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Waldoboro, Maine
Joined February 2009
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Goldeneye, 15½" L, by Noah Sterling (1884-1954) of Crisfield, Maryland, with most of the paint missing, and other minor condition issues. Two bidders wanted it, and it finished at $57,000 (e $8000/12,000) at Guyette & Deeter maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #decoys #decoy #art
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Dealer Gary Sullivan purchased the Bowers family Chippendale drop-leaf table with open talon feet by John Townsend (1733-1809) of Newport, Rhode Island, 1760-70, at @BrunkAuctions for $112,500 (e. $100,000/200,000) maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #Newport #furniture
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Pennsylvania Chippendale walnut side chairs, published in Sack’s "Fine Points of Furniture: Early American," each 41" x 23½" x 22", 1760-80, sold for $106,250 (e $20,000/30,000) at @BrunkAuctions maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #furniture #Chippendale #Pennsylvania #chairs
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Two-piece stepback cupboard in poplar with original paint decoration, Jackson Township (Mahoning County), Ohio, 19th century, pegged construction, 84¾" x 54¾" wide, sold for $76,875 (e $25,000/45,000) by Amelia Jeffers maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #Ohio #furniture
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Blanket chest, Hardin County, Ohio, 2nd quarter 19th C, 31½" x 48½", with brown over red and yellow graining, the front panels with dark blue backgrounds & vases or urns of multicolored flowers, sold for $12,300 (e $8000/16,000) by Amelia Jeffers maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques
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This uncommon 22" x 42" weathervane, an owl on a broomstick, was made by J.W. Fiske, New York City, c 1890. With a gilt surface, it earned $24,600 (e $6000/8000) at Bray & Co maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #folkart #weathervane #Fiske #owl #broom #owls
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This Shaker sewing desk was made at the Enfield, New Hampshire, community, & it will be going back to Enfield. The high bidder was Carolyn Smith, director of the Enfield Shaker Museum. It sold for $39,975 (e $10,000/15,000) at Bray & Co maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #Shaker
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Michigan’s Oscar Peterson (1887-1951) is known for his carvings of fish and other wildlife. This heavily carved 22" x 15" x 1½" plaque of pheasants was sold for $12,000 (est. $15,000/20,000) at Guyette & Deeter maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #art #antiques #Michigan #Peterson #wildlife
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Leading the sale, from the Cook collection, was an A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) wood duck with original paint & slightly turned head. It is 13½" long & earned $570,000 (e $120,000/180,000) at Guyette and Deeter maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #decoys #ducks #decoy #antique
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At the Cashiers Antique Show: Linda Ketterling Fine Antiques offered a rare Minton water lily and bulrush oval platter in stunning green, brown, tan, white, and yellow. Ketterling wanted $8950 for the 1876 English platter maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #Minton #art
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At the Cashiers Antique Show: Tomlinson Antiques offered this hand-hooked folk-art depiction of a stylized cat with letters and numbers. Tomlinson priced the 25" x 28" fabric artwork at $2800 maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #vintage #art #folkart #Americana #cat #cats
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Eagle “Coffin & Hay” / standing deer / “Hammonton” flask by Coffin & Hay Glass Works, 1825-35, sold for $30,420 (e $25,000/30,000) at Glass Works Auctions The yellow amber color is an extremely rare color for this flask maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antique #bottles #glass #bottle
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Scroll flask from a Midwestern glass works, 1845-55, in a deep cobalt-blue quart with an open pontil and sheared and tooled lip. It sold for $16,380 (e. $10,000/15,000) at Glass Works Auctions maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #glass #antiques #bottles #bottle #antique #flask #blue
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The small embroidery of a cat was only 5¼" x 6" (framed) and had been done about 1820. It looks like a watercolor and sold for $2520 (est. $200/300) at William Smith Auctions maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #cats #cat #folkart #embroidery
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