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(Auction)Auction of the Contents of the World
This French Empire-style mahogany and ormolu-mounted telephone sold to a phone bidder for $10,200 (est. $300/500). Including its eagle finial, it is 18½" tall. It was marked “Ste. Indlle. des Téléphones/ 25, Rue du 4 Septembre, Paris/ Système G. Bailleux/No. 15528.”
This Dr. T.J. Eckleburg-esque optical trade sign sold for $3690 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Barridoff's Spring Sale of Fine Art
View of the Barred Islands II by Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), a 1965 oil on masonite, 19" x 29", sold for $24,000 (est. $20,000/30,000). Barridoff had sold the same picture on August 6, 2004, for $18,720 to a Falmouth, Maine, collector.
Dockside by Anthony Thieme (1888-1954), 25" x 30", oil on canvas, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana
William Tylee Ranney (1813-1857), Tories with a Prisoner, circa 1857. This 14¼" x 17¼" oil on canvas has had a long exhibition history and has been published in a catalog of Ranney’s works. With a Spanierman Gallery provenance, it sold for $43,750 (est. $20,000/30,000).
This 6" x 4½" cased image of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Seekers Crowd the Spring in New Hampshire Antique Show
This tavern table with an oval 35½" x 26½" two-board top has widely splayed legs and tiny feet; it was $2500. The handled tin pot with side pouring spout, all in orange paint and with a label attesting to the fact that it came from the collection of Mr. and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Quinn & Farmer Gallery Catalog Sale
The high lot of the Quinn & Farmer sale was this massive (99" x 72" x 22") carved Renaissance Revival oak server. The three-section piece dates from the last half of the 19th century and exhibits extensive and elaborate carving. The lower cabinet has four doors enclosing storage shelves; the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Masters Are Hot—Others Not
Four Sam Doyle paintings on found metal sold. Dr. Buz Halo, 41" x 25", also had a conch shell “held” to the ear. Accompanied by Doyle’s original 1984 bill of sale and his legal agreement with Dr. Regenia Perry to be his agent, the lot brought $34,500 (est. $10,000/15,000).
With ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale
Berks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1800 mahogany tall-case clock with a broken-arch bonnet, sunflower rosettes with three inlaid panels of flowers in urns, painted metal dial, inscribed “Benjn Witman, Reading,”with an eight-day movement over a waist door inlaid with an oval panel with an eagle with a shield and banner in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Community Connections Add Spice to the Mix
Top lot among the donated works sold to benefit WLAE-TV, the local public broadcasting station, was 7th Ward Cinderella, a 40" x 30" oil on canvas by James Michalopoulos (b. 1951). It brought $15,375.
One of the many 20th-century artworks that did well was this atmospheric Man in Blue, Playing a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Harbinger of Prosperity?
This 28" x 42" portrait of the clipper ship Harbinger by Montague Dawson (British, 1895-1973) sailed away to a new owner for just above the low estimate at $126,000. Check the body of the article to find out more about the post-auction activity that made this sale special.
This 6" high ... (Read More)
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(Show)Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques & Garden Fair
By the time we arrived, Trace Mayer’s eye-catching “tree” fashioned of details from picture frames looked rather spotty. Thanks to Mayer, we have this cell phone image taken before viewers bought off portions of the design.
Artisan Ben Caldwell of Nashville, Tennessee, has repeat buyers who return for his unique copper ... (Read More)
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