Thomaston, Maine - From a $40,000-$60,000 estimate, an early American craft swept bidders away to a final six-figure sum that silenced the audience at Thomaston Place Auctions' Aug. 22 sale. Old Lyme, Conn., textile specialist Stephen Huber was all over the 18th-century Boston schoolgirl sampler from the opening bid of $10,000 to his final bid of $465,750, including premium. Auctioneer Kaja Veiulleux says the gorgeous piece was brought to the auction house on a free appraisal day, in a brown paper bag.