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(Fragment)Painting Stolen in 1991, Recovered, and Sold at Shannon's
Woman in a Black Kimono by Alexander Levy.
“It was a burglary to order. It was from Doctor No,” auctioneer Gene Shannon said, recalling the way thieves stole 14 paintings from him back in 1991. One of those paintings has now resurfaced. It’s Woman in a Black Kimono by Alexander Levy ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ellis Boston Antiques Show Celebrates Its Third Birthday
The booth of Bell-Time Clocks, Andover, Massachusetts, where on Sunday afternoon, Bob Frishman gave a booth chat, “The Long & Short of Grandfather Clocks.”
The loan exhibit of New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The best pieces of Americana at this show, by far, weren’t for sale. They were part of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Middle Market Reasserts Its Presence
Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942), Far Away Thoughts, 22" x 18", oil on canvas, $192,000 (est. $120,000/ 180,000).
Signed and dated 1951, Lavanderas by Filipino artist Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (1892-1972), a 30" x 24" oil on canvas, came from a private Florida collection and went to an international phone bidder at $60,000.
Laurence ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Restaurant" Tops Maine Auction
George Grosz (1893-1959), No. 73 Restaurant, watercolor, 17" x 24", sold for $180,000 to a buyer in house. The painting is headed for the Lunder collection at the Colby College Museum of Art.
At the Fountain, a 10¼" x 14" oil on canvas by Arthur Frederick Bridgman (1847-1928), produced a frenzy ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2013 San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
A group of seven split earrings (five shown) from 5th- century B.C. Dong Son (Vietnam/Cambodia) was $7000 for the group at Susan Ollemans, London. Ollemans is a 12-year show veteran.
Sarah Stocking, whose gallery is in Jackson Square, San Francisco, was asking $16,000 for this special edition of an 1897 framed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Firearms and Early Militaria
This German FG 42 paratrooper’s rifle from World War II was the top lot of the sale at $143,750. It was described in the catalog as a Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik, 8 mm, with bipod, magazine, sling, scope and mount, and excellent bore and wood.
Stoner 63A machine gun by Knight’s Armament ... (Read More)
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(Show)The "New" California Country Antiques Show
At East Meets West, Los Angeles, the 1900-10 hand-hooked rug from Centre County, Pennsylvania, was priced at $2850, and the 19th-century Bradley & Hubbard rooster doorstop with “fantastic paint” was $1250.
Faith Viland of Phoenix, Arizona, was asking $1295 for this pre-1800 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, geometric paint-decorated child’s chest with ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 39th Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show
The show entrance was, as always, welcoming. The theme for this show was “Folk Art: Simple Pleasures.”
The circa 1930 racing game banner with oilcloth coating was $1150 from Bruce and Lynda Tomlinson of Alexandria, Minnesota. The catcher’s helmets were $115 at top and $195 for the circa 1910 version underneath. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture, Decorative Arts, and 19th-Century Paintings
William Trost Richards (1833-1905), Atlantic Coast, 1898, signed and dated, watercolor and pencil on paper, 24" x 47½", $28,125 (est. $10,000/15,000).
Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), View Near Conway, New Hampshire, 1881, signed and dated, oil on canvas, 20" x 32 1/8", $37,500 (est. $6000/8000). It was commissioned by Daniel Nute Stanton, who ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cheddar and Red
The Star of Bethlehem quilt shown here has a large central star surrounded by appliqués of a reel variation, making it different from other quilts of this type that normally repeat smaller stars in the corners. This was the only quilt in the exhibition that used a cream-colored fabric or ... (Read More)
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