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(Feature)The Genealogy of an Antique Can Yield Unexpected Results
Shown hanging on a barn door, this circa 1820 full-stock single-barrel 12-gauge shotgun is in well-used condition and unremarkable at first glance. Long at 62" with a 47" barrel, it was first a flintlock and later converted to percussion. It was likely used for waterfowl hunting, given its Chesapeake Bay ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Newport Antiques Show
Roger King Fine Art, Newport, Rhode Island, asked $24,500 for Marginal Way, Ogunquit, Maine by Charles Woodbury (1864-1940). King said he had a good show and sold five paintings.Aileen Minor of Centreville, Maryland, specializes in garden furniture and decorations. Minor asked $2900 for Le Semeur (the sower), a French zinc ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Back in the Saddle Again with Illustration Art
A woman sitting with two men in the rear of the salesroom won this 20¾" x 20½" oil on board by Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874-1951), signed lower left, for $92,000, its low estimate and the auction's highest price. Leyendecker depicts a young woman in church wearing a bonnet. It appeared ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sicklebill Curlew Decoy Brings $111,550
A pair of 1918-22 racy swimming red-breasted mergansers by A.E. Crowell of East Harwich, Massachusetts, sold for $37,375. Decoys Unlimited photo.A canvas-over-frame hissing Canada goose made in the early 1900's by George Boyd of Seabrook, New Hampshire, sold for $60,375. Decoys Unlimited photo.A spectacular and rare sicklebill curlew decoy, found ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Internet Exploration
Label of a 1910 phonograph record that revolutionized Russian copyright law and inspired music for a modern American movie.Computer Column #274by John P. Reid, [email protected] computer on the Internet is a good source of information when straying into unfamiliar corners of the antiques world. As an example, let's use the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Masterpiece London
The architecture of the fair created a quiet, airy space, never crowded, ideal for leisurely shopping. People stayed for hours, stopping for a drink or lunch and then continuing up and down the ten arched cross aisles and four side aisles, all with trees planted at intervals.Witney Antiques, Witney, Oxford, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Auction
A copy of General Sherman in California 1846-1850, bound in half-leather and pebbled cloth over boards, presented to Colonel Joseph C. Audenried, March 1871, written entirely in Sherman's hand and copied by his aide-de-camp, some shelf and handling wear, $36,425.Twelve albumen photographs (two shown), studio portraits of Sioux Indians by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cordier Antiques & Auctions Opens Auction House in Harrisburg
Cordier Antiques & Auctions of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, is opening an auction house at 1500 Paxton Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The facility is approximately 12,000 square feet and will house the company's offices, auction hall, and storage facility.A regional auction company, Cordier Auctions conducts on-site auctions across central Pennsylvania and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Northeast Auctions Rebounds with Strong $4.554 Million Sale
The painted surfaces on the furniture of the Kellogg collection were just as found-fresh and untouched by the hands of any inept restorer. The New England lift-top blanket or low chest (below) had been previously found in the Alden House, Union, Maine, then went to the Frank and Karen Miele ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.Folk Art Murals of the Rufus Porter School: New England Landscapes, ... (Read More)
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