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(Show)Fiddler's Antique Show: The Doors Are Open, Come on In
Dan Gray of Cosmos Pepper Farm, Wabash, Indiana, stood by a circular barn decoration from Indiana he was offering for $9500. Nearby (not shown) was a working "Neurocalometer" from the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, dated 1924, for $150.Mark Koch of Fulton, Missouri, had three delightful paper and ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Smaller Round Top
This quirky piece of 1940's folk art doubles as a mailbox and a bird feeder. It was found in a New York estate by Randy Siciliano, who offered it for $275.This wool rug, shown by Ann Williams Antiques + Design, was hooked and hand sheared, which gave it amazing texture. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Midwinter Sale at Carlsen
This painting was right out of a local estate, said auctioneer Russ Carlsen when presenting the 12" x 18" "as-found" J.J. Enneking oil on canvas. Signed "Enneking '79," it sold for $25,300 and was the top lot of the sale.This lot of four freeblown 18th-century calabash-form bottles, graduated in size, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)State-Owned Art Collections
by Daniel GrantIn these days, when someone in Qatar reportedly spends $250 million for a painting by Paul Cézanne, and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, looks to shore up its finances by selling to a museum for $30 million a 50% ownership stake in a collection of paintings donated to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Wing at Boston's Gardner Museum Opens
Exterior view of the lobby entrance. On right, the outdoor art installation Ailanthus by Stefano Arienti, up through January 21, 2013. Photography ©Nic Lehoux/Renzo Piano Building Workshop.A view of the link connecting the palazzo and the new wing. Schinto photo.Inside the link between the palazzo and the new wing. Schinto ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago Sale Shows Upward Trends
This large (29½" x 84" x 40") trestle table, designed by William L. Price of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, 1901, was illustrated in several magazines of the period and in George E. Thomas's book William L. Price: Arts and Crafts to Modern Design (Princeton Architectural Press, 2000). Unsigned, it was estimated ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Export Porcelain during Americana Week
This pair (one shown) of 24¼" wide Chinese export Famille Rose jardinières, Yongzhen/early Qianlong period, sold for $146,500 (est. $30,000/50,000) to a European private collector bidding on the phone.According to the catalog, "Each [is] of cylindrical form flanked by colorful Buddhist lion-mask handles suspending metal rings, the flaring rim with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)America's Oldest Watch
This is the circa 1720 Colonial New York watch by John Wright. It features a rare sun and moon silver champlevé dial and seconds hand. Notice the ribbon signature that is engraved "Wright New York." It sold for $6900 at Devin Moisan Auctioneers on May 17, 2011. Photo courtesy Devin ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Moran Watercolor Brings $1,770,000 at Brunk Auctions
Far and away the sale's top lot was Thomas Moran's watercolor on paper, Cliffs of Green River - Wyoming Territory, View of Castle Butte. The 28" x 21¼" painting was in its original late 19th-century gilt wood and composition cassetta-style frame and inscribed on the back in ink "T. Moran." ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: We're Number Two
Increased Chinese activity in the art and antiques market should not take market-watchers by surprise. The effect of an influx of Asian buyers has been apparent for several years. A report published in March by TEFAF Maastricht, the annual mega show in the Netherlands, claims that China is now the ... (Read More)
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