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(Auction)Decoy Auction: Diverse Offerings Hold Up Well
This rare hollow canvasback drake by Charles Perdew with original paint by Edna Perdew sold for $63,250 (est. $45,000/ 55,000) to a collector from Illinois. It was ex-David Galliher.A rare green-winged teal drake by Robert Elliston (1849-1915) of Bureau, Illinois, sold to a collector in New Jersey for $31,625 (est. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shankland's Victoria Cross Sells to the Canadian War Museum
$288,000 (Canadian). Photo courtesy Bonhams.The Canadian War Museum of Ottawa, Ontario, purchased the Robert Shankland medal set, which includes the Victoria Cross and the Distinguished Conduct Medal, at Bonhams in Toronto on May 25 for $288,000 (approximately $257,363 U.S.)."Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Shankland's story is an essential part of the national heritage ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Base Found and Sold to the Met
Scott Defrin, owner of European Decorative Arts Company, located in Gallery Six at the Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, New York City, made a remarkable discovery in April. Defrin found the long-missing pedestal to Hercules and Antaeus, an 11" ivory sculpture attributed to the Master of the Martyrdom of Saint ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctioneer Indicted
Anthony Bonneau of T’s Family Auction, Cairo, New York, was indicted on charges of grand larceny in the third degree by a Greene County, New York, grand jury on May 13.Bonneau is accused of selling property that once belonged to artist James Michael Newall (1900-1985) and not remitting the proceeds ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiger Maple Sells at DeFina
A bid of $6900 was needed to own this tiger maple 12-light two-piece corner cupboard in an old refinish with an older mustard paint interior and retaining its original glass.Constructed of tiger maple and curly maple, this circa 1835 one-drawer stand with fabulous rope twist legs, in an old refinish, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Art Department Expands and Contracts
Robin Starr, Skinner paintings department director pro tem, is pictured with works by Arthur C. Goodwin (1864-1929), one of them (top) a New York City scene, the other of Boston. If considered in light of the cities’ baseball team competition, the equivalent of the Yankees won this time. Park Ave. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Standing Room Only at Slotin Sale
International folk art is becoming more a part of the Slotin auction with each sale. Swiss artist Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930) created Blatt Aus Heft, an 11¼" x 16¼" colored pencil work, in 1917. At $40,480, it was the highest-priced lot of the sale. Provenance included the Phyllis Kind Gallery and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Law of Rules
Stephens patent German silver and ivory folding rule, $6160.Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools, Nashua, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoRecession or not, tool dealers are still hammering away at their
craft. Now in its tenth year, Martin J. Donnelly's semiannual sale of tools and
antiques in Nashua, New Hampshire, with a show, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antique Dealer Blooz
Rob Werner. Schinto photo.Robert Zanré. Photo courtesy Michele Grady.by Jeanne SchintoI sit in my shop all day longNobody buys nothin' thereSomethin' must be wrongMaybe instead of tryin' to sell this crapI should have stayed home, baby, and had a fabulous nap, you know.I'm an antique dealer, babyOh, yeah, And I ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judge Rules in the Curious Case of the Painting That Was Sold, Then Not Sold
by David HewettOn June 4, Judge William H. Pauley III of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, denied a petitioner's motion for a preliminary injunction and refused to issue a temporary restraining order involving a particular painting that was offered and sold at Christie's May 13 ... (Read More)
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