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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."
Home Baked Pies * Refreshments * Parking Front & Rear.
Transforming the old rule of faceless suits
They had just taken out a loan for their dream home when Blundstone announced, on January 16, that it was closing up shop. Three hundred and thirty staff like the Cooleys, and Jade Archer and his partner, who are too old to start apprenticeships, now face an uncertain future as their skills are made redundant. .
Obsession with 'Oz' author begins after random buy
He's the nicest guy, huge bristly mane of sandy hair (a very important detail about him, but more on that later) and he projects his voice, like he's an actor on a stage in Huntington Beach, Calif., where he lives, and his audience is in Kuala Lumpur.
"KEITH," he's still screaming. He's always screaming. "YOU'RE THE CONDUIT! DON'T FORGET THAT! YOU'RE THE CONDUIT!" I've just left his house, which is unlike any house I've ever visited.
This bellowing man has such an ordinary name - Mark Shapiro. If he were known as the Incredible Inedible Unforgettable Mark Shapiro, or something like that, it would sound so much more appropriate.
Shapiro, 60, is obsessed with a long-dead author of children's books who has taken over his life, and he wants this story to attract other people to his obsession because he has no idea what to do with the fruits of his obsession.
Rare finds abound at bazaar
For the collector who already has everything, Philip S. Dubey offered a truly rare specimen of Baltimoreana at the 37th annual Historic Annapolis Antiques Show yesterday. Dubey carefully opened the lid of what appeared to be an elegant mahogany cabinet with satin-wood inlay, to reveal a wooden bench with cutout hole. .
Furs for Food? Art for Affordable Housing? It's Trading Graces
BALTIMORE, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Furs for food? Popular art for affordable housing? Antique dolls for disaster relief services? It's exchanging common goods for the good of others at the Trading Graces online auction on eBay February 25 through March 22, 2007. Proceeds from the second annual auction will benefit Lutheran health and human service organizations nationwide. Through a quarter of a million staff and volunteers, LSA member organizations feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, care for the elderly, provide disaster response, strengthen families and create positive change in communities across America and the Caribbean. Trading Graces items will be auctioned online on e-Bay. Learn more at http://www.ebay.com/tradinggraces. Trading Graces items range across the spectrum of e-Bay categories and include many high-quality items.
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