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(Show)Ohio Country Antique Show
From David Cotton and Heather Malott of Wabash, Indiana, the prison-made hickory lean-back armchair and ottoman was $950 the pair; the buffalo-horn rack, $185; and the “Naughty Pine” sign, $195.Sporting goods from Al and Leann Garten of Split Rail Antiques, Charleston, West Virginia. Top row: 1920’s leather football helmet, $365; ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair
Joseph M. Hayes Antiques, Columbus, Ohio, offered the $2200 Chinese 20th-century red-painted altar table shown with a $2600 circa 1760 English hanging platerack. The rack holds 30 pieces of Mason’s ironstone, circa 1860, priced at $9500.Harvey Pranian of Evanston, Illinois, brought the 1920-30 African-American button cover quilt from Jackson, Tennessee. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Records (Again) for Catlett and Other African-American Artists
Native Son by Charles White (1918-1979), an 8½" x 11" 1941 work in tempera on cardstock, went to a collector at $38,400 (est. $10,000/15,000).Shotguns by John Biggers (1924-2001) sold to a collector for a record $216,000 (est. $200,000/250,000). The 42" x 49 7/8" oil and acrylic on canvas now will ... (Read More)
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(Show)California Country Fall Show
A six-prong Pennsylvania rake made by a member of the Musser family was priced at $350 by Forrest Henry Antiques, San Jose, California.Kossmann’s Antiques, Fresno, California, offered an old storage bucket with old paint over the original, $325; a coffee box, $125; and a storage box, $295. Louise Kossmann said ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Reviews of New Art and Antiques Books
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.Sargent's Daughters: The Biography of a Painting by Erica E. Hirshler ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Uneven One-Day Sale Brings in $2 Million-Plus
Guesses as to the origin of this 93" high cherry linen press with subdued line inlay ranged from Kentucky to New Jersey, but we agree with two dealers who flatly stated it was definitely of Connecticut origin. It has Sack provenance and was included in American Antiques from Israel Sack ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Antiques Show in Greater Boston Debuts in Mid-May
Longfellow’s Wayside Inn. Courtesy Ted Fitzgerald Photography ©2009.by Jeanne SchintoTwenty miles west of Boston, a new antiques show will sprout this spring on the grounds of Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Opening with an evening preview and reception to benefit the historic property, the Wayside Inn Antiques Show will ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Marburger Farm Antique Show
Brad and Sundie Ruppert of Vintage Sculpture, Norwalk, Iowa, decorate vintage furniture with vintage bottle caps, which they buy from a flea market dealer in Des Moines. They were asking $5500 for this stepback cupboard from Austin, Texas.Agnes Strauss of Wilde Weedz, Cat Spring, Texas, did a booming business selling ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collection of King of Dolls Sells for $1.23 Million
A phone bidder took the top lot, a 28" tall Roullet & Decamps automaton of a female magician. The price was $80,580 (est. $25,000/35,000). The mouth of the monkey opens and closes; the bisque child blows kisses; and the clown sticks out its tongue. Made in France circa 1890, the ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Three Versions of Collectorpro Reviewed
Main data entry screen of Collectorpro for Antiques.Computer Column #253by John P. Reid, [email protected] few years, we publish a list of software available for antiques dealers and collectors. These programs primarily record inventory information but often include expense and customer databases. Some include a point-of-sale system to provide cash register ... (Read More)
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