(Show)
We photographed the 38¾" wide bowfront tambour desk before the show opened when there was no price on it. By the time we got back, the first customers had entered, and it had sold. Martin J. Ferrick Antiques, Lincolnville, Maine, was the exhibitor. Fellow exhibitors said that Ferrick had a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
This 17" x 25" oil on board by Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) brought the top price of the sale, $235,750, from a New York City gallery on the phone, bidding against at least seven other phone bidders. The lot also included the first edition of the book We, the People ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
by Daniel GrantMuseums are full of stuff, and they are always trying to get more. Sometimes they buy objects for their collections (from dealers, auction houses, and collectors), and more often they receive things as donations.There is, however, a whole realm of other ways of acquiring additional items. One way ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Navajo Horse Race by Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939), signed and dated 1927, oil on canvas, 26½" x 32½", minor craquelure, light surface soiling and slight yellowing of varnish, $196,250.Smith & Wesson Model 3 Russian second model revolver, mid-19th century, .44 caliber, 7" barrel, with floral engraving, ivory grips with relief-carved ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondForgive us. We're often not sure where we are, or, at least, not sure of where we've been. One of the hazards of so much business travel is that we're constantly trying to remember with whom we had a particular conversation and where we were ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, former director of the Museum Villa Stuck in Munich, has been appointed director of the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington. The Frye was established in the 1950's as a private foundation and museum. Its founding collection focuses on late 19th- and early 20th-century European art with ... (Read More)
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Show promoters Melrose & Duddy have announced plans for a new show to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia. Antiques in Charlottesville will be held January 22-24, 2010, at the University Center Holiday Inn in Charlottesville."We are confident our brand of show is a great fit for the Charlottesville market," said ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
An 8½" x 7" bound book of 22 Native American pictographs in pencil, colored pencil, and ink sold to a phone bidder for $34,365. Doug Deihl said a collector bought it and added that it may end up in a museum someday. The images were mostly of mounted Brule Lakota ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
Robin Fernsell.A partial view of Fernsells gallery.Pair of Maine thumb-back Windsors with very well-preserved paint, $3500. Fernsell said, I dont like to buy things that need work. I dont know how to do it, and I dont want to spend the money to get it done.by Frank DoneganWe all know ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Given a full-page picture in the catalog,this exceptional 14" tall Roseville red Carnelian II beehive vase with a black label, part of the 400 series and known to some collectors as Carnelian III, sold for $10,800 (est. $5000/7000), the highest price of the weekend.Joseph Heinrichs hammered copper tray with silver ... (Read More)
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