony Fusco.
An Early Snow by Walter Launt Palmer (1854-1932) was painted in 1887. The 22½" x 26½" oil on canvas was offered for $445,000 from Avery Galleries. Richard Rossello said it had been exhibited at the Chicago World’s Fair.
Boston-based Colleene Fesko, an ... (Read More)
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Symphonion Eroica music box, 72" x 28", style No. 37, featuring duplex combs with 100 teeth. Having its original door picture, it was in wonderful condition. Included with the lot was a walnut cabinet with shelves to store the accompanying 32 three-disc sets. Top lot of the three-day sale, it ... (Read More)
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The 20" x 24" oil on masonite by Eric Sloane (1905-1985) depicting a church in Grafton, Vermont, sold for $9350 to either an absentee or a phone bidder.The 1775 map of The Seat of the War in New England by an American Volunteer is the work of Robert Sayer and ... (Read More)
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The 22¼" x 33" oil on canvas by William Allen Wall (1801-1885) depicts the area known as Old Four Corners, at the junction of Union and Water Streets in New Bedford, Massachusetts, circa 1807. Wall's painting has to be a bit conjectural, since it depicts the Four Corners as it ... (Read More)
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George III terrestrial globe, George Adams Jr., London, circa 1790, printed and hand colored, on an oak stand with cabriole legs and pad feet, the base mounted with a compass, the cartouche with Adams's standard dedication to the king, 31" high x 18" diameter, imperfections, $15,275.Map of the world by ... (Read More)
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Michael King Kelly, $71,300.Dan Brouthers, $7475.by Mark SiscoPhotos courtesy Saco River Auction CompanySaco River Auction Company in Biddeford, Maine, hit a rare grand-slam homer on August 29 when it sold a collection of seven 19th-century baseball cards for a total of $102,005 (includes buyers premiums).All of the cards were Old ... (Read More)
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