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(Show)The Crown Jewel of Maine Antiques Shows
A $10,000 American celestial globe stood prominently with show newcomer Michael Corbett of The Federalist Antiques, Kenilworth, Illinois. Standing on a tripod pedestal with paw feet and acanthus leaf carvings on the knees, it was made by T. M. Bardin of London in the early 19th century.
Robert Foley of Gray, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Scores Big with Americana
A SkinnerLive! Internet buyer won this 57" high polychromed and carved figure of an Indian princess figure by Samuel Robb of New York City for $92,250. Skinner sold a quite similar Indian princess figure on October 20, 2011, for $71,000.
Polychrome painted carved "black dandy" tobacconist figure, wearing wildly painted clothes, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2014 Great Southwestern Antique Show
An anonymous buyer seemed entranced by the items in Susan Swift's space. She and Erich Erdoes do business in Santa Fe under her name. That buffalo robe, circa 1890, was a magnificent $25,000. The beaded and quilled bags to the right were $7500 each.
John Durbin of Redding, California, displayed this ... (Read More)
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(Show)"Only the Good Ones Is Still Here!"
Not too long ago somebody paid $2200 at auction for one of these Johnson's Peacemaker Coffee advertising tins in the form of a log cabin, so you better grab this one from Paul and Nancy Hahn of Country Things, Bowie, Maryland, for $1300. It was dated 1915. The Johnson-Layne Coffee ... (Read More)
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(Show)Most Attendance, Most Sales: It's All Good at NHADA Show
Offered by Axtell Antiques, Deposit, New York, a Pennsylvania carved walnut figural watch hutch, circa 1800, with George Washington as subject. It's 151/2" tall and was priced at $15,000.
The yellow-painted dressing table, probably from Portsmouth and 1810-20, is an eye-dazzler. It's 62" tall overall and about 36" wide. Russ and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Pickers Market 2014
The Pickers Market filled the Everett Arena and was open for shopping from 2 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 7.
The pond boat was $825, and the Adelphi Hotel sign was $3995 from Antiques at 30B, Cambridge, New York.
The shelf was $300, the books ranged from $100 to $425 ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair
The Collector's Fair transformed the ice rink.
Shaker specialist John Keith Russell of South Salem, New York, asked $1500 for the second-smallest New Lebanon production chair, circa 1875 (left). The tilting ladder-back chair was $3600 (center). The two-slat chair is a child's chair. The Shaker broom was $1250.
Kelly Kinzle of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of Vintage Posters Skyrockets into Immortality
A 37" x 27" condition A recruitment poster by Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952) that depicts a young woman in uniform, considered at the time of its design in 1915 to be a provocative and daring World War I image, went to an Internet bidder and set an auction record at ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Quadricentennial of Captain John Smith's Landing, 1614-2014
Crowd at the top of Wharf Hill during the tercentennial celebration. The woman with dark sweater left of center is George Bellows's wife, Emma. Jenney collection. Courtesy Monhegan Island Art and History Museum.
Monhegan Cornet Band, 1914. In the front row, left, is George Bellows. Courtesy Monhegan Island Art and History ... (Read More)
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(Show)Barn Star's Midweek Antiques Show
The aisles were crowded at Midweek after the doors opened.
Randi Ona of Wayne, New Jersey, offered miniature cloth-covered books that ranged in size from 11/2" to 2". The old shelf was $296, and the collection of books, $3500. The two rattle balls underneath were $825 the pair. One rattle ball ... (Read More)
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