(Auction)
The sales top lot, Study of a Woman by Adolf von Menzel (1815-1905), sold on the phone for $32,200 (est. $3000/5000). The 8¼" x 5½" pencil and charcoal on paper was initialed and dated 92.The Little Love God by Charles E. Mills (1856-1956) made $7475. This 60" x 48" oil ... (Read More)
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Photos courtesy Gary Sullivanby Lita Solis-Cohen"I bought an Aaron Willard tall-case clock with a spectacular Boston-made dial depicting a fisherman in the lunette, a fine old surface, and with a mint paper label inside the door and a fine old surface," said Sharon, Massachusetts, dealer Gary Sullivan on the phone, ... (Read More)
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Mad Anthony Books, Lowell, Michigan, has been a mainstay at Ann Arbor for many years, carrying the latest antiques reference books. Here dealer Carole Chenevert is shown reaching for an Arts and Crafts furniture book for a customer.Alice Dewey Antiques, Temperance, Michigan, always has interesting things for the home. The ... (Read More)
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Paul Galzerano, 58, of Groveland, Massachusetts, a former associate vice president for Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts, has been indicted in connection with stealing antiques from the hospital. An Essex County Grand Jury returned sealed indictments against Galzerano on March 26. Those indictments were unsealed on June 30.According to authorities, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Erastus Salisbury Field (1805-1900) oil on canvas, once used as a fireboard, $26,450.Montague Dawson (1895-1973) oil on canvas of The Lofty Trader The ScottishMoors, $71,875.Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoThe cover lot for the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries auction on May 22 and 23 in Thomaston, Maine, was ... (Read More)
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Only 3" tall but packing a 1000-watt stare, this Daruma tonkotsu (Japanese tobacco box) has a body made of paulownia wood.The Zen monks fine-grained face allowed the artisan to show details, including a five-oclock shadow. The eyes are mother-of-pearl, and the body is inlaid with a stylized pipe and a ... (Read More)
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Andrew DeVries and Innocence, a life-size sculpture that defies gravity: a horizontal female nude held aloft by her hairHuntington, Massachusetts, sculptor Andrew DeVries has installed 25 of his largest figurative bronze sculptures around the historic district of Lenox, Massachusetts. The outdoor exhibit will continue through November 1.This public display gives ... (Read More)
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by Daniel GrantThe financial reform legislation currently before Congress may require the usually secretive art financing companies and auction houses to make public their loan agreements to would-be art buyers, according to congressional staffers for Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), as well as outside lawyers who ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
The two-piece cut-glass footed vase, signed and dated on the base of the vase Bakewell Page/ Bakewells/ Pittsburgh/ 1825 [or 29], has a copper-wheel-engraved view of the Château de la Grange-Bléneau in a cartouche at the center. The neck is composed of alternating concentric rings. The body of the restored ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSometimes in life you become an expert by default. This can be a useful skill, especially in terms of parenting, when anything, even complete non sequiturs like "Santa Claus likes broccoli," can bluff the opposition if said with enough conviction and an air ... (Read More)
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