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(Auction)The Lights Are on at Julia's-Sort Of
A beautiful Steuben Aurene vase in glistening green, gold, and white finish with an iridescent gold interior surface sold over estimate for $15,525. Julia photo.James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoHigh-end Art Deco lamps were the high point and the low point at James D. Julia's lamp and glass ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Long Decoys Sell at Historic $4.1 Million Sale
Selling to a private collector on the phone at $661,250, this nesting Canada goose by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) dates from the pre-brand Crowell era of 1910-12. In 1912, the year that the United States banned the sale of migratory birds, Crowell, a former market hunter, began carving full time ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman's to Sell Works from the Lehman Brothers Collection
by Lita Solis-CohenArt owned by bankrupt companies has become a ready source of consignments for auctioneers. Auction houses began swarming around bankrupt Lehman Brothers when it was reported that the company had between 3000 and 4000 artworks on its walls. Lehman Brothers hired art consultant Kelly Wright, who advised the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Atlantique City 2010 Canceled
F+W Media has announced the cancellation of its annual Atlantique City Antiques & Collectibles Show, scheduled for March 2010 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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(Auction)Erotica Succeeds, Steinbeck Stumbles (Again)
The Pretty Women of Paris; Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults, Being a Complete Directory; or, Guide to Pleasure For Visitors to the Gay City, privately printed in Paris in 1883, sold for $2196 (est. $800/1200). It was one of 51 lots of erotica from the Harry and Virginia ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Big Bucks for Little Trucks and Cars
Clockwork mechanism Indian motorcycle toy, painted blue, with a "Say it with Flowers" decal, $63,250 (est. $50,000/ 75,000).Flat-top Arcade cab/still bank, $14,375 (est. $3000/4000).James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoIn a radical marketing move, James D. Julia has been taking an aggressive approach to gathering consignments. The main feature ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Graham Arader Sale
This may have been the bargain of the sale. Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834), Hunting the Bison, signed "P. Rindisbacher 1825" and inscribed on the back in another hand "Hunting the Buffalo" and "Captain R.O. Pelly, Cheltenham." Pelly was the governor ofthe Red River Colony, near Winnipeg, in 1925. The painting is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Crime Pays
A letter written by bank robber John Dillinger sold for $60,400 (includes buyer's premium) at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago on July 28. The estimate was $4000/6000.The one-page autographed letter signed "Johnny" in pen was written on December 18, 1932, from the Crown Point, Indiana, jail to his niece, Mary ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Keno Auctions
by Lita Solis-CohenLeigh Keno, New York City antiques dealer and Antiques Roadshow star, has opened an auction house."We packed up four estates in New England," said Keno on the phone announcing his new venture. "We will have our first sale in May. We are looking for space to rent for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)De Lue Exhibition
The work of Monmouth County, New Jersey, sculptor and medalist Donald De Lue will be shown in a special exhibition at the Monmouth County Historical Association's museum and library at 70 Court Street, Freehold, New Jersey, through August 15. The exhibition will feature over 40 of De Lue's medals, preliminary ... (Read More)
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