Maine Antique Digest

A large, three-sheet campaign broadside for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson by M.B. Brown & Co., for the election of 1864, sold for $508,000 at @ChristiesInc maineantiquedigest.com/stories/we-the… #antiques #antique #history #Americana #Lincoln #politics #Johnson #campaing #POTUS

Sturtevant J. Hamblin (1817-1884) folk-art portrait of a young woman, c1840, 13½" x 9½", restored, sold for $7380 (e $3000/6000) by Amelia Jeffers maineantiquedigest.com/stories/thanks… #antiques #antique #folkart #art #artist #Americana #Hamblin

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Federal slant-front desk in tiger maple, late 18th/early 19th century, 42¼" x 37¾", replaced feet, replaced brasses, sold for $7995 (e $800/1200) by Amelia Jeffers who said “In today’s market, I thought it was a crazy hot price" maineantiquedigest.com/stories/thanks… #antiques #furniture #tiger

Frank McCarthy (1924-2002), "Leaving The Stronghold," oil on masonite, signed “McCarthy / CA © 1980,” 18" x 24", sold for $61,440 (e $6000/8000) at @bonhams1793. It previously sold for $46,800 in September 2016 maineantiquedigest.com/stories/no-hap… #art #artist #western #McCarthy #fineart

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Arthur Putnam (1873-1930), "Puma with Cub" and "Puma" (a group of 2), bronze, each inscribed “A Putnam.” The first is 38¼" H; the second is 37" H. They sold together for $57,600 (w $20,000/30,000) at @bonhams1793 #antiques #antique #sculpture #art #sculptor #bronze #puma #Putnam

A rare @TiffanyAndCo American Indian pipe-dancer motif silver ice cream server, c 1893, sold for $10,000 at @HeritageAuction. Designed by Charles Grosjean, the 10½" server was exhibited at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago maineantiquedigest.com/stories/40-box… #antiques #silver

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A pair of 11¼" silver wine coolers by British silversmith Paul Storr (1770-1844) sold for $87,500 at @HeritageAuction The arms are those of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot (1777-1849), 2nd Earl Talbot, Knight of the Garter (installed 1812) maineantiquedigest.com/stories/40-box… #antiques #silver #art

Heinrich Bucher, Berks County, Pennsylvania, active late 18th to early 19th C, paint-decorated dome-top box, with a floral design on a black ground, 4¼" H x 8¾" W, sold for $12,300 (e. $2500/5000) by Amelia Jeffers maineantiquedigest.com/stories/thanks… #antiques #antique #folkart #art #Bucher

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Large carved & painted pilot house eagle, 19th C, wood, 27½" H x 29" W, scattered paint wear & losses, crazing, touchups, chips, splits, repairs, sold for $11,377.50 (e $3000/5000) by Amelia Jeffers maineantiquedigest.com/stories/thanks… #antiques #antique #art #folkart #Americana #eagle

"Pass the Red Fox Tavern," an undated 26" x 30" oil on canvas by Charles Wysocki (1928-2002), sold for $50,000 (est. $7,000/$10,000) at @HeritageAuction maineantiquedigest.com/stories/so-you… #art #artist #Wysocki #painting #redfox #tavern

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"I Will Do My Best," a 1945 39" x 28" oil on canvas by Norman Rockwell, sold for $812,500 at @HeritageAuction. It is recognized as one of Rockwell’s most iconic tributes to the Boy Scouts and the organization’s ideals maineantiquedigest.com/stories/so-you… #art #artist #Rockwell #boyscouts

At the Hartford House: These wallpaper boxes from John Kolar were all less than 3" H. The yellow example from Lancaster, PA, dated “Sep 19th 1868,” was $475. The heart-shaped box was $550, and the oval example was $325 maineantiquedigest.com/stories/americ… #antiques #antique #box #boxes

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At the Hartford House: Plush, especially when they are vintage Steiff, always draws attention. The possibly Steiff elephant on wheels was $885, the Steiff pig on wheels was $750, and the early bear wearing a dress was $225 maineantiquedigest.com/stories/americ… #antiques #antique #Steiff #teddy

Mixed-metal tray, Tiffany & Co., c 1880, with spot-hammered surface and lap-over rim, inlaid with a copper & Japanese gold lily & applied with a copper beetle with gold spots, 19" L, sold for $88,900 (e $25,000/50,000) at @Sothebys maineantiquedigest.com/stories/valuab… #silver #Tiffany #art