Mid-18th-C Philadelphia walnut side chair with a shell- and scroll-carved crest rail, and a solid vasiform splat sold for $23,400 at Jeffrey Evans. There are alterations to the seat rails, and the original slip seat frame is missing. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/long... #antiques #chair

Rare blue transferware portrait of George Washington and an eagle holding an “E. Pluribus Unum” banner on a child’s cup, 2½" tall, sold for $1947 (est. $1000/2000) at Hake's Auctions, despite some rim repairs www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/rex-... #antiques #Washington #USA #America #antique

Queen Anne carved walnut & parcel gilt footstool, 18½" x 18½" x 15½", with lifelike carvings of wolfhounds with the feet carved as paws. The early 18th-century British footstool sold for $10,000 (e $4000/6000) at Brunk Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/ches... #antiques #antique #furniture

From the Rex Stark collection: This “God Bless the United States” pink Battersea box, 1" x 1¾" x 1½", sold for $4543 (est. $700/2000). Stark often went to London to shop. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/rex-... #antiques #antique #history #USA #UnitedStates #America #battersea

"Magnolia Grandiflora and Fruit," a 1933 color woodcut on Japan paper by Anna Heyward Taylor (1879-1956), 11¾" x 9¾", sold for $8255 (e $3000/5000) at @swanngalleries.bsky.social. It's signed, titled, dated, and numbered “no 7.” www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/part... #art #woodcut #artist

Ferdinand Brader, "Residence and Store of Israel F. Lantzer, Cairo Stark Co. Ohio," color pencil & graphite on paper, c 1894, signed, 28" x 35½", sold for $5890 (e $3000/8000) at Rachel Davis Fine Arts www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/brad... #antiques #antique #art #artist #Ohio #folkart #Brader

Advertising cast-iron skillet clock produced by Griswold Manufacturing, the cast-iron cookware manufacturers of Erie, Pennsylvania, with “Erie Up To Time” and “We Sell Hollow Ware,” sold for $10,800 at Dinky’s Auction Center www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/auct... #Griswold #castiron #cookware

This 7½" T redware pitcher, attributed to Wiscasset, Maine, potter Ezra Porter, sold for $977.50 at Farrin's Country Auctions. Porter is believed to have started his pottery around 1790, and was later succeeded by his son Silas www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/ston... #antiques #redware #Maine

Joseph H. Davis (1811-1865) "Trueworthy Chamberlin Esq. and Wife," signed “Painted by Joseph H Davis” & “Painted in Brookfield May 1835,” watercolor & ink on paper, 10" x 15", sold for $3840 (e $4000/6000) at Doyle's www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/amer... #art #folkart #antiques #artist #Davis

Walnut Shenandoah Valley sideboard form food safes are very rare. This 1835-40 example is from Augusta County, Virginia. It's 53" x 90¼" x 21½", and sold for $42,700 (e $8000/12,000) at Jeffrey S. Evans www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/long... #antiques #Virginia #Shenandoah #furniture #sideboard

A late 18th-C comb-back Windsor armchair in green paint over earlier grey blue with spiral ends on the top rail, proportioned vase-and-ring turned armrest supports, legs, and stretchers brought $6144 (e $800/1200) at Bonhams Skinner www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/maho... #antiques #furniture

A portrait miniature watercolor, 2 3/8" high, by Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682-1749) of a girl holding a pet bird sold for $20,480 (e $500/700) at Doyle's in Boston. The painting was restored in 1942. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-li... #antiques #antique #art #artist #miniature #bird #portrait

What’s more Maine than this? The late 19th-/early 20th-century pair of lobster andirons, cast from an actual lobster, was $2200 from Elizabeth Yates Turner of South Bristol, Maine at the Bath Antique Sale www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/bath... #antiques #antique #lobster #Maine #andirons #art

At the York Antiques Show: Joan Staufer of Catskill, New York, asked $595 for the Staffordshire mug that is transfer printed with sign language. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/long... #antiques #antique #vintage #Staffordshire #signlanguage #ASL #sign

Rare wrought iron pierced work spatula with brass star, 1780-1820, handle with spear-pointed rattail wrapped hook for hanging, a lay-in strap mounted to top of handle for possible owner’s nameplate, 16½" long, sold for $2450 at Horst Auction www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/bett... #antiques

1930s Penobscot birch bark canoe model, 44" long, with all the construction details of its full-size counterpart, with a Native American in profile on the stern & a flag on the bow. It sold for $6875 (e $1000/1500) at Thomaston Place www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #antiques #canoe

At the Delaware Antique Show: Marcy Burns American Indian Arts asked $13,500 for this Navajo single Sunday saddle blanket with tableta image, 1880-90s. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #antiques #antique #Navajo #NativeAmerican #Indian #indigenous #textiles #blanket #art

At the Fisherville Show: Branford House Antiques, Lady Lake, Florida offered this mold used in the manufacture of toy latex balloons. It was priced at $550. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/fish... #antiques #antique #vintage #Americana #balloonsd #balloon

Watercolor & scissor-cut fraktur attributed to schoolmaster Jacob Botz of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, c 1822, dated, made for John Rudisill on August 23, 1822, 7¾" x 6½", sold for $1800 to dealer Greg Kramer at Horst www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/bett... #antiques #antique #folkart #art #fraktur

Five phone bidders competed for this carved and painted wood swan decoy, probably early 20th century, 21" x 35" x 11", and it sold for $7680 (est. $500/700) at Freeman's www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/renn... #antiques #antique #vintage #art #artist #swan #decoy #swans

Artist Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962) painted "Fifth Ave at 56th Street in Winter" in 1940. The oil on canvas, 16" x 12", realized $33,280 (e. $14,000/18,000) at Bonhams Skinner www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/amer... #antiques #antique #vintage #art #artist #winter #NYC #Wiggins #painting

Two vases by French artist Charles Catteau (1880-1966) for Boch Frères Keramis in the vibrant Biches Bleues pattern, circa 1925, sold for $2880 (est. $800/1200) at Doyle New England in Boston www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/bost... #antiques #antique #vintage #art #artist #pottery #French

Victorian Etruscan Revival 14k coach covers with wire decoration sold for $1722 (e $500/800) at Marion Antique Auctions. Women used them to cover diamond & other gem earrings when they traveled by coach, vulnerable to roadside robbers www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/summ... #antiques #jewelry

These two early 19th-C oil on board portraits present the Washingtons in poses that resemble those by engravers Edward Savage (1761-1817) & Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). The 11" x 8½" portraits sold for $6032.50 (e $2000/3000) at The Potomack Company www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/earl... #art

At the Springfield Show: Folk-art carved desk with brass rail, initialed “C” and decorated with a crescent moon, cattails, flowers, and foliage, 56" high x 35" wide, $700 from Jeffrey Herr of Jeffrey B. Herr Antiques www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #antiques #antique #furniture #folkart

A large, 11" x 14" x 14", Penobscot Native American ash-splint lidded basket in the original blue casein paint with all splints intact was a crowd pleaser that sold for $2125 (e. $300/400) at Thomaston Place www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #antiques #basket #baskets #antique #Maine

At the Mid Atlantic Antique Festival: This 19th-century folk art painting that depicts dogs and a cat in a standoff was found in the booth of Village Braider. It was $500 and sold later in the day www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/mid-... #antiques #antique #dogs #cats #art #artist #Americana

Face jug from the Edgefield District, attributed to the Miles Mill Manufactory. Three phones were active for the 4¾" high jug, and it sold for $59,040 (e $20,000/30,000) at Brunk Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/fire... #antiques #art #pottery #folkart #jug

At the York Show: Don Heller of Heller-Washam Antiques asked $1400 for this large splint basket made in Nantucket, Massachusetts. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/long... #antiques #antique #vintage #show #antiquesshow #antiqueshow #Americana #basket #baskets #basketry #Nantucket #Massachusetts

Johannes Spitler (1774-1837), the farmer/artist who painted this dated “1796” chest, was active in Page County, Virginia, 1790-1805. The 24" x 47¼" x 22" chest in red, white, & blue paint sold to a collector for $516,600 at Brunk Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/fire... #antiques #art

At the Delaware Show: The Hanebergs Antiques, East Lyme, Connecticut, asked $29,500 for the Index horse by J. Howard & Co., West Bridgeport, Massachusetts, c 1855, 30" long, 24" tall, a rare large size www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-... #antiques #antique #folkart #art #horse

Parade-style jack-o’-lantern made by the Toledo (Ohio) Metal Sign Co., early 20th century, painted metal, interior candle holder, marked, 6½" diameter, paint wear and losses, sold for $4800 (e. $1000/2000) by auctioneer Amelia Jeffers www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/grea... #antiques #Halloween

Philadelphia silk on linen embroidery, c 1765, purportedly wrought by Mary Ann Whitebread, 12¼" x 8¾", sold for $32,500 (e $3000/4000) at Pook & Pook. A 1948 note on the reverse discusses the history of Whitebread and her needlework www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/thur... #folkart #antiques #art

From the collection of Bill Samaha, this folk-art portrait of two sisters sold for $2091 (e. $2000/3000) at CRN Auctions. The oil on panel portraits, each 12" x 9", are framed as one in the original ogee frame. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/need... #antiques #antique #folkart #art #artist

Martin Lewis (1881-1962), "Which Way?," aquatint, 1932, edition of approxy 53, signed, plate size 10¼" x 15¾", with full margins, sold for $27,940 (e $25,000/35,000) at Swann's www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/auct... #antiques #antique #vintage #art #artist #Americana #Lewis

Still life with watermelon, early 19th century, 27" x 31", oil on wood panel, signed “Donald Fisher Jr.,” sold for $26,230 (est. $4000/6000) at Cottone Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/auct... #antiques #antique #vintage #art #artist #folkart #watermelon #Americana #stilllife

"Messenger," a dark patinated bronze of a raven, 42" x 17½" x 23", is signed by Colorado artist Steve Kestrel (b. 1947). It sold at Leland Little Auctions for $15,600. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/char... #art #artist #raven #bronze #sculpture #sculptor #Kestrel

Stoneware crock, Berks County, Pennsylvania, c 1870, with cobalt floral decoration, stamped “C Link Pottery, Exeter,” 4¼" T x 8" Dr, with a couple of rim chips, sold for $2280 (est. $100/200) at Conestoga Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/anti... #antiques #antique #stoneware

North Carolina Lily quilt with Flying Geese border, Amish, made by Mary Miller, Holmes County, Ohio, circa 1925, cotton, green and yellow on a blue ground, 78" x 76", sold for $6765 (est. $600/1200) by Amelia Jeffers www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/grea... #antiques #antique #quilt #quilts

Designed by 20th-century folk artist Stephen Huneck (1948-2010), this hooked rug is titled "Friendship" and is signed by the artist. The rug was 59" x 29" and sold for $793 (est. $400/600) at White's Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/succ... #folkart #dog #dogs #Huneck #hookedrug

Pair of polychrome scrimshaw whale teeth, each 7¾" tall, sold for $63,000 (est. $50,000/70,000) at Eldred's. One depicts Lady Liberty, and the other depicts Lady Justice www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/annu... #antiques #antique #whale #whales #art #folkart #Americana #scrimshaw #USA #America

CRN Auctions’ Zen is pictured with a 19th-century bronze garden fountain with a verdigris patina, 16" x 23" x 16", that came from a Beacon Hill garden in Boston. The frog sold for $2706 (e. $800/1200); Zen remains NFS. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/need... #antiques #dog #frog #dogs #fountain

Two pairs of George III brass candlesticks, English, c 1770, 10¼" H, purchased by the Millhisers from Ginsburg & Levy Inc. in New York City in 1948, sold for $1920 (est. $500/800) at Freemans www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/coll... #antiques #antique #brass #candlesticks #English

The woodblock prints of Maine’s Carroll Thayer Berry (1886-1978) routinely bring good prices at Gamage auctions. This 10" x 12" signed print, titled "LOBSTERMAN—MAINE," hit $517.50 with a $300/400 estimate www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/a-st... #antiques #antique #Maine #art #artist #print

Cobalt-decorated 5-gallon stoneware water cooler, 16" H, c 1860, attributed to Barnabus Edmands, Charlestown, Massachusetts, with raised bands, floral design, & minor interior rim chips, sold for $1845 (e $1200/1800) at Meander Auctions www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/labo... #antiques #stoneware

A cast-iron horse weathervane with a sheet-iron tail, c 1880, likely from Rochester Iron Works, 26 1/4" x 36" x 8", with a mellow orange paint surface, ex-Steve Miller, sold for $15,360 (e $1500/2500) at @bonhams.bsky.social www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/augu... #antiques #horse #folkart #art

The John Brown Chippendale mahogany & marble slab table, Providence or Newport, RI, c 1770, with original cast brass hardware, marble top replaced, 33½" x 22" x 35¼", sold for $8125 (e. $3000/5000) at Nye & Co. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/nye-... #antiques #antique #furniture #RhodeIsland

Miniature New England blanket chest, early 19th C, with original decoration including shells & fan corners on a green ground with red & yellow pinstriping, inscribed “Miss M.A. Smith,” 7½" x 12¼", sold for $13,750 (e $6000/8000) at Pook www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/thur... #antiques #folkart

Oil on canvas of a watermelon, unsigned but retains a c 1870 label from the George A. Sweet gallery in Providence. The 16" x 20" painting sold for $70,350 (e. $7000/9000) at @bonhams.bsky.social Skinner www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/augu... #antiques #antique #art #folkart #watermelon #painting

An unusual piece of redware sold for $219 at Flying Pig Auctions. It is a grease catcher, with a handle and spouts for pouring off the grease on each end. www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/mark... #antiques #antique #vintage #redware #grease #unusual