(Book Review)
A Book Reviewby Jonathan RickardSalt-Glazed Stoneware in Early Americaby Janine E. Skerry and Suzanne Findlen HoodThe Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, in association with University Press of New England, 2009, 272 pages, hardbound, $75 plus S/H from Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, (www.williamsburgmarketplace.com) or (800) 446-9240, or from University Press of New England, (www.upne.com) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, American school, oil on board, 25¼" x 35", in need of cleaning and with a tear, $24,400 (est. $6000/8000).
Watercolor on paper portraits of Benjamin and Ann Morse, 1830, each 9" x 7", $19,520 (est. $3000/5000) to a phone bidder, underbid in the salesroom by ... (Read More)
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The bark in this diorama is being towed by a tug that has made its way into the neck of the bottle.Ship and diorama in a light bulb.Ship-in-bottle with a handmade pulley dangling from its stopper.Large decanter with two china dolls (lower one partially visible) at an elaborate and intricately ... (Read More)
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Stephen Score of Boston asked $20,000 for this large birdhouse. He said he needed to be in the picture to give it scale.Russack & Loto Books LLC, Northwood, New Hampshire, used big letters to tell shoppers what they had for sale.Greg Kramer of Robesonia, Pennsylvania, offered a table, chairs, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Civil War archive of Captain Henry T. Dudley, 15th and 20th Massachusetts Infantry, 143 letters, 26 documents, 12 postwar diaries, 95 photographs plus memorabilia, $22,325.Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sIn a way, it's about the $500 Buffalo Bill cabinet card.When Cowan's held its winter American history auction on December ... (Read More)
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In collaboration with Antiques Roadshow, the WGBH Lab is hosting an open call for video shorts that showcase a particular object or antique with personal relevance to the filmmaker. The WGBH Lab, an on-line tool for media makers to share their work, challenges emerging talent to consider their own compelling ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Duotone Varga Signature by Alberto Vargas (1896-1982), watercolor on posterboard, 1947, 27¼" x 18", sold for $101,575, an auction record for the artist.Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935), book illustration from A Childs Garden of Verses, 1905, mixed media on paperboard, 33½" x 23". From one of Smiths most important projects, this ... (Read More)
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The original blue paint on this Swisegood school corner cupboard (96½" x 50" x 25¼") can be seen under its painted surface of orange and red. In excellent condition, the cupboard was made in Davidson County, North Carolina, circa 1820. With rope-carved quarter columns, original brasses, and original bracket feet, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Niviaxies skin stencil print in blue, Man Hunting at a Seal Hole in the Ice, May 1959, #15/30, carried a whopping $30,000/40,000 estimate. Just one print among the many reflecting Goulds unerring eye for quality, it brought $33,600 ($31,231). Theyre gettingso rare, these prints now, said McLean.Arguably the best stone ... (Read More)
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