Maine Antique Digest
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Maine Antique Digest is written for collectors and the antiques trade. M.A.D. covers auctions, shows, and the goings-on in the art and antiques marketplace.
Three pint-size lithographed tinware advertising buckets/pails realized $350 at Horst Auctioneers. Two are marked “Schepp’s Cocoanut” and measure 3¾" tall, and the one in the center is marked “Baker’s Baking Powder” and measures 4 5/8" tall www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/hatt... #antiques
John Whorf (1903-1959) painted this watercolor, 21" x 29", of two men taking a break from paddling down an evergreen- lined river. The painting was estimated at $3000/5000 and realized $12,300 at CRN Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/mass... #art #artist #Whorf #watercolor
Black Forest carved bear chair, 44" x 38" x 21", made $18,600 at Hal Hunt Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #antiques #antique #furniture #BlackForest #bear #bears
An early 20th-century tortoiseshell bird automaton music box with an enameled lid. The box has been overwound, but bidders were unbothered. They drove it to $14,640 (e $600/800) at Tremont Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/baug... #musicbox #antiques #bird #automaton #birds #tortoiseshell
At the Outsider Art Fair: Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, showed works by bead artist Nancy Josephson (b. 1955). "Murmuration: You don’t need a weathervane to know which way the wind blows" was priced at $6500. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #art #artist #outsider #outsiderart #beads
French Limoges porcelain plate from the Solferino china service used during the 1st Lincoln administration, Haviland & Co., 1861, sold for $16,640 (e $10,000/15,000) at Freeman's. Mary Todd Lincoln ordered 666 pieces of Solferino china in 1861 for $3195 www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/rare...
Note the heavy carving on this c 1530 Henry VIII board chest. The figures combine human and mythical forms. The chest, less than 3' wide, has an iron lockplate and a secondary slot for the hasp to engage, and sold for $8534 at Woolley & Wallis www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-li... #antiques
Tiger maple lift-seat bench, 2nd quarter of the 19th C, shaped crest, turned spindles & corner posts, paneled base, 2 hinged well lids opening to a divided interior, 34" H x 76½" W, sold for $2583 (e $1000/3000) at an auction by Amelia Jeffers www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/cand... #antiques
Pennsylvania Remmey-type stoneware double-sided feeder, 19th C, with cobalt tulip decoration, an exceptionally rare form, the only decorated example currently known, 10½" x 9½", sold for a whopping $50,800 (e $4000/6000) at Pook & Pook. No one had seen another #antiques #stoneware #feeder #rare
The 55½" x 54¾" x 27" ebonized bed was part of the Brooklyn Museum’s 2008 exhibition on metamorphic furniture. It sold for $250 at Brunk Auctions, and is pictured in "There’s a Bed in the Piano: The Inside Story of the American Home" by Myrna Kaye www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/only...
Large Pennsylvania chalkware cat, 19th century, retaining its original black speckled surface with red highlights, 15 3/8" high, sold for $7620 at Pook & Pook. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/35-m... #antiques #antique #cat #cats #folkart #Pennsylvania #chalkware
At the Elverson Antiques Show: This paint-decorated walnut pie safe with 3-sided punched-tin panels features bold graphic graining on all surfaces. It was offered by Greg Kramer for $2750. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/elve... #antiques #antique #furniture #piesafe #painted #antiqueshow #show
Rubens Peale (1784-1865), "Still Life with Flowers in a White Compote and Fruit," c1857, oil on tin, 14" x 20¼", in a frame (not shown) likely built by the artist, sold for $54,400 (est. $8000/12,000) at Doyle's www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/port... #art #artist #stilllife #Peale #flowers
At the Pennsylvania Antique Show: Elliott and Grace Snyder Antiques offered a circa 1820 cradle, with carved woman’s hands, for $25,000 www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/new-... #antiques #antique #folkart #Americana #cradle
"Indian Hunter and His Dog," 22” x 24", by Paul Manship (1885-1966) brought $38,400 (e. $30,000/50,000) at Devin Moisan Auctioneers www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/thre... #antiques #antique #sculpture #art #artist #Americana #Manship #bronze #sculptor
Classic 19th-century octagonal sailor’s valentine, probably Caribbean, with a shaded conch satinwood design on top, and a “LOVE / HOPE” central message, sold for $3600 (est. $1000/2000) at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/wint... #antiques #valentine #sailor
"Cranberry Pickers" by Eastman Johnson (1824-1906), a scene set on Nantucket, Massachusetts, sold for $635,000 (est. $400,000/600,000) at Christie's. The 22½" x 26½" oil on board, painted 1876-79, is signed with initials “E.J.” www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/giff... #art #artist #Nantucket
Clementine Hunter (1887-1988), "Baptism in Cane River," c 1955, sold for $15,240 (e $8000/12,000) at Christie's. The oil on board, 18" x 24", is signed with initials “CH." www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/onli... #art #artist #Outsider #Outsiderart #folkart #naive #selftaught #Hunter #baptism