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(Auction)Freeman's Americana Auction
This 7" high carved and painted Hopi kachina figure, 19th century, from a Haverford, Pennsylvania, estate sold on the Internet for $6400 (est. $500/800).
This Coasting Bank is a rare painted cast-iron and lead mechanical bank, marked "Coasting Bank" on the red-painted openwork base. It is thought to have been designed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Men's Historical Clothing Sells Big Time
Thomas McDonough was appointed the first British consul to New England (Boston) in 1790. He owned this British consul's coat and breeches (and there is a portrait of him wearing them). The red wool broadcloth cutaway coat has blue facings, a high stand collar, gold bullion embroidery, and gold etched ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Looking For a Last Minute Gift Idea?
Do you have an antiques enthusiast on your holiday list? A collector? Maine Antique Digest makes a great gift all year long! If you are already a subscriber, renew your subscription for $43 and give as many gift subscriptions as you'd like for only $38 each. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Helly Nahmad Pleads Guilty
Hillel Nahmad, also known as "Helly" Nahmad, pleaded guilty on November 12, 2013, in Manhattan federal court in connection with his leadership role in the operation of a high-stakes illegal sports gambling business.
Nahmad was charged in April 2013 in a 34-defendant indictment charging members and associates of two Russian-American organized ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Holiday Sale 2013
Russell Crook stoneware vase, school of fish contrasting with an indigo ground, unmarked, 111/2" high, restoration to two rim chips and a base chip, $36,800.
Rookwood Sea Green vase, Matt Daly, 1899, lightly carved, three black cranes on a cloud-like green ground, 13" high, fine overall crazing, minor scratch or two, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Million-Dollar Folk Art Sale
Every Slotin sale has a number of Howard Finster works. This Finster, Vision of Mary's Angel, 6000.908, October 14, 1987, enamel on wood, 48" x 48", ex-Phyllis Kind Gallery, was the highest-priced piece in the sale, bringing $51,600.
Sister Gertrude Morgan, The Rising of Lazarus (Triptych): Christ the Multitude, Christ at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Decades of Southern Pottery Society Sales
"Huge" is the first impression of this 15-gallon storage jar with four lug handles and signed "J C M." Known to be the work of Daniel Seagle, for resale by John Conrad Michal's mercantile business, it is only the third known pot with this marking. It topped the prices realized ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Remington Drawings Tower over Thomaston Sale
Thomas Hart Benton lithograph, Wreck of the Ol' 97, Associated American Artists 1944 edition, $11,500. Thomaston Place photo.
Two Frederic Remington ink drawings were the high lots of the sale. Shown is Sun Fisher, which brought $166,750. Not shown, A Running Bucker, which finished at $184,000.
This original 11" x 81/2" unframed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gerald Ward Named First Recipient of Winterthur's Wendell Garrett Award
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware has awarded the first Wendell D. Garrett Award to Gerald W.R. Ward for distinguished achievement in American decorative arts. The award was established as a testament to the unparalleled accomplishments of one of Winterthur's most illustrious alumni, Wendell Garrett (1929-2012), who was a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Christmas Wishes" Auction Exceeds Expectations
Marklin 2nd Series Cincinnati battleship, 1912-15, enameled, electric-driven, 34" long, $77,880.
Marklin George Washington ocean liner, 1909-15, enameled, clockwork mechanism, 37" long, $77,880.
Possibly unique C.K. (Japan) lithographed tin key-wind Santa open roadster with lively festive graphics and internal bellows, late 1930's, 7" long, $37,760.
Tipp & Co. (Germany) Minnie and Mickey Mouse ... (Read More)
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