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Chinese Warrior on Horseback Captures Twenty-Eight Grand
by Mark Sisco

This 41/2" x 61/2" Chinese silk painting mounted in a wide gold brocade mat led the auction at $28,750. Thomaston Place photo. This circa 1960 large sternboard eagle by Rockland, Maine, carver Harold Simmons sold for $13,800. Although the silver market spot price peaked in late 2011, the antique silver market has ... (Read More)

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Rock Solid Results for Rockwell and Others
by Jeanne Schinto

Paris Theater by Everett Shinn (1876-1953) sold on the phone to a Connecticut dealer for $231,000 (est. $50,000/70,000). The 201/4" x 24" oil on canvas is in a Newcomb-Macklin frame. Schinto photo. Park Promenade with Bridge by Lesser Ury (German, 1861-1931) sold on the phone for $79,950 (est. $20,000/ 30,000). The ... (Read More)

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Julia Gets $4.7 Million in Four Days
by Mark Sisco

Thirteenth-century reliquary chest or chasse with six enameled figures, $183,675. Some selections from the archive of paper, photographs, and militaria from Luis Emilio, captain of the 54th Regiment, Company E, Civil War, divided into two lots that sold for $59,250 and $148,125. Pair of 19th-century Chinese cloisonne censers, 34" high, with lotus ... (Read More)

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William F. Cody Family Collection of Photographs
by Don Johnson

Cody family photo album including personal and professional portraits, Wild West shows, and Western scenery, 301 images on black album paper, $23,500. Garlow collection. Indian chiefs and U.S. officials, including William F. Cody, at Wounded Knee, large-format photo, imprint of John C.H. Grabill of Deadwood, South Dakota, 93/4" x 123/4", light ... (Read More)

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The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show Continues to Impress
by Karl H. Pass

Gene Rappaport of Strasburg, Pennsylvania, asked $55,000 for the hanging Haida Northwest Coast blanket. Dealers Harry Hartman and Oliver Overlander II of Marietta, Pennsylvania, asked $38,000 for their paint-decorated miniature Soap Hollow lift-top chest dated "1856." This hooked rug of a horse, chickens, and hearts, dated "1902," with initials "SG," was $18,500 ... (Read More)

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R.S. Prussia Tankard Sells for $28,600
by M.A.D. Staff

Ex-Barlock, a 101/2" Spring Season bowl, the only one known, brought $14,300. "Eileen was the only person who had a full set-all four seasons-in that bowl," Clark said. The auction listing noted that the tankard had small chips to the base and a red mark. It sold for $28,600, an auction ... (Read More)

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Staffers Leave Troubled Auction House, Form New Company
by M.A.D. Staff

Two senior staffers at Ivey-Selkirk, the St. Louis, Missouri, auction house, gave their notice on January 27, resigning from the firm in order to start a new St. Louis auction company. Five other former Ivey-Selkirk employees also resigned. Susan Kime and Terry Beye have founded Link Auction Galleries, named after architect ... (Read More)

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The Ralph Esmerian Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

This 111/2" x 9" needlework sampler has been given the title from the worked words "Adam and Eve in Paradice" [sic] and was made by Lydia Hart in Boston in 1744. The stitched inscription reads, "Adam and Eve in Paradice That Was The/ir Pedigree They Had A Grant Never To/ ... (Read More)

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Bird Hunting on Madison Avenue
by Clayton Pennington

Plate 26, Carolina Parrot, ... (Read More)

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Bonnie Parker's Pistol Fires National Attention
by Karla Klein Albertson

This item became a story picked up by national media. The .38 Colt Model 1902 pistol had been found on the body of Bonnie Parker at the Conger Funeral Home in Arcadia, Louisiana, after the law caught up with the infamous pair in 1934. Very well documented for outlaw memorabilia, ... (Read More)
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