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(Fragment)Non-Paying Bidders Sued
On June 11 and 12, Peter Chang and Cheng Gang Cao, both of Los Angeles, California, were the winning bidders on 33 lots totaling $1,633,515.50 (includes buyers' premiums) at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, according to the Chicago-based auction house. The pair has paid only $162,500 and refused to pay any more, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Crocker Farm's Tenth Anniversary Sale
This five-gallon 151/2" tall stoneware churn decorated with a rare slip decoration of four marching Civil War soldiers sold for $402,500 (est. $25,000/35,000). The buyer was New York City folk art collector Jerry Lauren bidding by phone. The underbidder was collector Adam Weitsman, also bidding by phone. Probably from Fort ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Case Antiques July Auction: Two Major Sales a Year Proves a Winning Formula
Many people grew up with the distinctive views of New England life painted by Charles Wysocki (1928-2002), who began his career as a commercial artist working in the advertising field. Among the lots drawn from the 20th-century art collection of Stephen and Lisa Steiner Small of Nashville was this Wysocki ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Virginia Pie Safe Brings $102,500
Photos courtesy Burt Long.
There are two punched tins featuring a profile of Andrew Jackson, flanked by two swords.
Four of the tins in the door read "Hero! of Orleans."
A pie safe in blue paint with 12 tins, featuring the profile of Andrew Jackson, the owner's name, "Hero! of Orleans," and more, ... (Read More)
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(Show)M.A.D. and Goosefare: Running for 40 Years
Show Meisters John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Wells, Maine, offered a large inlaid table with a spectacular flame-grained mahogany surface, surrounded by bird's-eye maple inlays, for $1600. The five caned chairs weren't an exact match for the table, but they were pretty close, and they were $385.
A fine country Chippendale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)National Association of Aladdin Lamp Collectors 42nd Annual Gathering
Bringing $300 at the auction was this Aladdinite paper shade, #681, for the Model 12 floor lamp. NAALC photo.
Never put into production, this Aladdin prototype lamp with a metal base and a font in green glass sold at the auction for $1700. Leigh Spargur photo.
The high-selling lot in the auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Woelbings' Toy Stoves Heat Up Toy Sale
This Marklin three-piece tin windup train set with O-gauge engine, tender, and a Speisewagen dining car sold on the phone for $6000 (est. $400/600), underbid in the salesroom.
A set of 12 carved and painted wooden soldiers, probably from a skittles set, each 61/2" high, sold on the phone for $2880 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Show)Scott Antique Market: You Can Get Anything You Want
Don Scott still enjoys the excitement on the show floor during the monthly market he established in Atlanta over 25 years ago. He takes care of business in a comfortable office filled with antiques and artifacts.
Roy Bird of Ironwood Restorations, McConnells, South Carolina, specializes in pocket watches and railroad watches, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Moderate to Top-Tier Sales at Doyle New York, Skinner, and Bonhams
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Just before the start of summer, Skinner, Doyle New York, and Bonhams offered at auction jewelry that realized prices in the hundreds to the hundreds of thousands of dollars. There was something for just about every buyer at each level of the market. It was difficult to ... (Read More)
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