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A Pure and Simple Antique Show
by Don Johnson

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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Standing Room Only at Slotin Folk Art Auction
by Marty Steiner

After about two hours of “warmup,” the section that the Slotins call the “Masters” was offered. It included two examples by Mattie Lou O’Kelley 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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The Spring American Paintings Auctions
by Lita Solis-Cohen

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 Wyeth’s neighbor, are going clam digging on the Georges River in Cushing, Maine, which was the view from Wyeth’s front lawn. A large painting, it ... (Read More)

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Civil War Auction Hits $1.16 Million
by Mark Stuertz

Confederate Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman’s 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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Antiques in the Valley
by Lita Solis-Cohen

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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Oregon Auctioneer/Dealer Charged with Unlawful Trade Practices
by David Hewett

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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Native American Art Auction
by Alice Kaufman

A Haida or Tlingit eagle effigy bowl, estimated at $50,000/80,000, was the auction’s 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 this—“a great early classic example of Northwest Coast material”—were “exceedingly ... (Read More)

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Oriental and Decorative Strong at Northeast Sale
by David Hewett

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 Christie’s on September 15, 2009. They were from ... (Read More)

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Canadian Reference Book Pieces Achieve Solid Prices at Auction
by Larry Thompson

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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The Brandywine Show 2010
by Lita Solis-Cohen

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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