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"Sailing Vessel on the Ocean," by Clarence E. Braley (1858-1925) from Walker-Cunningham Fine ArtNew antiques show this weekend in Boston 'burbs
Wicked Local - May 14th, 2010 04:08
Nearly 50 art and antique dealers will exhibit at the inaugural Wayside Inn Antiques Show, Friday through Sunday, in Sudbury, Mass. A portion of the proceeds from the show will be donated to the Wayside Inn Historic Site, the nonprofit corporation that oversees the sprawling 122-acre grounds and historic inn made famous in Longfellow's "Tales of the Wayside Inn." Keith Funston of Funston Antiques will display his unique wares in the form of a recreated wunderkammer, or wonder ...

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Christie's
An Asian private buyer paid almost $100,000 for a case of French wine this week. The six bottles of 1961 Hermitage La Chapelle sold for a record price of 109,250 Swiss francs (98,587 ...
Wedgwood black basalt vases.
The collections of Britain's Wedgwood Museum, a repository of artifacts chronicling the pottery firm's 250-year history, is in jeopardy. Opened in 2008, the museum was hard hit by ...
A 1986 self-portrait by Andy Warhol at Sotheby's.
Sotheby's hammered down 50 lots of contemporary art for $190 million Wednesday night with an excellent 94.3 percent sell-through rate. Five artist records were broken. Minimalist ...
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Mario Toral (Chilean, b. 1934) est. $1000-$2000The May 2010 Auction by Aspire Auctions
May 14-20, 2010
Aspire Auctions
Cleveland, Ohio
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A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World is an exhibition presented by Rupert Wace Ancient Art in London through May 28.Ancient Animal Art Snapped Up
Release Date: 14 May 2010
Within hours of the opening of the exhibition A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, Rupert Wace Ancient Art had sold twenty-three of the eighty-seven works, including two crocodiles, to eager collectors.  (This represents 26.5% by number and 42.6% by ...

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