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Gerald Peters Gallery, New York City, asked $600,000 for The Old Checkered House by Grandma Moses, 351/2" x 443/4", painted in 1944.
Ralston Crawford, The Sails, oil on canvas, 26" x 40", $375,000 from Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, New York City.
This William Hunt Diederich (1884-1953) fire screen was $115,000 ... (Read More)
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The ornate Art Nouveau enameled gold pin, set with 2.9 carats of European-cut diamonds and seed pearls, brought $15,400.
Pictured are three separate lots of jewelry. The Art Deco platinum brooch set with pointed rubies and diamonds, plus other diamonds, in a filigree setting sold for $1925. The Art Deco diamond ... (Read More)
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This Federal Pembroke table, attributed to the Goddard family of Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1810, is mahogany with urn and bellflower inlay. It may have been refinished and has some surface wear. It brought $36,000.
Chippendale chest of drawers in cherry, Massachusetts or Connecticut, circa 1780, period brasses and old finish, ... (Read More)
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Photo courtesy Sotheby's.
The Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in British America, sold for $14,165,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Sotheby's in New York City on November 26, 2013. It made auction history, setting an auction record for any printed book. It was purchased by philanthropist David Rubenstein, co-founder and ... (Read More)
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Under Surveillance, 24" x 30", oil on board, 1971, by Frank McCarthy (1924-2002) sold for $112,500 (est. $30,000/50,000) to a private collector from Texas, who had bought a Bierstadt at the Bonhams spring 2013 sale. Catalog notes said, "A porcelain plate was produced on behalf of Wells Fargo & Co. ... (Read More)
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This E. Howard & Co. No. 68 floor-standing astronomical regulator sold for a record $277,300.
An E. Howard No. 68 astronomical regulator clock, 105" tall, sold for $277,300 (includes buyer's premium) at Fontaine's Auction Gallery in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on November 23, 2013. According to John Fontaine, that's a new world auction ... (Read More)
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The company of Samuel Kirk & Son, founded in 1815 or 1817, once billed itself as America's oldest silversmith and operated under various Kirk family names until 1979 when it was bought out and renamed the Kirk Stieff Corporation. The intricately decorated matched pair of Kirk serving dishes sold for ... (Read More)
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Two early wax cylinder Edison recordings by the black singing group Unique Quartette sold for $2070 and $1265. Saco River photos.
Robert Wesley Amick (1879-1969), oil on canvas, The Rainmaker, early 1940's, $5175.
This panoramic shoreline seascape by Caroline Melissa Nettleton Thurber sold for $16,675.
Circa 1862 tintype of Abraham Lincoln, $575.
This large ... (Read More)
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This mixed-media work, The New York City Marathon, was displayed by Antique Elements, Roslyn, New York. The painting and the frame were made by Loren Munk (b. 1951) in the 1970's. The dealers asked $12,500 for it.
Glen Leroux of Westport, Connecticut, had the first booth as one entered the "modern" ... (Read More)
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Director of paintings Rachel Weathers stands by the star of this year's Louisiana Purchase Auction, a portrait of Major General James Wilkinson (1757-1825) by Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (c. 1750-1802). The work established a world record for the sought-after Spanish colonial artist when it sold for $591,000 ... (Read More)
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