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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 17h

At Antiques in Manchester: The 15-lb aluminum peanut dispenser, “Smilin’ Sam from Alabam,” was made by the General Merchandise Co. of Chicago in 1931. Robert Conrad asked $3800 for it, and it sold shortly after the show opened www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-sw... #antiques #antique #peanut

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Folky painted table, pine with old gray over red paint, early 19th century, unusual cutout skirt, tapered legs, 27½" x 30" x 24¼", paint loss to the top, sold for $2750 (e $250/500) at Meander Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #antiques #antique #furniture #folky

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dahlov Ipcar (1917-2017) titled this oil painting "Tsavo Nyika," meaning the "Tsavo Wilderness," when she produced it in 1991. The 19¾" x 23¾" work sold for $22,800, squarely within the $15,000/25,000 estimate, at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/hist... #art

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

At the Concord Antique Show: paint-decorated candlestand, circa 1790, with the original polychrome egg-and-dart border, possibly central Massachusetts was tagged $2650. The top was cleaned professionally 27 years ago www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #antiques #antique #show #stand #table

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Having a four-board top and shoe feet, this trestle table with original surface sold for $2700 (e $1000/3000) at Carlsen Gallery. It measures 31¾" x 105¼" x 37" www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/marb... #antiques #antique #furniture #table

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

At the Open House at Antique Associates at West Townsend: The 70" T c1800 Hepplewhite 2-part mahogany secretary with flame birch veneers, glazed doors, & églomisé panels, North Shore of Massachusetts or Portsmouth, NH, is priced at $13,500 www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/annu... #antiques #art

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

At the Granite State Antiques Show: The pair of labeled Fulper Polar Bear bookends, c1915, was tagged $550 from Dennis Robida of Deep River Antiques, Essex, Connecticut www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-su... #antiques #antique #Fulper #polarbears #bears #bookends #polarbear

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Native American burl bowl with open handles, 18th century, oval with canted sides, 5¼" H x 17½" W x 13¾" D, sold for $19,680 (e $3000/6000) at an auction by Amelia Jeffers www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-sw... #antiques #antique #bowl #burl #NativeAmerican #indigenous #Indian #bowls #history

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At Antiques in Manchester: The charger with incised figural decoration by Edwin and Mary Scheier, 1940-53, was priced at $2895 from Michael Hingston Antiques, Manchester, New Hampshire. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-sw... #pottery #Scheier #vintage #art #artist #charger #ceramics #modern

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nantucket basket with a hinged lid, a turned knob, & a swing handle. There is a small silver plaque with no engraving. The maker of 7¼" high x 10" diameter basket is unknown. It sold for $8890 (e $125/250) at The Potomack Company www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/poto... #antiques #baskets #basket

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This placard, “I AM A MAN,” 21¼" x 13¾", c1968, was used by protestors during the Memphis Sanitation Workers strike. This example has honest wear from hard use, and sold for $58,427 (e $10,000/20,000) at Hake's Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/anti... #antiques #history #civilrights

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At the Wells Antiques Show and Sale: MG Art and Antiques, East Kingston, New Hampshire, had an unusually small Grenfell mat depicting an Inuit mother and child. It was priced at $185 www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/clim... #antiques #antique #vintage #art #Grenfell #Inuit

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A 51" x 38" 1860 Lincoln “Wide Awakes” blue silk parade banner from New York sold for $106,250 at @heritageauctions.bsky.social. The design is encircled by 33 stars & features Lincoln campaign imagery, including an axe, maul, & wedge www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/four... #history #woke #Lincoln

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A leaning tower of pantry boxes, nine in all, in a variety of old, dry colors, and in similar bentwood style, with straight overlapping joints, produced $920 at Farrin's Country Auctions in Randolph, Maine www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/main... #antiques #antique #boxes #box #country #collection

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Ranger” full-bodied setter weathervane in copper, possibly made by Cushing & White, Waltham, MA, 2nd half of the 19th century, 20" H x 36" L, original condition, sold for $22,140 (est. $8000/16,000) at an auction by Amelia Jeffers www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #antiques #dog #dogs #art

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

At Antiques in Manchester: The 39" x 29" double-portrait of children was priced at $5800 from Daniel and Karen Olson of Newburgh, NY. The limner was divinity student-turned-artist Samuel P. Howes (1806-1881) of Lowell, MA. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-sw... #antiques #art #portrait

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898-1976), 22/125, dates to c 1965. The catalog indicates it is referred to as "Spirals and Forms or Escargot." Measuring 25½" x 37¼", it sold for $9525 (e $3000/5000) at The Potomack Company www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/poto... #art #artist #Calder #litho

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

At the NHADA show: Scott Bassoff, Sandy Jacobs Antiques, Swampscott, MA brought an African elephant form full-body weathervane, reportedly from the ticket office of Benson’s Wild Animal Farm, formerly of Hudson, NH. It was priced at $17,500 www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #elephants #art

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

At Antiques in Manchester: The 2-sided circus sign “We Buy Freak Animals” and “Closed—Keep Out!” is hand painted, measures approximately 14½" x 12", and was tagged $2750 from Phillips & Phillips, Rochester, NH www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-sw... #antiques #antique #folkart #sign #freaks

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Portrait of a Lady with a Rose (Miss Mary Shepard Lukens)," circa 1901, oil on canvas, 48" x 36", by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), sold for $93,750 (e $80,000/120,000) at Shannon's www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/spri... #art #artist #Chase #portrait #Lukens #painting #fineart

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At the Earlier Times Show: Kay Puchstein was fond of the paint-decorated chest of drawers, said to be of Maine origin. Measuring 50" x 36½", with a backsplash and paneled sides, the piece was priced at $1750. “It’s pretty special,” Puchstein said www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/earl... #antiques

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Swell-bodied copper Lady Liberty weathervane, 19th C, attributed to A.L. Jewell & Co., Waltham, MA, retaining an old verdigris surface, 36" H, sold for $45,720 (e. $8000/12,000) at Pook & Pook www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/two-... #antiques #antique #vintage #folkart #Americana #USA #liberty

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

At the Simple Goods Antiques Show: Joan Staufer of Catskill, New York, was enamored with this wrought-iron fish broiler with a twisted handle. “I couldn’t put it down when I saw it,” she said. It was priced at $385 and sold during the show www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/twen... #antiques #old

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New England blue-painted apothecary dates from the 2nd half of the 19th century. The case is arranged with 2 rows of 5 drawers above a row of 4 larger drawers. It measures 26" x 38" x 11½", & sold for $3625 (e $300/500) at Jeffrey S. Evans www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-st... #antiques #blue

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

At the American Art Fair: "Azaleas, Vase of Flowers" by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) was shown by Debra Force Fine Art, NYC, priced at $600,000. The signed oil on canvas, 31" x 37", was executed circa 1882 www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #art #artist #Chase #flowers #azaleas #fineart

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

At the Mid Atlantic Antique & Garden Festival: The Village Braider, Bruce Emond, Plymouth, MA, offered were many large garden items. This pair of early 20th-century cast-stone dogs were priced at $1800 the pair. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/mid-... #antiques #dog #dogs #garden #show #art

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Graycliff: The Artist’s Conanicut Island Home" by William Trost Richards (1833-1905) is an 1882 view of his summer home in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. The watercolor, pencil, and gouache, 9¼" x 13¼" sold for $29,250 at Grogan and Co. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/rare... #art #artist

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wind-up clock from the 1939 New York World’s Fair with blue dial picturing the Trylon and Perisphere in white with “1939,” “New York World’s Fair,” and “© NYWF,” 4¾" x 4½" x 2", working, sold for $346.50 at World’s Fair Auction www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/auct... #antiques #worldsfair #clock

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

At the 2nd NHADA Members Antiques Show held in conjunction with the Northern New England Book Fair: Martin Ferrick said this inlaid maple & birch secretary originated in Portsmouth, NH. Ferrick dated it to about 1820 and priced it at $1950 www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/comb... #antiques #art

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

At the Scrimshaw & Nautical Antiques Show: This scrimshaw whale’s tooth by George O. Hiliott was tagged $12,500 from Ryan M. Cooper. Hiliott’s teeth are known as wahine teeth, for the Hawaiian maiden figure in western dress www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/scri... #antiques #antique #scrimshaw

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Newspapers over Books," an oil and pencil on canvas by Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951), sold for $250,000 (est. $70,000/100,000) at @heritageauctions.bsky.social . The 21" x 31" painting, c1910, is signed with artist’s monogram www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/eigh... #art #artist

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

At the Antiques at Rhinebeck antiques show: The French station clock from the town of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives in northwest France still runs. From the late 19th C/early 20th C, it was tagged $4500 by Finnegan Gallery, Chicago. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/buye... #clocks #antiques #clock #time

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

15" long bobble-head, papier-mâché dog (or cat) with a mouse it had captured in its mouth. The head and the tail are both moveable. It sold for $875 at Flying Pig Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/seco... #antiques #antique #folkart #cat #dog

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

At the 2nd annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) Members Antiques Show held in conjunction with the Northern New England Book Fair: This large unsigned still-life painting was offered for $750 by Heller Washam Antiques, Portland, Maine www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/comb...

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Fancy red painted Windsor bench, 38½" x 76" x 21½", probably New England, with a landscape panel centered on the crest rail, sold for $30,000 (e. $12,000/18,000) at Brunk Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/pars... #antiques #antique #furniture #Windsor #folkart #Americana #bench

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

At the Fishersville Show: This 19th-century flower basket theorem was found with Jill and Mark Mattingly of Chrisman, Illinois. It was presented in what is likely its original lemon-gold frame and was priced at $450 www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/fish... #antiques #art #artist #theorem

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This French Empire style gilt bronze mantel clock has a porcelain dial marked “Tiffany & Co,” but the works are signed “L. Marti et Cie, 1889, Made in France.” The clock, 19" x 15½" x 4½", sold for $1680 at William Smith Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/from... #antiques #clock #clocks

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

North Carolina blue painted blanket chest, probably Albemarle, Stanley County. The lettering reads: “Martha Maulden was / born Aug: 19, 1823.” It sold to a phone bidder for $47,500 at Brunk Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/pars... #antiques #antique #vintage #art #furniture #NorthCarolina

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Over There," an oil on canvas by Joseph Francis Kernan (1878-1958), sold for $8750 at @heritageauctions.bsky.social The 24½" x 17 7/8" painting appeared as the cover image of the January 1919 edition of "Farm and Home" magazine. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/illu... #art #artist #illustration

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Early child’s painted chest, York County, PA, 12¾" x 17" x 9½", with turned feet, inside till, original red paint, applied molding to lid & base, and wear to paint along the edges, sold for $1200 (e $250/300) at Conestoga Antique Auction www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/amer... #antiques

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ed Paschke (1939-2004), "Groucho-Doody," graphite on paper, 1974, 24" x 18" an early drawing for Paschke’s Pimp Series, which numbers approximately 40 works, sold for $9600 (e $2000/3000) at Potter & Potter Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/auct... #art #artist #Paschke #pimp #groucho

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Antique 20-patch-pattern hand-sewn quilt, 71" x 81" with nine stitches to the inch, in crisp condition with very scattered light age spots on the backing, sold for $2280 (est. $200/300) at Conestoga Auction Company www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/amer... #antiques #antique #quilt #quilts #folkart

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Pennsylvania handmade 26" high doll, 1920-30, blue ticking stuffed with rags, separation at seam on left leg, soiling and wear to black gloves, sold for $900 (est. $100/200) at Conestoga Auction Company www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/amer... #antiques #antique #doll #vintage #dolls #handmade

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This group of 9 RCA “Nipper” advertisement displays ranged downward in size from 15". Included were a set of salt and pepper shakers and a metal and felt-covered coin bank. The lot brought $732 (e. $400/800) at Nadeau's Auction Gallery www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/ciga... #dog #dogs #antiques

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

York County, Pennsylvania, Federal 2-piece grain-painted corner cupboard in original paint, attributed to John Rupp (1809-1899) of Hanover, Pennsylvania. It sold for $3240 (e $1500/2500) at Conestoga Auction Company www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/amer... #antiques #furniture #cupboard #paint

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

6" diameter painted tin early 20th-century Halloween parade pumpkin, made by the Toledo Metal Sign Company, sold for $4575 (est. $800/1200) at Nadeau's Auction www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/ciga... #antique #antiques #halloween #pumpkin #jackolantern #toledo

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Felipe Jesus Consalvos (1891-1960), "The War of Women," created between 1920 and 1950s, mixed media collage on photograph, 16" x 19", Fleisher-Ollman Gallery provenance, sold for $7500 (est. $3000/5000) at Slotin Folk Art Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/lovi... #art #artist #Outsider

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Mark Maggiori (b. 1977), "The Buffalo Herder," oil on canvas, 24" x 30", signed “Mark Maggiori 2015," sold for $144,000 (est. $60,000/90,000) at Scottsdale Art Auction www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/west... #art #artist #Americana #western #cowboys #Maggiori #herder #buffalo #oil #painting

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This alkaline-glazed stoneware face jug, 9" H, with rock eyes & black slip decoration, signed “L.M.,” by Lanier and Arie Meaders of Cleveland, Georgia, late 1960s, realized $60,000 at Crocker Farm, an auction record for Meaders family pottery www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/john... #antiques

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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

An auction record was achieved for Sally Michel Avery (1902-2003) when "Loungers by the Sea," a 40" x 50" oil on canvas, sold to a phone bidder for $121,150 (e. $30,000/50,000) at @bonhams.bsky.social www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/thre... #art #artist #Avery #beach #sea #loungers #record

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