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(Show)Marin Indian Art Show Celebrates Silver Anniversary
San Rafael, Californiaby Alice KaufmanTopanga, California, dealer Aarin Richard priced these circa 1885 Cheyenne thunderbird moccasins at $4800.Sonoma, California, dealer Russell Kloer was asking $45,000 for this very large San Ildefonso bowl.The 25th annual Marin Show: Art of the Americas, held February 21 and 22 in San Rafael, California, attracted ... (Read More)
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(Show)Quick and Sweet is Still Sweet at Nan Gurley's Wednesday Shows
He's wearing one hat here, but Philip "Dale" Pregent does wear two hats, although not at the same time. In addition to his antiques trading, he is the mayor of Keene, New Hampshire. We liked the watercolor he's holding here. It had good color and action with a covered wagon, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Chinese Vase Tops $1.2 Million at Brunk Auctions
$1,236,250. Photo courtesyBrunk Auctions.At the May 9 and 10 auction at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, a 12" vase, believed to be a modern copy and carrying an estimate of $400/800, sold for $1,236,250 (includes buyer's premium).The woman who consigned the Famille Rose vase with flowers on a pale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Auction House Opens in Seattle
by Cathy AldrichStarting a new venture in uncertain times might seem to be a recipe for disaster, especially when that new venture deals with antiques. Jim Skrzypczak, however, seems to have tapped into something good with his new auction house, Seattle Auction Gallery.The first auction was held in February and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Rifle Hall Americana Antique Show and Spring Jubilee
This four-panel glass display box came from India, where it was used by a snake charmer to house a cobra between performances. It includes two locks, airholes on top, and an iron ring for hanging it from a tree. It was offered for $295 by Earl Lacy of Woo Woo ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hope Springs Eternal at Moore Sale
Napoleonic Wars ship model in bone of the H.M.S. Glory, $12,320.Simple painted swags and flowers and an 1823 Concord, New Hampshire, newspaper lining turned a $20 box into an $8400 buy.Pastel of the Fitzhugh children, 21" x 27", $7168.Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, Maineby Mark SiscoHap Moore opened his March ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)NeoCollect
A NeoCollect catalog page. Clicking on a picture brings up an enlarged image and detail page.A NeoCollect illustration of a hand-engraved gold medal depicting the American Civil War battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia.Computer Column #246by John P. Reid, [email protected] free Internet service for creating an illustrated on-line catalog of a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Original Round Top Antiques Fair
Kathy Tobler of Granbury, Texas, deals in sterling silver. She asked $7500 for this Francis I four-piece demitasse set with pot, sugar bowl, cream pitcher, and tray, made by Reed & Barton of Taunton, Massachusetts.This Staffordshire porcelain royal pair from 1855 depicts the Prince and Princess of Wales with Cavalier ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Spring Marburger Farm Antique Show
Round Top, Texasby Steve BrooksThe blacksmith shop is one of 12 historic buildings on site, moved from nearby towns.English artist Andrew Beer (1862-1954) specialized in portraits of racing pigeons for wealthy patrons. Beer paid close attention to breeds and their markings. This circa 1925 painting features Young Aristocrat and has ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)American Furniture 2008
A Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenAmerican Furniture 2008Edited by Luke BeckerditeThe Chipstone Foundation, 2008, 272 pages, softbound,$60 plus S/H from Antique Collectors' Club, (413) 529-0861,e-mail , (www.antiquecollectorsclub.com).The 2008 American Furniture journal will be remembered as the one that placed Salem, Massachusetts, cabinetmaker Nathaniel Gould (1734-1781) in the firmament of New England ... (Read More)
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