(Auction)
Fishing lure trade sign, full-bodied, painted wood, fish with open mouth, glass eyes, and metal fins, detailed incised carving, defined mouth, tail, and neck area, allover speckled surface, offered with early hanging stanchion with wrought-iron chains, 38" long, some wear and cracks to glass, $19,550 (est. $1500/2500) on the phone. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
Document cabinet signed by John Townsend, consigned by the Chipstone Foundation to benefit its acquisition funds, sold to dealer Bill Samaha for $3,442,500 at Christie's. Christie's photo.Mary Antrim's 1807 sampler, sold for $1,070,500 to Woodbury, Connecticut, dealer David Schorsch at Sotheby's Betty Ring auction. Sotheby's photo.Early Connecticut carved and painted ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondIn the December 2011 issue, back before the blur that was the holidays, we tackled that touchy subject about what to do if you see something misidentified or miscataloged when at an auction or a show. We hear from people regularly who have found themselves ... (Read More)
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(Show)
The Pennsylvania chest made for Catherine Wereley (b. 1762), Northampton and Lehigh Counties, was $85,000 from Raccoon Creek Antiques, Oley, Pennsylvania. It is similar to the chest made for her sister, which is now in the Winterthur Museum's collection. Their father was one of the founders of Lehigh County. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Karen and Charley Buckingham of Burleson, Texas, were pleased to sell the weathered but true Windsor chair to young collectors on Friday morning. The display was anchored by a canopy bed with turned posts for $1250. The 18th-century Massachusetts hanging cupboard in the corner with red finish was $2400.Canadian Grenfell ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
The girl in this 26" x 22" oil on wood panel by Zedekiah Belknap, painted in 1823, was identified on the reverse as Alvina (or Elvina) Smith, born August 1819. It sold for $34,500.Bidding was lively on this small New Hampshire pine cupboard in well-worn red paint with a wide ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Two phone bidders competed for this watercolor on paper by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Blue and OpalThe Photographer, 4 15/16" x 8½", painted in Dieppe, France circa 1885. It was from the estate of Gerald M. Bordman of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, who bought it in 1959 from Hirschl & ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
The American Art Fair filled three floors of the Bohemian National Hall November 27-December 1, 2011. Alexander Acevedo's Alexander Gallery and Thomas Colville shared the balcony space on the fifth floor. "Nobody wanted to be up here. We wanted to charge more for these larger spaces, so since we own ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)
NM Collector JE is a simple, inexpensive, versatile collection cataloging program that will run on a Windows, Linux, or Macintosh computer.Computer Column #278by John P. Reid, e-mail It has been three years since this column surveyed cataloging software for antiques dealers and collectors. We will update the survey. One specialized ... (Read More)
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