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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.

Waldoboro, Maine
Joined February 2009
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This stoneware presentation water cooler, 17" H, with incised bird & floral decoration, inscribed “L. PADDOCK,” stamped “TYLER & DILLON / ALBANY,” 1825-34, sold for $84,000 (e $30,000/50,000) at @CrockerFarm maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #stoneware #art #folkart
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Jason Iorio of Willow Auction House said he attributed the Queen Anne highboy to Massachusetts cabinetmaker Eliakim Smith (1735-1775). The clue was the distinctive carved vines. It sold for $100,000 maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #furniture #Americana #highboy #chest
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Early 1850s half-plate daguerreotype of the Cropper House Hotel in Manchester, Ohio, sold for $4300 (e $3000/5000) by Michael Lehr Antiques. The 2-story brick hotel was destroyed by fire in January 1910 maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #photo #dag #Ohio #history
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Turquoise & sterling silver slider cuff by Navajo silversmith Mark Chee (1914-1981) with intricate silver work & a large (3" x 2½") turquoise stone with veining, sold for $18,750 (e $1000/3000) at Rivich Auctions maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #Navajo #Chee #jewelry
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John Henry Belter laminated, carved, and pierced rosewood sofa on casters, 44" x 66" x 30", seat height 18", sold for $9170 (e. $2000/4000) at @StairGalleries maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #Victorian #Belter #19thcentury #sofa #settee #art
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New York Classical parcel-gilt stenciled & vert antique mahogany marble-top pier table, attributed to Deming and Bulkley, with marble columns and colonettes, 38" x 41" x 19", sold for $9825 (e. $2000/4000) at @StairGalleries maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #furniture
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A pair of silver tankards, c 1765, by William Swan (1715-1774), Bostonm sold for $53,760 (e $10,000/20,000) at @bonhams1793 Each is inscribed “The Gift of Mr. Sebastian Smith to / the Second Church of Christ / in Lancaster, 1765” maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #history #silver
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Queen Anne walnut block-front kneehole bureau table, restored & refinished, likely Boston, c1750, sold for $25,600 (e $20,000/40,000) at @bonhams1793 It was on view for 30 years in Jefferson’s bed chamber at @TJMonticello. maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #history #Jefferson
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Pennsylvania painted pine cupboard, possibly Bucks County, c 1820, retains much of its blue paint, revealing traces of a deep red-brown stain beneath. Measuring 54½" x 35¾" x 14½", it realized $22,680 (e. $1500/2500) at @eldreds maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #furniture
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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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