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Greg Hamilton.
Stone Block Antiques.
Naïve oil on canvas of a man and woman in a landscape done in pointillist style by Justine Fuller. It retains its original frame. “She died in 1951,” Hamilton said. The piece is $2500.
Mid-19th-century Dutch cupboard, $3500. It’s filled with a collection of French faience priced at ... (Read More)
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“The kindness and generosity of M.A.D.’s subscribers and readers continues to amaze me,” said Celia Lash Briggs. Walter Fleming, a tinsmith from New York state, read “The Birth of a Collector” (M.A.D., Dec. 2013, p. 10-B) and contacted us about sending the gift of a 20th-century sugar bowl to young ... (Read More)
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Lawrence Kearney is the new director of the fine Oriental rugs and carpets department at Skinner, Inc.
Kearney comes to Skinner after more than three decades as a dealer in antique carpets and textiles. “Considered an authority in the field, he possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of regions, periods, and genres, from ... (Read More)
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This document brought $35,400. Photo courtesy Quinn & Farmer.
The December 14, 2013, sale at Quinn & Farmer Auctions, Charlottesville, Virginia, included several lots from the estate of Robert W. Daniel Jr. (1936-2012) of Brandon Plantation, Prince George, Virginia. Daniel had served Virginia as a member of the U.S. House of ... (Read More)
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Even without an advertised pattern, a signature on a desired shape can edge bidding way above the highest estimate, as was the case with this signed Hawkes 6" tall and 11¾" wide punch bowl without stand from the collection of the Reverend Young. However, an ACGA member later identified the ... (Read More)
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The Rutz Clovis point of sea-green obsidian, 9¾" long, was discovered by Les Ira Kreis in the early 1950’s in a wheat field on Badger Mountain near the community of Badger Creek Springs, Washington. It had been in a family collection ever since until it sold for $276,000. Photo courtesy ... (Read More)
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This 9" tall San Ildefonso sienna and black lidded vase by Tony Da (with a hand-carved wooden finial on the lid) sold to a private collector for $18,750 (est. $8000/10,000).
This 22¾" high Apache olla, decorated with geometric, human, and animal figures, sold for $22,500 (est. $10,000/15,000) to dealer and basket ... (Read More)
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An Olympic gold medal presented to Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics broke an auction record at SCP Auctions in Laguna Niguel, California, on December 8, 2013, It was one of the four Olympic gold medals that were presented to athlete Jesse Owens at the 1936 games, held in Hitler’s ... (Read More)
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Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), Morning after a Storm, signed and dated “Fairfield Porter ’73” bottom left, also signed and inscribed with title, medium, dates, and dimensions on the back, oil on board, 18" x 22", sold on the phone for $158,500 (est. $80,000/120,000).
William Trost Richards (1833-1905), A Long Island Beach, signed ... (Read More)
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“The finest example of cooperage we have ever seen. As tight as the day it was crafted,” was how Gould’s listing described this blue-gray-painted firkin with a double ring of locking bands on the upper rim, a single ring at the 9" diameter bottom, and square side buttons attaching the ... (Read More)
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