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(Fragment)Northeast Auctions Starts Antiques Week in New Hampshire with $2.3 Million Sale
These oval portraits by Rufus Porter of five members of the Bartlett family of Massachusetts brought $25,200.
This 91/2" high Liverpool jug with an image of a member of the Boston Fusiliers sold for $11,400.
This Benjamin Frothingham-labeled Chippendale mahogany slant-lid desk with a reverse serpentine front brought $42,000.
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(Auction)Duck Dynasty
This 1890's black-bellied plover by A. Elmer Crowell of East Harwich, Massachusetts, appeared on the cover of American Bird Decoys by William J. Mackey Jr., published in 1965. Estimated at $125,000/175,000, it sold for $214,000 to Charleston, South Carolina, dealer Tom Reed, who calls his business American Sporting Classics. Reed ... (Read More)
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()Stoneware and Pottery Auction
"G.W. Hubacher, Dry Goods &c., Clarington Ohio," eight-gallon crock stenciled with a shield-breasted, spread-winged eagle and having freehand cobalt lines, $5170. It previously sold at auction for $9000 hammer.
Two-piece birdbath with embossed birds at the bottom, diffused blue and white, unmarked, 93/4" high, $3080.
"From W. H. Mallory, Clarington, Ohio," six-gallon ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Dust Jacket" Plover Brings $214,000
$214,000. Pennington photo.
A black-bellied plover by A. Elmer Crowell that appeared on the cover of William J. Mackey's 1965 book American Bird Decoys sold for $214,000 (est. $125,000/175,000) on August 1 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at Guyette, Schmidt & Deeter's annual summer two-day auction.
The plover was part of the Carolyn ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Roadshow "Golden Ticket" Sweepstakes
Antiques Roadshow, PBS's most-watched ongoing prime time series, is offering "Golden Ticket" sweepstakes entrants a chance to win a VIP trip for two to the Roadshow event in Richmond, Virginia.
The grand prize includes round-trip transportation for two adults to Richmond; hotel accommodations for two consecutive nights; a VIP entrance for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Catherine Sweeney Singer Named Director of the Philadelphia Antiques Show
Catherine Sweeney Singer at the 2009 American Art Fair in New York City.
On July 31, the board of the Philadelphia Antiques Show an- nounced the appointment of Catherine Sweeney Singer as the show's director, which is a new position for the show. Sweeney Singer will be working with the exhibitors, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and Paintings Sale on the Cape
Norman Rockwell's Study for Lunch Break with a Knight was signed on the lower right. It had been featured on the cover of the November 3, 1962, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. The lot included a framed copy of the magazine cover. It came from a private Massachusetts collection. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ira Hudson Decoys Lead Sporting Art Sale
The top decoy lot, which sold at $207,000, was this red-breasted merganser pair by Ira D. Hudson (1873-1949) of Chincoteague, Virginia.
This brant by Harry V. Shourds (1861-1920) of Tuckerton, New Jersey, sold for $57,500 (est. $25,000/35,000).
This circa 1920 bluebill drake by Joseph W. Lincoln (1859-1938) of Accord, Massachusetts, went for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Former Auctioneer Sentenced on Fraud Charges
Robert W. Duncan, former owner and auctioneer of Bob Duncan and Associates in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced on July 30 in federal court to four years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Duncan, 55, entered a guilty plea on March 12 to defrauding the Social Security ... (Read More)
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()Strong Dealer Buying at Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association Annual Show
Mill Brook Antiques, Reading, Vermont, reported very good preshow sales. In fact, most dealers said there was a lot of action at setup, some of which we witnessed. This labeled Grenfell mat is 21" x 331/2" and was priced at $1950.
Holden Antiques, Sherman, Connecticut, showed a painted game board, 36" ... (Read More)
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