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(Fragment)Former Florida Auctioneer Charged with Felonies
by David HewettOn February 9, former St. Augustine, Florida, auctioneer Robert Wayne Flemister was charged with two criminal felony counts in St. Johns County Court.The 64-year-old Flemister, who was licensed as an auctioneer on May 12, 2010, ran the San Marco Auction Company, LLC in St. Augustine. On September 30, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Big Money in Money and Tiles
Mosaic tile portrayal of the mythological Medusa, probably portrayed as she was used on Athena's shield following her decapitation by Perseus, $17,600.Kaja Veilleux was the purchaser of the top coin lots in the sale. The rare collection of U.S. two-cent pieces minted from 1864 to 1873 sold for $30,800, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chest for $632,400 Tops at Keno Auctions during Americana Week
Drake family carved and painted joined chest with drawer, attributed to the Deacon John Moore shop tradition, the "foliated vine group," Windsor, Connecticut, 1675-90. Estimated at $100,000/150,000, it sold for $632,400, a record for a 17th-century chest, to a collector on the phone, underbid by Massachusetts dealer David Wheatcroft in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Copley's Americana Week Sale
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927), Wild Turkey, 1924, oil on canvas, 30" x 50", signed and dated lower right, sold for $86,250 (est. $20,000/40,000) to New York City dealer W. Graham Arader. The artist depicted wild turkeys in a variety of stances, from feeding to preening, in a southern landscape. It ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Quinn's Auction Galleries Moves
Quinn's Auction Galleries has relocated to a new venue in Falls Church, Virginia. The new 14,400-square-foot site at 360 South Washington Street encompasses three floors, with the gallery and reception area at street level, the fine arts department on the second floor, and executive and administrative offices on the third ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Butterscotch Auction Gallery Sells Rachel Ruysch Painting for $2,040,000
A signed, untitled still life by Rachel Ruysch sold to a London dealer for $2,040,000 (est. $200,000/300,000) at Butterscotch Auction Gallery on February 12. According to the auction house, the price for the 44½" x 35" oil on canvas is a new auction record for the artist. Photo courtesy Butterscotch ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Julia Donates Meldrum Colt Replica to Museum
Bob Meldrum, a.k.a. "Hair Trigger Bob," a.k.a. "Bad Man Bob."by Mark SiscoJames D. Julia, Inc. in Fairfield, Maine, announced that it has donated to the Museum of Northwest Colorado in Craig, Colorado, a replica of a gold-inlaid and engraved presentation Colt revolver given to the infamous lawman Robert D. "Bad ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings, Orientalia, and One Spectacular Table
The Gillis Jacobsz van Hulsdonck oil on panel still life, 11" x 14", brought a hefty $97,750.This is the Italian micromosaic game table with an R. J. Horner base and a top composed of marble, slate, and semiprecious stones that sold for $92,000.A Patek Philippe miniature music box played a ... (Read More)
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