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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: The Crosby Garrett Helmet, dug in pieces from a muddy Cumbrian field in May and sold by Christie's South Kensington for $3,629,470 in London in October.Dug Up in May, Sold for $3.63 Million in October...Six months ago, the remarkable Roman parade helmet seen at right was ... (Read More)
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(Show)Great Fall Weekend Sparks Strong Historic Deerfield/ADA Show
Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, Litchfield, Connecticut, asked $22,500 for the George III camelback sofa, 93" long, with carved blind fretwork legs and wonderful original needlework (with some restoration).You can pick out an Artemis Gallery boothfrom across a room. North Salem, New York, dealer Jesse Goldberg always presents a carefully arranged selection ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Antique Stocking Stuffers Show
The Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, will be stuffed with a thousand feet of treasures this year when the Antique Stocking Stuffers Show and Sale returns to that venue on Sunday, December 19.Don't expect to find furniture at this show. It's limited to antique, estate, and vintage costume ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Bully Good" Shotgun Brings $862,500
$862,500. Julia photo. by Mark SiscoJames D. Julia's firearms auction in Fairfield, Maine, on October 5 and 6 came just short of totaling $10 million gross. An American shotgun, an F grade A.H. Fox 12-bore, serial number 13292, presented by Ansley Fox to Theodore Roosevelt, sold for $862,500 (includes buyer's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques I Have Known
by Jerry DavisIt looked so forlorn when I spied it on the table of a careless dealer who had not taken it in the night before. Left out for the dew to condense on its leather covering, it was a miniature trunk, made about 175 years ago of rough pine, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hidden Gems at August Auction
Further research could very well reveal the full identity of the artist "Hansen" and establish the authenticity of this 51/2" x 41/2" oil on metal portrait, possibly of Caroline Bonaparte. If truly of her, it was a winner at $600.This late autumn oil on canvas by Indiana artist Claude Curry ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Paintings
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Californiaby Alice KaufmanPhotos courtesy Bonhams & ButterfieldsScot Levitt, Bonhams & Butterfields California and Western paintings specialist, said that his August 17 and 18 auction "continued the trend of the last few sales. We sold about eighty percent, including post-auction sales, both by ... (Read More)
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(Show)Folk Fest Meets Expectations
Offered by Le Primitif Galleries, this untitled piece portrays women at market. By Haitian artist Claude Dambreville, it was $600.The floatplane and canoe combination is typical of the early work of Canadian artist Scott Griffin of Minivan Gallery andwas $900. Griffin creates the images by placing welding material on found ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Mobile Apps and On-Line Databases
A cell phone accessing auction data. Courtesy Christie's Images.Computer Column #263by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] topics will be covered: mobile applications for antiquers and on-line databases.But first, a correction. In column 260, "Antiquing Around the World-On Line," we wondered whether Becca Gauldie Antiques (www.beccagauldie.com) is actually in Scotland. Gauldie ... (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.First Impressions: Nineteenth-Century American Master Prints by Alicia G. Longwell (Parrish ... (Read More)
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