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New Record Set at Summer Americana Auction
by Jackie Sideli

“It’s a new world record for a Cahoon,” said a pleased Bob Eldred after selling the fabulous and folky Shocking Incident at the Boston Public Garden by Cape Cod artist Ralph Eugene Cahoon. The 32" x 39½" oil on masonite opened at $60,000 and generated lots of action from the ... (Read More)

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The Adirondack Museum Show
by Betty Flood

Ross Brothers, Hatfield, Massachusetts, offered a black canoe by Brodeck for $9500, a red canoe from Charles River for $6800, a circa 1910 silver and red canoe by an unknown maker for $1900, a 1920’swooden canoe by William English for $4900, and a green canoe by Robertson for $5000.Tom Baker ... (Read More)

(Young Collectors)

The Young Collector: What's It Worth?
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAs expected, we get that "What's it worth?" question on a constant basis. There are other versions, but the underlying question and expectation is the same: give me a dollar value. And we do that on a constant basis too, but after listening to a ... (Read More)

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Rose Valley Restorations Expands Operations
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Rose Valley Restorations (RVR) has moved from a cramped 18th-century carriage house to a 3000-square-foot facility in the heart of West Chester, Pennsylvania. The official restorer of the Chester County and Delaware antiques shows, RVR is owned and operated by master craftsman John Hutchinson, who opened shop in Prescott Alley, ... (Read More)

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Dealers File Lawsuit over Fire
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A devastating fire in the early morning hours of July 29, 2008 in Northeast Harbor, Maine, required the assistance of ten fire departments from surrounding towns in addition to all three towns and their hamlets on Mount Desert Island itself. Among the buildings affected was the Joy Building on Main ... (Read More)

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Marine Art at Northeast Auctions
by A.J. Peluso

This sperm whale’s tooth was “Engraved by Fred-K Myrick on Board of the Susan of Nantucket on September the 1st, 1829.” The article “Making Sense of Susan Teeth and Frederick Myrick” by Ken Martin in the October 1998 issue of Maine Antique Digest (text available on line) and his 2000 ... (Read More)

(Auction)

The Ultimate Elvis Auction
by By 1956 Elvis Presley was a household name in rock

The singer loved heavyweight gold rings. This example combines an ancient Roman-type relief head, added diamonds, and a nugget setting. In town for the auction, a Las Vegas collector of Elvis jewelry won the item at $38,837.50. Heritage photo.Pretty in a dangerous way, the rising star showed a hip sense ... (Read More)

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The Ellsworth Antiques Show
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Martin J. Ferrick of Lincolnville, Maine, asked $1950 for the four-drawer chest (left) made of tupelo wood, which he said is found in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and onMartha’s Vineyard. Chestnut is the secondary wood with backboards of pine. The New England Hepplewhite fourdrawerchest of tiger maple and cherry was found ... (Read More)
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