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(Auction)"Fresh" Never Gets Stale
The Fishermen by Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) sold for $16,590 (est. $3000/5000). The 7 7/8" x 6" (plate size) etching on Shogun paper with watermark is dated 1915 and numbered 1/50. Only 18 of the intended 50 were printed.Der Brieftrager by Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1885) sold for $248,000 (est. $70,000/ ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important Discovery of East Tennessee Pottery Surfaces
The best piece in the Mort family trove was this rounded "J. Mort" jug enhanced with incised wavy lines and a reddish salt glaze. This is the only stamped example from the Mort pottery of Jefferson County-the rectangular mark appears in several places. The jug sold for $23,000 (est. $2000/3000).Although ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Walter Biggs and the Chandlee Boys Lead Farmer Sale
These United Confederate Veterans ribbons and badges signify various events associated with Virginia veterans. They range from an event in Gettysburg in 1913 to one in Farmville, Virginia, in 1926. They are constructed from silk ribbons with celluloid buttons and badges. All are soiled and show their age. The largest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ohio Valley Auction
Henderson family cherry one-piece library bookcase, possibly by Richard Rood of Marietta, Ohio, circa 1830, 981/2" high x 563/4" wide, old refinish, age cracks, stains, $16,450.Curly maple two-piece corner cupboard attributed to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, mid-19th century, 871/2" high x 57" wide, older finish, $10,281.Theorem fan, schoolgirl work with a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Quai St. Michel, 1888, oil on canvas, 213/4" x 28", signed lower left. It sold to dealer Joe Caldwell of Manlius, New York, in the salesroom for $2,098,500 (est. $2.5/3.5 million). Caldwell said he thought he got a good buy for his client. On May 21, 1998, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Asian Art Sells Well in Chicago
One of two rhinoceros horn cups that each sold for $394,000, this 61/2" wide cup consigned by a Wisconsin collector is elaborately carved and dates from the 17th century.From a Chicago collection, this 43/4" high cup is one of two rhinoceros horn cups that sold for $394,000 each. This 17th-/18th-century ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Something for Everyone Toy Auction
A Carette gauge I #2350 locomotive and tender, one of the most realistic and complex American steam profile locomotives, offered with the correct eight-wheel tender with matching numbers and powered by a robust clockwork mechanism with forward and reverse gearing, 23" long, sold for $28,750 (est. $12,000/15,000) after a three-way ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: A Coming Contemporary Boom
EditorialIf the Artist's Resale Right (ARR), currently in effect in the U.K., extends to the work of artists 70 years after their death, the contemporary art market in the United States stands to win big. The ARR currently pays living artists a royalty each time their work is resold on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Changing of the Guard at the Christie Classic Antique Show
Precious Antiques, Freelton, Ontario, asked $495 for this circa 1850 Canadian doll buggy with blue leather seat, sun shade with fringe, and hand-forged wheels.Brad Jacobs of Aberfoyle, Ontario, has seen a declining interest in American art pottery recently. Nevertheless, he offered a circa 1927 Rookwood vase for $225; a circa ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early American Sword Leads the Charge at Gould's Auction
This early American silver-mounted sword by Cornelius Wynkoop sold for $25,300. According to Gould, Wynkoop is one of a handful of the earliest documented American silversmiths.Nineteenth-century double-sided trade sign for the J.L. Nash Inn, Addison, Maine, $8625.This long, straight, simple stretcher-base harvest or tavern table had a single long drawer, ... (Read More)
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