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(Auction)Presentation Harvest Face Jug Sells for $86,250
This rare stoneware face vessel or harvest face jug with arched handle and a double-sided applied and hand-molded face of a man was very likely made in Philadelphia by either Henry Harrison Remmey or his son Richard Clinton Remmey around 1860. The name “R.G. Simkin” was incised between the applied ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Auctions Here and There: North Carolina, New Jersey, and Donnington Priory, England
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
All prices include buyer’s premium
For this month’s market report, we go to spring sales at Leland Little in Hillsborough, North Carolina; Dreweatts & Bloomsbury in Donnington Priory, England; and Rago Arts in Lambertville, New Jersey, for an overview of what’s selling at auction. These tidbits emerge from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana
The top lot of the auction was this tall-case clock signed by Michael Hugus (1775-1825) of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The curly walnut case has string and vine inlay and an inlaid pinwheel. It has a brass movement and original painted dial with sun/moon dial in the arch. It is 88½" ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Garth's Single-Owner Sale of Native American Jewelry
This Casper the Friendly Ghost character ring by Carol Kee with inlaid jet and coral details realized $1875 (est. $150/350).
The top lot of the Garth’s sale was this signed 14k or 18k gold 1¼" high x 2½" wide cuff bracelet by Andy Lee Kirk. The hand-formed gold cuff with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Manship and Troubetzkoy Sculptures Recovered 32 Years after Being Stolen
Paul Manship, Seated Female Figure, 9¾" high x 11 5/8" wide x 6 5/8" deep, on a 2" high marble base. It would fit underneath a trench coat.
Paul Troubetzkoy, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 21" high x 7½" wide x 12¾" deep. Eric Baumgartner said the sculptures were stolen before Hirschl & ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Indiana, American, and European Art Auction
Her Garden by Otto Stark (1859-1926), oil on canvas, signed, 19" x 38", $10,350.
A Summer’s Day by Lucie Hartrath (1868-1962), oil on canvas, 12" x 9", signed, $4600.
Floral still life with roses by V.J. Cariani (1891-1969), oil on canvas, signed, 28" x 22", $1150.
Barn scene with figure and animals by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Monsen-Baer Collection of Roseville Pottery
Carved and reticulated experimental vase with Mackintosh rose decoration, the flowers in shades of pink and yellow, unmarked, 11 3/8" high, two horizontal hairline cracks running across one flower and one stem, light crazing, $5750.
Futura Tank vase, shape 412-9, unmarked, 9" high, excellent condition with a tiny chip at the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)March 20th-Century Design Auction
Estimated at $5000/7000, the 8" high polychrome Walrath Pottery vase with incised logo brought $8750. Treadway/Toomey photo.
Bidders thought they caught a sleeper when this Italian vase in red glass with gold foil inclusions was cataloged as an unsigned Sommerso vase and attributed to Venini (est. $500/1000). The auction house later ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New York Furniture Forum
The intact New York kast in black, white, and blue-gray paint and made of tulip, poplar, and maple, 1700-25, has trompe l’oeil stone-carved niches hung with pomegranates and other fruit, a bold cornice attached to the upper case, and a separate base containing a single drawer, reflecting urban Dutch cabinetmaking ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Great Auspiciousness Confirmed for Chinese Tribute Clock
Estimated at $80,000/120,000 and bringing $161,000, the star of the show was the Chinese tribute clock, produced in the late 18th century as a royal gift. The English time-only movement featured a center seconds hand, chain-driven fusee, and a cylinder-escapement balance. Clearly more important was the rarity and quality of ... (Read More)
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