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The 46th Annual Chappaqua Antiques Show
by Julie Schlenger Adell

These mid-19th-century chairs of tiger maple and bird's-eye veneer and a cane seat were available from Kelyn Antiques, Pawling, New York. Jane Lynn said she found the chairs in New York but believes they are from New England. She asked $265 for the pair. Samet Durmus of The Golden Horn, a ... (Read More)

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The Greater York Antiques Show
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Kelly Kinzle of New Oxford, Pennsylvania, had a big stand up front on the left of the show entrance with a Centennial quilt made of nine printed bandannas on the outside wall ($7500). Cheryl Mackley of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, sold the two baskets at top and the sampler. The small ... (Read More)

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Iron, Bone, and Americana
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Nine phone bidders chased three unsigned paintings by Thomas Chambers (1808-1869). The 18" x 24" oil on canvas view of New York harbor (shown) with Castle Williams on one side and Staten Island on the other brought $25,830. Castles of the Mind, 22" x 30", from 1845-60 is an exotic ... (Read More)

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Art Dealer William "Willie" Postar's Eclectic Estate Sells to Savvy Crowd
by Jeanne Schinto

Charles-Francois Daubigny (French, 1817-1878), given the English title Bucolic Riverscape with a Rowboater, 10" x 141/4", oil on wood panel, $11,875 (est. $1000/2000) to an Internet bidder. Grogan & Company appraisal consultant Bob Carroll is shown with Butchered Animal by Hyman Bloom (1913-2009). The 70" x 401/4" oil on canvas, 1953, ... (Read More)

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The Wilton Fall Antiques Market
by Julie Schlenger Adell

These carved boxes with bears from Quimby's Chocolate Company of California were available from Marc Witus of Gladstone, New Jersey. The brown bear was $1850, and the white one, $2450. The Victorian still life on the wall was $1250. A 19th-century bench with a broad walnut seat and pine back was ... (Read More)

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Important Virginia Stoneware Crock with Horses Trots to $92,000
by Karl H. Pass

This 131/2" high two-gallon stoneware jug, stamped "Cowden & Wilcox" of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, set a new auction record for Pennsylvania stoneware, selling for $97,750 (est. $20,000/30,000). It was bought by a private Pennsylvania collector. "There were a lot of people interested. I believe above fifty," said Tony Zipp following the ... (Read More)

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Horology Auction Earns Nearly $1.1 Million
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

The E. Howard & Co. No. 6 Regulator figure-eight clock, eight day, time only, and with a weight-driven movement, was in fine original condition and sold for $40,250. The case is walnut. The 75" walnut, walnut veneer, and burl Seth Thomas Regulator No. 19 was made for the Santa Fe Railway ... (Read More)

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Successful Fall Auction
by Anthony J. Archambault

These cups had sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, in April 1996. The 2" high x 31/2" diameter cups were made for Yung-Cheng, as marked on the bottom. They became one of the highlights of Stair's auction, selling for $23,000. The pair of Chinese export porcelain dogs, 7" x 51/2", with detail ... (Read More)

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Florida Auction House Charged with Wildlife Trafficking
by M.A.D. Staff

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The Lodge Estate Sale
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

One of the "Twin Greeks" on Main Street, Nantucket, the former residence of Katherine and John Lodge, and one of two of the last houses built on the island by a whaleman. A 15" x 9" sampler wrought in 1766 by Elisabeth Hadwen (1755-1842) in her 12th year sold for $8260. ... (Read More)
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