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Cast-iron ram shooting target, fresh to the market, $3850, and one of two Mott Foundry benches, circa 1865, $2250 the pair from Don and Marta Orwig of Corunna, Indiana.Mike and Marti Korba of The old Shed, Russiaville, Indiana, had already sold the sawbuck table, but the jelly cupboard (center) in ... (Read More)
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After about two hours of warmup, the section that the Slotins call the Masters was offered. It included two examples by Mattie Lou OKelley of Banks County, Georgia, both from the Karen and Werner Gundersheimer collection. Her Spotted Cat, 24" x 18", had been illustrated in a 1980 Life magazine ... (Read More)
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Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), Off Shore, 1967, signed lower right, tempera on masonite, 21¼" x 51½", $6,354,500 (est. $1.2/1.8 million). The three men, one of them Wyeths neighbor, are going clam digging on the Georges River in Cushing, Maine, which was the view from Wyeths front lawn. A large painting, it ... (Read More)
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Confederate Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghmans presentation flag, the inscribed sword he was wearing when killed at the Battle of Champion Hill in 1863, and his sword belt generated the top bid of the auction, $59,750. These artifacts had been in the possession of the direct lineal descendants of General Tilghman ... (Read More)
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Carlson & Stevenson, Manchester Center, Vermont, asked $1400 for the trundle bed (it would make a nice coffee table with a piece of glass on top) and $850 for the circa 1910 double birdcage. The early 20th-century watercolors of ships by a California artist are in period frames and were ... (Read More)
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by David HewettOn July 22, Oregon Attorney General John Kroger announced that the state had filed a lawsuit in Multnomah County against Lucy Leffler Knopf. Knopf and her auction firm, AAA Team Auctions, Antique & Art Dealers, LLC, are charged with several violations of Oregon's Unlawful Trade Practices Act and ... (Read More)
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A Haida or Tlingit eagle effigy bowl, estimated at $50,000/80,000, was the auctions top seller at $146,000. The bowl went overseas, purchased by a dealer who was not necessarily the end user, Jim Haas said. He said that bowls like thisa great early classic example of Northwest Coast materialwere exceedingly ... (Read More)
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The 5 7/8" diameter Chinese porcelain bowl had lovely color and form, and the seal of Daoguang on the base dated it to 1821-50. A similarly marked pair of 12¾" high vases in a Famille Rose pattern brought an astounding $902,500 at Christies on September 15, 2009. They were from ... (Read More)
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The tall clock by Simon Willard, circa 1810, had a great deal going for it and became the top lot of the Ingolfsrud collection, selling at $63,250. May 16.A walnut blanket box with dovetailed construction and bracket ogee feet soared to $10,350, leaving its $150/250 estimate far, far behind. May ... (Read More)
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Hanes & Ruskin, Old Lyme, Connecticut, asked $3750 for the unsigned Thomas Willis school silk and paint picture of boats in a tramp art frame. The bowl on the William and Mary chest was $3350, and the mirrored sconce is one of a pair for $3350 the pair. The table ... (Read More)
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