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(Auction)High on Coke and Low on HoJos
Coca-Cola porcelain globe sign, $6875.Bruce Gamage Jr., Rockland, Maineby Mark SiscoBruce Gamage Jr. held a compact two-day midwinter auction in Rockland, Maine, on January 23 and 24. No records were set that we're aware of, but he did bring forth some interesting art from a Maine island family, some nice ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diamonds Sparkle at Flat Rock
The sale’s top lot at $41,250 was this diamond necklace with 50 carats of high-grade baguettes. It was appraised for $135,275.Richard Hatch & Associates, Flat Rock, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklPhotos courtesy Richard Hatch & AssociatesIn all the advertising for his February 26 and 27 sale in Flat Rock, North Carolina, ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Free Software
by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] or catalog cover for an imaginary event being designed with free Scribus page layout software.As the number of unemployed increases in these troubled times, some of those people join the self-employed. But a new business requires resources, not the least of which is the ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Connoisseurship Revisited
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSome time ago, we talked about how we believe the "good, better, best" paradigm had run amok with "best" becoming the focus, as the paradigm seemed to be moving toward "junk, less junky, worth owning." Now we've started wondering if the whole idea of connoisseurship ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Will Power
by Steve ProffittM.A.D.'s publisher, Sam Pennington (1929-2008), sent me a letter a couple of years ago that he had received from a reader. I came across it recently in my file and am using an edited version to address some of its points:"Dear Sam,"Steve Proffitt writes in M.A.D. about disposing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Harris, Hathaway, and Hartford Produce a Good Sale
Harris & Co. running horse weathervane, $1870.Ship painting byW. Thompson Perkins, $990.Saco River Auction Company, Biddeford, Maineby Mark SiscoAfter more than three decades in the auction business, including many years working with Maine auctioneer Claude Van Tassel, Floyd Hartford has been running his own Saco River Auction Company in Biddeford, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Elinor Gordon's Chinese Export Collection
The Chinese export figure of an 8" long recumbent stag, second half of the 18th century, in thickly enameled yellow glaze with white spots and with an incised whorl pattern, its head fitted with detachable replaced antlers, sold to a young collector in the salesroom for $62,500 (est. $15,000/25,000).There were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Printed Americana: From Early Imprints to Twin Towers Blueprints
A first edition of Esther Levy’s Jewish Cookery Book, published in Philadelphia in 1871, sold for $10,800 (est. $10,000/ 15,000). The book’s elaborate subtitle—on Principles of Economy, Adapted for Jewish Housekeepers, with the Addition of Many Useful Medicinal Recipes, and Other Valuable Information, Relative to Housekeeping and Domestic Management —gives ... (Read More)
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(Feature)How a 1400-Year-Old Brooch Got in the Oven and Why the Government Took It
by Robert KyleSheila Edgeworth was cleaning her kitchen range when she came upon a peculiar round object wedged inside. She asked her husband, Pat Joe, to take a look. He thought it was a nose ring for a donkey.They removed the object, dusted it off, and saw it resembled an ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Country: Focus on Folk Art
Harvey Pranian of Evanston, Illinois, mixes folk art, tribal artifacts, and unusual objects to dramatic effect. The possibly French Art Deco presentation of a water buffalo skull with bronze accents was $15,000, and the swan confidence decoy, $4900.George Meekins of Country Treasures, Preston, Maryland, called our attention to the fine ... (Read More)
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