Americana ascends: Schoolgirl sampler soars to $465,000 at Maine auction
- August 25, 2009 20:13
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.
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_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
