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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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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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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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Mt. Washington Glass Company fig- or beet-shaped sugar shaker, in cased cranberry with polychrome floral decoration, dating to the fourth quarter of the 19th century, 3 7/8" high. The shaker was in remarkably good condition and came from collection of Richard "Dick" and Mary Ann Krauss of Clyde, Ohio. It ... (Read More)
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This 36" high painted lift-top blanket chest proved to be the auction's biggest draw. With two false upper drawer fronts on a simple cutout base, it was missing the pulls on the two lower drawers, but bidders loved the faded, dry but original blue paint. It started easily at $2000, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Buddha hand, brown and white jade, Chinese, 18th or 19th century, 3" high, $14,100.
Carved circular ink stone showing a body of water, a building, and two birds in flight, possibly nephrite jade, Chinese, Qianlong period, signed by Zi Gang, 33/4" diameter, rim flakes, $30,550.
Pair of monumental seven-light silver candelabra marked ... (Read More)
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G. Sergeant Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut, asked $14,500 for this 51" diameter single-board Sheraton breakfast table; it sold. Gary Sergeant said he also sold a mid-18th-century George II English inlaid walnut chest (not shown); the asking price was $18,000.
Diana H. Bittel of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, asked $9500 for this late 19th-/early ... (Read More)
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This very rare Quaker City three-piece revolving punch bowl in the Roosevelt pattern, 22" tall x 16" diameter, from ... (Read More)
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On July 23, Robert A. Fiolka, 69, of Staten Island, New York, was sentenced to 114 months in prison for his role in the robbery of Blue Stove Antiques in Fair Haven, New Jersey.
Fiolka previously had pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson to an information charging him ... (Read More)
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The William Morgan circa 1822 stoneware cooler from Baltimore brought the second-highest price ever paid for stoneware at auction. It sold for $230,000 (est. $30,000/50,000) to dealer Todd Prickett bidding by phone, underbid by collector Adam Weitsman in the salesroom.
This important early Manhattan stoneware jar, just 51/2" high, made by ... (Read More)
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