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To celebrate 48 years in business, Team Antiques of White Plains, New York, has published a new catalog. In the latest issue of Team's Tiffany Treasures is a selection of many items made by Louis C. Tiffany, such as lamps, glass, desk sets, candlesticks, and other fancy goods. All items ... (Read More)
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Before I arrived in the late morning, a dry sink, a painting, and a few country stands had vanished from the booth of Bill and Ruth Garland of Jefferson, Maine. They still had this large (13") blue and white spongeware bowl with raised arches on the sides for $295.Damariscotta, Maineby ... (Read More)
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John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872), Lily Pond, Newport, Rhode Island, oil on canvas, 10" x 18", monogrammed and dated JFK/ 186 (indistinct). From Kensett's major Newport series of paintings, it has a rich tactile surface and color chords that create a luminous environment; one can almost smell the sea. ... (Read More)
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Monumental Hopi pot attributed to Nampeyo, having a stylized polychrome bird design around the shoulder, Southwest, second quarter of the 20th century, 11" high x 20" diameter, a small hole and a 2" hairline, $37,600.
Pair of pewter lamps by Josiah Warren and Daniel Stocking, Cincinnati, circa 1821, whale ... (Read More)
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Robert and Deanna Taylor of Aylett, Virginia, trade as Taylor Antiques and Estates. On this table they displayed a wooden box with inlays of clasped hands and striped shields on the lid (left), $550; a four-drawer miniature chest with turned front feet, $750; a slant-front document chest, $675; and a ... (Read More)
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Sold to benefit the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation, this circa 1869 View of Belfield, a 28 1/8" x 36 1/8" oil on canvas laid on panel, attributed to Rubens Peale, brought $40,625 (est. $15,000/25,000). Inscribed on the stretcher is "View of Charles W. Peale Homestead Near Germantown/ Copied from ... (Read More)
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Two fish portraits by Maine artist Louis C. Ewer sold for $1265 apiece.
Two beaded pouches, apparently Plains Indian strike-a-light bags, both in good shape, fetched $1540 and $660.
Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
Rusty Farrin held about 28 auctions in 2012. With the exception of an on-site auction or two, he ... (Read More)
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Interior scene by Eugenio Landesio (Italian, 1809-1879), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1863, an original handwritten label identifying the scene as a corridor of the house of the Mine of Mellado in Guanajuato, Mexico, 161/2" x 111/2" (sight), craquelure, relined with wax method, small amounts of inpainting, $24,000.
Dessert service, ... (Read More)
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The show's promoter, Marvin Getman.
A finely bound, unique collection of over 100 pieces of sheet music, 1859-64, was $1500 from Yeoman's in the Fork, Leiper's Fork, Franklin, Tennessee.
We spent a longer time than usual with Christopher Frey of Frey Fine Books, Rougemount, North Carolina, because he had a display of ... (Read More)
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In the mid-19th century, John P. Weimar modeled a bust of George Washington after the well-known life portrait by sculptor Jean- Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828). The Weimar version, cast in bronze in 1852, sold for $14,340. Neal Auction Company photo.
Top lot of the November sale was a landscape ... (Read More)
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