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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Past the Halfway Point
>by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAround our house, Hollie's always taking things apart to fix them and putting them back together. If we're going to have to call someone in anyway, we might as well take a crack at it first, right? More than once, with the dishwasher disassembled or ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.A New World Imagined: Art of the Americas, edited by Fronia ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Time Is Money at Moore Auction
A Berthoud marine chronometer number 31, with papers documenting its purchase in 1936 for $200, sold for $57,500.Ferdinand Berthoud pocket chronometernumber 74, $63,250.The top-selling coin in the Friday night session was this 1851-O $20 gold piece that brought $10,925.Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, Maineby Mark SiscoAt Hap Moore's two-day auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twenty-Six Lots of Americana in California Sale
From a private San Francisco collection, an H.B. Nims and Co. terrestrial floor globe, Boston, second half of the 19th century, sold to a buyer from the design field for $10,370 (est. $4000/6000).An oil on board of the U.S.S. South Carolina by Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1921), dated 1916, sold to a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Original Round Top Antiques Fair
An English papier-mache jewelry box, circa 1870, was priced at $1499 by Ray Carter of The Box Shop, Alpharetta, Georgia. The material, a low-cost alternative to wood and plaster, was made of chipped wood bound with lacquer and glues. The box was inlaid with mother-of-pearl and sealed with another coat ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sterling McCall Antiques Showcase
Calvin Hendrickson of Lingering Treasures, Brenham, Texas, offered this 19th-century yarn winder for $175. Made by Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. of Providence, Rhode Island, it was used to wrap spools of yarn that were purchased by the foot in a general store. This piece came from the general store ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Rifle Hall Americana Antique Show & Fall Fest
An assortment of sterling silver napkin rings with dates from the 1840's to the 1950's was offered for prices ranging from $40 to $300 by Paul Kurilecz of Floribunda Cottage, Dallas, Texas. Many have engraved names or initials, and Kurilecz likes to pair names, such as Fred and Ginger.A pine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Icon of American Horology Sells for $539,500
The William Bond & Son astronomical regulator, made in 1868, sold to a private collector for $539,500 (est. $300,000/500,000). The clock has a single-arm gravity escapement and a constant-force remontoire invented by Richard F. Bond. Only two other clocks like it are known. One was made for Harvard University's observatory, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Personable or Poisonous?
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittPersonality-how important is it to a business deal? Well, if you're an auctioneer considering signing an auction contract with a prospective seller, it is extremely important.Last month we began considering the due diligence that an auctioneer should conduct on a prospective auction seller, and we ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Joseph Sorger Collection
The 241/2" high white marble bust of a woman by William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874), signed "Wm. H. Rinehart Sculpt. Roma 1874," sold for $25,000 (est. $3000/5000) to New England collectors in the room. (The 421/2" high Carrara marble pedestal under the bust was sold separately for $544.)Cataloged as French school, ... (Read More)
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