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$350,500. Photo courtesy Freeman's.by Lita Solis-CohenLate on Monday afternoon, April 30, toward the end of Freeman's long spring American furniture, silver, folk, and decorative arts sale, a painted pine blanket chest came up. The circa 1800 chest, decorated with tulips, hearts, compass flowers, and birds in red, white, and black ... (Read More)
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-Avalon Celebrates Ten Years.Avalon Antiques Marketplace in Wiscasset, Maine, recently cited as one of "10 Favorite Antiques Stores, Flea Markets and Salvage Shops" in Yankee Magazine's "Best of New England" (May/June 2012), celebrates its tenth anniversary in June. To celebrate, Avalon is having a storewide sale, June 9-17, with discounts ... (Read More)
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The Cooperstown (New York) Outdoor Antique Show will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday, July 1.Originally a fund-raising project of the now-defunct Tri-County Antique Dealers Association, the show was first held on association member Bob Cook's field in Coopers-town. In the early 1980's the show was moved to the grounds ... (Read More)
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This 401/2" x 291/2" oil on canvas portrait by Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872-1930), labeled on the back Venetian Lady, signed lower left, came from a private collection in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and sold for $20,700.Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusettsby Jackie SideliPhotos courtesy Eldred'sFor more than 50 years, the ... (Read More)
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The Comollos' shop. It may look like an average little roadside shop. It's not.Barbara and Clarke Comollo.This photo hints at how diverse the Comollos' inventory is. The Ethan Allen vane ($3800) has a nice green-yellow patina. The painting of Mt. Monadnock depicting various farming activities is signed "TSW" and is ... (Read More)
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A rare Rene Lalique "Courges" vase, circa 1914, 71/2" high x 71/2" diameter, in dark red glass with double-molded signature at the base and incised "France," raced past the $6000 high estimate to command a winning price of $57,000.Gorham bombe-form sterling silver bowl, 9" x 18", with spot-hammered surface, flanked ... (Read More)
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The sale's top lot was a 30" x 25 1/8" oil painting, a contemporary copy of The Slaves by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883). Produced in London in the 1830's to 1850's, the painting went to a collector on the phone for $72,000 (est. $60,000/80,000). It was that buyer's only purchase.Two pairs ... (Read More)
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Butterfly-form bannerstone named "Sunset Glory," ferruginous quartz, 3 1/4" x 5 1/2", found in Missouri, $245,700.Hourglass-form bannerstone with single face, ferruginous quartz of good color, 3 5/8" high, found in St. Louis County, Missouri, $62,100.Popeyed birdstone with oval expanding eyes and flattened, flaring tail, green-speckled hardstone porphyry, 3 1/4" long, ... (Read More)
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by David HewettOn March 27 three U.S. Court of Appeals judges re-confirmed the decision reached by a federal judge in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2010. They denied the appeal of art dealer Jack Solomon, who had claimed that he remained the owner of a painting by Norman Rockwell, Russian Schoolroom.It ... (Read More)
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Anthony Bonneau, former owner of T's Family Auction, Cairo, New York, appealed his conviction of grand larceny and the order to pay restitution. An April 5 decision by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York affirmed the conviction and order.In 2010 Bonneau was sentenced to two to ... (Read More)
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