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LISTING AS FOLLOWS: Circa 1890 custom mahogany shell carved Boston made 2 piece Chippendale style 1-drawer corner cupboard in mint original condition has broken arch top w/center finial; BW Vict gentleman's lockside chest w/butler's desk; unusual walnut & burl 2-part turn/century dome top china cupboard has curved sides & stretcher base and matching 3 drwr server w/backsplash & stretcher base; BW Vict 1 drwr Canterbury; large Howard Miller grandfather clock has triple weight, brass moon dial & bev glass; Eastlake Vict walnut MT lamp table; walnut cameo back finger carved side chair w/hip rests; BW Vict marble insert tea stand has claw feet & 4 carved women's busts on legs; BW Vict Eastlake fire screen; custom mahog line inlaid 4 drwr chest; c 1920s oval mahog lamp table w/caned base; three piece set c 1900 tassel carved coffee table with full body cherub legs & marquetry inlaid top and matching pair of lamp tables; small 4 drwr mahog double door breakfront w/broken arch top; 3 drwr Vict quartersawn oak buffet has large bev mirror glass top; Vict oak 2 over 2 dresser; Vict oak armed rocker; mahog 1 drwr drum table; claw foot rush seat mahog desk chair; pr of brass andirons & fireplace tools; 26"h stoneware floor pitcher; framed 20"x16" farm scene etching (artist signed); Wedgwood Edme Stratford 70 piece dinner set; pr of 10" antique French brass candlesticks; pr of pierced cut turn/century 24" high capo di monte lamps w/original lacework shades; pr of German bisque figural table lamps 20" high; antique 19"h majolica statue minstrel w/mandolin; pair of Vict cast iron dog bookends; pr of Vict cast iron sailor at wheel bookends; 7" Villeroy & Boch tobacco humidor #1047 Geschutzt (age lines); 5" Holland Delft pitcher; two pieces of Van Briggle pottery; 7" Roseville vase; antique 10"h lacey capo di monte figurine – woman on chair; 6" early English multi-figure statue (playing chess) believed early Worcester (small chip); 5" rose tapestry Royal Bayreuth pitcher; 5" rose tapestry Royal Bayreuth basket; set of 12 Am brill 4" diam cut glass bowls; Am brill cut glass 2-part 11"h punchbowl; early etched Flint celery; 4" enameled peach rose bowl believed Webb; two 8" Austrian portrait plates; set of 7 majolica bird plates; cranberry art glass pieces; large 11"h cut glass basket; 8" round turn/century covered capo di monte jar; bowl & pitcher w/matching soap & toothbrush holders; 8" ruby flash decanter; 9" openwork Dresden plate; and many other items!!
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NEXT AUCTION: February 17, 7:30 pm – Details in “Antiques & The Arts Weekly."
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Why buy a Tuscan villa when a village is for sale?
(01-24) 04:00 PST Buonconvento, Italy -- John Phillips spent more than two years looking for a villa in Italy before he saw Borgo Finocchieto near this town in Tuscany. He had always imagined having a place in Italy -- his original family name was Filippi, and he had fallen hard for the country in 1969, after a lonely tour of Eastern Europe. What he had never imagined, until that day in the fall of 2000, was that that place would be a village. A tiny medieval farming town, Borgo Finocchieto -- the name means village of fennel fields -- was little more than ruins and piles of dirt when he first came here. He had been sent by a friend proposing a joint purchase: Phillips, a Washington lawyer, would buy the main house, and the friend and two others would buy the rest. The borgo's 5 acres and five dilapidated structures were part of an estate once owned by the Borghese family, and overlooked a valley of hills and vineyards.
The gloves are off on ‘Roadshow’ FINE ART & ANTIQUES DR. LORI ...
When it comes to handling any object, be it a 1960s autographed baseball, a cookie jar or a 17th-century work of fine art, trained experts wear gloves to protect the object from the oils in our hands. Those oils attract dirt that can deteriorate an object over time. Thus, handling objects can degrade an object's condition, impacting the life of the object and its monetary value. Smoke, kitchen grease and household dust also can damage vintage and antique objects. In museums, if you are installing an exhibition, unloading an art shipment or examining an object, you are wearing gloves. Many people who regularly handle objects -- curators, registrars, special-collections librarians --wear gloves, so why not "Roadshow" appraisers? I've watched sports-collectibles appraisers handle signed baseballs without wearing gloves, a risk most little-leaguers won't take with a beloved baseball keepsake.
History For Sale, But Price Is High
Hundreds of pieces of furniture and home furnishings from various collections, including those of the Historic Deerfield museum and a Hartford banker of the early 20th century, will be auctioned by Sotheby's, the venerable Manhattan auction house.
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