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by Lita Solis-CohenPeter Seibert, who served as president of the Heritage Center of Lancaster County Inc. from 1993 to 2008 and is currently the executive director of the National Council for History Education, has a weekend job as a consultant and catalog specialist at Cordier Antiques & Auctions in Camp ... (Read More)
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This Canada goose in hissing pose by George H. Boyd (1873-1941) of Seabrook, New Hampshire, was from the Carter collection. It has a crooked neck, strongly turned head, and canvas over frame body construction. One of three known examples, it is illustrated on the cover of Jim Cullen's recently published ... (Read More)
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A circa 1910 Santo Domingo bowl was priced at $18,500 at Michael D. Higgins & Son, Tucson, Arizona.Santa Fe, New Mexicoby Alice KaufmanThe Whitehawk Antique Indian Art Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is always beautiful to look at, but the 32nd annual, held August 15-17, seemed to be more ... (Read More)
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Parkman-Scollay family bombe chest of drawers, $782,500. Sotheby's photo.Chester County wainscot chair that descended in the Lewis family, $77,025. Pook & Pook photo.Connecticut "sunflower" chest, possibly by Peter Blin, $482,500. Christie's photo.by Lita Solis-CohenAmericana sales in New York City at Christie's and Sotheby's have long been considered seasonal barometers of ... (Read More)
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The award for "Best in Auction" goes to this Tiffany "Aladdin" lamp with a Favrile glass shade that brought $8550. The shade is signed, and "Tiffany Studios New York 575" is impressed on the base. The central oil font is inscribed with swirling arabesques. The shade measures 10" in diameter, ... (Read More)
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Bidders vied heavily for this conditionA 48" x 36" Mather work incentive paper poster from 1925 by an unknown designer with a hospital theme (better to view a poster than the inside of an ambulance or a hospital room), which brought the auction's second-highest price at $11,400 from a collector ... (Read More)
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This tooth is from the scrimshaw collection of Thomas H. Gosnell of Rochester, New York, and Nantucket, Massachusetts, who died in April 2009. He was active in land preservation efforts in Nantucket and in New York state and a supporter of and donor to historical societies and educational institutions. This ... (Read More)
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by Jeanne SchintoSensory Marketing: Research on the Sensuality of Productsedited by Aradhna KrishnaRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, 392 pages, softbound, $39.95, or hardbound, $79, from Taylor & Francis, (800) 634-7064 or (www.taylorandfrancis.com).Give him a tap with your fingernail.Muhlbach does so. The tiny statue rings like porcelain...Muhlbach picks up the ... (Read More)
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by Betty FloodThe New York State Board of Regents voted to let museum deaccessioning regulations, which were set in 2006, expire as of October 8, according to staff members who attended the meeting on September 14. According to Assemblyman Matthew Titone (D-Staten Island) and Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (D-Westchester), when proponents ... (Read More)
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The top lot of the sale was this unsigned oil on canvas portrait by British artist George Chinnery (1774-1852). According to catalog notes, Chinnery was the only western painter of his time to make his home in southern China, in Macao and Canton. He began painting in London and Ireland, ... (Read More)
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