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(Auction)Calligraphy and Fine Art Lead the Way
The high lot of the sale was this pair of calligraphy scrolls by Cai Yuanpei (Chinese, 1868-1940). Cai was a renowned education reformer and served as president of Peking University, 1916-23. The scrolls are written in seven-character standard script calligraphy and mounted for hanging. Each scroll measures 50" x 111/4". ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Auction 2014
The 18th-century spice cabinet on turned ball feet and in old green paint, 211/4" high x 191/2" wide x 101/2" deep, attracted much interest because it was believed to have local origins. It sold for $33,925.
This Provincetown, Massachusetts, street scene by Henry Hensche (1899-1992), oil on canvas, 23" x 27", ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$330,000 Wilson Merganser Tops Auction
Star of the day, and a record breaker, was this red-breasted merganser drake by South Portland, Maine, maker Gus Wilson, which had been seen at previous auctions. This time out it sold for $330,000 to Colin McNair's phone bidder who also bought the Wheeler preening canvasback. Copley photo.
An active phone ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The New York Antique Jewelry and Watch Show
New York City
Attending the New York Antique Jewelry and Watch Show, held at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City on July 25-28, and viewing the myriad offerings was quite an experience-a colorful, shiny, dazzling one. I can hear the R.E.M. song now, as I think back on all the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2014 Newport Antiques Show
This 100- to 120-year-old horizontal wool rug from the north of China was on display by Karen and Ralph DiSaia of Oriental Rugs Ltd., Old Lyme, Connecticut. It measures 3'9" x 5'10" and was priced at $2800. A security guard at the show walked by the booth and asked the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Garth's Branches Out
Three-piece silver tea set, monogrammed and with applied birds and trees, Chinese, early 20th century, "T & C" hallmark, dents, $3240.
Steuben glass vase with an etched abstract and geometric decoration over "F. Leger," signed, New York, circa 1939, 111/2" high, the original presentation and shipping boxes with Steuben labels, minor ... (Read More)
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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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