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Confederate Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghmans presentation flag, the inscribed sword he was wearing when killed at the Battle of Champion Hill in 1863, and his sword belt generated the top bid of the auction, $59,750. These artifacts had been in the possession of the direct lineal descendants of General Tilghman ... (Read More)
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Carlson & Stevenson, Manchester Center, Vermont, asked $1400 for the trundle bed (it would make a nice coffee table with a piece of glass on top) and $850 for the circa 1910 double birdcage. The early 20th-century watercolors of ships by a California artist are in period frames and were ... (Read More)
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by David HewettOn July 22, Oregon Attorney General John Kroger announced that the state had filed a lawsuit in Multnomah County against Lucy Leffler Knopf. Knopf and her auction firm, AAA Team Auctions, Antique & Art Dealers, LLC, are charged with several violations of Oregon's Unlawful Trade Practices Act and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
A Haida or Tlingit eagle effigy bowl, estimated at $50,000/80,000, was the auctions top seller at $146,000. The bowl went overseas, purchased by a dealer who was not necessarily the end user, Jim Haas said. He said that bowls like thisa great early classic example of Northwest Coast materialwere exceedingly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
The 5 7/8" diameter Chinese porcelain bowl had lovely color and form, and the seal of Daoguang on the base dated it to 1821-50. A similarly marked pair of 12¾" high vases in a Famille Rose pattern brought an astounding $902,500 at Christies on September 15, 2009. They were from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
The tall clock by Simon Willard, circa 1810, had a great deal going for it and became the top lot of the Ingolfsrud collection, selling at $63,250. May 16.A walnut blanket box with dovetailed construction and bracket ogee feet soared to $10,350, leaving its $150/250 estimate far, far behind. May ... (Read More)
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Hanes & Ruskin, Old Lyme, Connecticut, asked $3750 for the unsigned Thomas Willis school silk and paint picture of boats in a tramp art frame. The bowl on the William and Mary chest was $3350, and the mirrored sconce is one of a pair for $3350 the pair. The table ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)
by Steve ProffittLast month I wrote about one of my sharpest peeveshow we frequently "sell" ourselves into bad spots. We make bad buys, get into bad jams, fall for bad scams, suffer bad losses, and get bitten by bad deals. No one holds a gun to our heads. We do ... (Read More)
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Losing isn't easy. When Maine lost two court rulings in Virginia regarding a broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence, it stung.In July 1776, the Massachusetts Executive Council ordered that copies of the Declaration be printed and delivered to ministers of all churches in Massachusetts so it could be read ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
A late 18th- or early 19th-century burl bowl, ex-Gordon Baker collection and illustrated in Howard Pains The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture, figure 582,sold for $6050. Thompson photo.This watercolor portrait of James Gauntley, Bowmanville, circa 1835, was the top lot of the sale at $15,400.A mid-19th-century glazed corner cupboardfrom Millbrook, ... (Read More)
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