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(Feature)Two Jewelry Auctions and Nature Transformed
A circa 1915 Art Deco diamond and sapphire bracelet, 61/4" long, having a navette-shaped central panel with old-European-cut and rose-cut diamonds weighing approximately .70 carat and caliber-cut sapphires in platinum-topped 14k yellow gold, with gold link strap, 4.9 dwt., sold for $2125 (est. $600/800).According to Sarah Churgin, "Not a big ... (Read More)
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(Show)Spring at the Original Round Top Antiques Fair
This pair of Chinese jesters once belonged to "Doublemint Twins" Mary and Candice Prather, who are now 95 years old, according to J. Frederick Cain of Naples, Florida, who priced the jesters at $750 for the pair.It's "simply the best," said Fred Cain of this 19th-century hooked rug. Depicting two ... (Read More)
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(Auction)SOP, Simple as ABC
Best in show-a late 19th-century oil on canvas of the Dexter, with a painted title identifying the captain as P. H. Taylor and the date as 1871. It sold for $3025 (having previously sold at Cyr Auction Company for $8050 in November 2008).Robert Atkinson Fox (Canadian, 1860-1935) was a prolific ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art and Frames
Hand-carved gilded frame, 12" x 101/2", with shell motif and C-scrolls, one area of gilding loss to inner molding, $2950.Done in egg tempera on masonite in 1951, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Charges Against New Hampshire Auctioneer Dismissed
by Elizabeth DinanA New Hampshire judge dismissed assault and imprisonment charges that had been filed against auctioneer Stephen Bennett because the alleged victim failed to appear in court in time for a scheduled trial.Police had alleged that Bennett of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, assaulted and imprisoned the owner of an S.F.M. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Indiana and Other American Art at Auction
This is the exterior of Arch at Chatham, the brick building constructed as St. Joseph's Hall in the 1890's. Johnson photo.When the building was renovated a ceilingwas removed, leaving exposed trusses thatgive the auction floor a distinctive look.Johnson photo.My Garden by Ada Walter Shulz (1870-1928), oil on board, 14" x ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Cry Lawsuit Decision Reversed
by Betty Flood and Alyssa PlockIn a unanimous decision the New York State Court of Appeals has reversed, with costs, the 2010 Appellate Division decision and reinstated the order of the Surrogate's Court in the case of David Mirvish vs. Hanno Mott.The decision by Judge Susan Read revolved around the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Confusion in California! Slawinski's Gets Its Ivory Back but Ban Still in Force
by David HewettThe California law banning the sale of material originating from animals and fish listed in the federal Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act has run into its first roadblock.The antiques industry was largely unaware of the Golden State's regulation banning the sale of those items ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Grievos Sell Their Collection
This stoneware jug was made in New Haven, Connecticut, 1825-30. It is signed "Made by Absalom Stedman" and has an incised cobalt-decorated American eagle with a striped shield breast. It was exhibited at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in 1975, and its provenance includes the Preston Bassett collection, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Julia's Opens Satellite Office
Fairfield, Maine, auctioneers James D. Julia has opened a new satellite office at the 1790 House at 827 Main Street, Woburn, Massachusetts. Two specialists have been added to man the new office: James Callahan, who will serve as Julia's director of Asian arts, and Martin Willis, who will serve as ... (Read More)
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