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(Feature)The Printer, the Letter, and the Post Office
EditorialSubscribers recently received a letter from Maine Antique Digest that contained a two-page ad for the November 7 and 8 auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine.Some recipients have questioned whether M.A.D. is getting into the direct mail business, or whether we've sold our subscriber list to Thomaston ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks
A Book Reviewby David A. SperlingTimeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocksby Frank L. Hohmann III, with contributions from Kirtland H. Crump, Donald L. Fennimore, Morrison H. Heckscher, Martha H. Willoughby, and David F. WoodHohmann Holdings LLC, 2009, 376 pages, hardbound, $125 plus S/H from the publications division of (www.sothebys.com) or ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Following the Links
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Turkey Hunter by Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), oil on canvas, signed, 20" x 24", professionally relined, minor inpainting, $47,587.50 (est. $30,000/40,000).Portrait of Elk Foot Jerry, Taos by JosephHenry Sharp (1859-1953), oil on canvas,signed and dated 1941, also inscribed"Hunting Son, Taos" on cardboard on back, 20" x 16", $81,075 (est. $40,000/60,000).Nampeyo ... (Read More)
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(Show)Lovely Setting, Improved Results at Second Old York Antiques Show
"It's plank-on-frame construction with many working parts," said dealer Dave White of White's Nautical Antiques as he was describing this Gloucester fishing schooner, 1880-90, for which he was asking $3950. It sold later in the show.John Hunt Marshall's son Leland stands in front of a colorful Italian three-panel folding screen, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Greenwich Kiwanis Fall Antiques Show Slow Out of the Gate
Barrett Menson of Perkins & Menson Antiques, Townsend, Massachusetts, new to the show, had a period frame for every picture, and this one fit his face beautifully. The 14" x 10" 19th-century frame still hadits little brass hanging ring on top ($330). "It's rare because it's made of full bird's-eye ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Who Would Have Thunk It?
by Steve ProffittHuman nature is funny. There are some people you don't like from the moment you meet them. Others you immediately like and gravitate toward under the same circumstances. My feelings were the latter for a M.A.D. reader who wrote me about a bad auction experience. His comments were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Plane's the Thing
Lowe's patent fillister plane, $7040.A triptych-style folding tool cabinet, full of ornamental turning tools by Holtzapfel & Deyerlain of London, England, essentially complete, with handles in beech, rosewood, and ebony, fetched $1210.Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools, Nashua, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoLive Free or Die Antique Tool Auctions is now celebrating ... (Read More)
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(Show)Exhibitors at Vermont's Antiques Week See Long-Awaited Upsurge in Business
We photographed the 383/4" 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)Ike's Jacket Leads Three-Day Auction
General Dwight D. Eisenhower's uniform "Ike" jacket, 38 regular, custom tailored by Clipper Craft Clothes as indicated by a label on the interior breast pocket with the typed identification "Gen. D. Eisenhower"and the date 3/45. The jacket has a patch for SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) upper left, shoulder ... (Read More)
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