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April 2009

Final Herter Brothers Pieces From Warner Bros. Studios Collection To Sell

April 29, 2009

Next Tuesday, May 5th, Bonhams will be selling the final pieces of Herter Brothers furniture from the Warner Brothers Studios collection.
Staci Smith from Bonhams has provided me with the following summary which is followed by photographs of the pieces in the sale as well as the complete press release with detailed information.
Herter Brothers highlights in [...]

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Stevens Estate Auction May 2nd, 2009

April 27, 2009

Stevens Auction will be having a sale this weekend which will include antique Victorian Furniture from a variety of makers and periods and the convenient thing about the sale is that you don’t need to bring a truck or trailer to take your purchases home. Just be the high-bidder on the 36-foot RV that they [...]

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Thoughts On Furniture Attributions & CDWA

April 24, 2009

You’ve often heard me rant about furniture attributions being applied to furniture in a flippant manner – “heavily carved + Rosewood” = Belter or Meeks. R. J. Horner is probably the most abused name next to George Hunzinger.
I would propose that we dust of some of the qualifiers that are listed below. Based on the [...]

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House Of Representatives Bookcase Bidding Update

April 21, 2009

“John, get over it. Bidding issues happen all the time. Join the club.”
I know that’s probably what you’re all thinking and I agree. I’ve been the under-bidder many times before and it’s never a happy feeling. Not succeeding this time was a little different.
No one had seen a House of Representatives bookcase before (probably [...]

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W. W. Strong Ebonized, Aesthetic Movement Bedroom Suite

April 20, 2009

This Aesthetic Movement bedroom suite has popped up on Ebay and is labeled via stamp to be made by W. W. Strong Co. of Chicago, Illinois. The seller has some other provenance to share with us on the set:
The set was purchased from the Galesburg, Illinois Historical Society. It was supposedly part of the furnishings [...]

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Didn’t Win The House Of Representatives Bookcase

April 20, 2009

Just a quick note to pass on very bad news confirmed this morning.
I didn’t win the House of Representatives Bookcase that I bid on this weekend at the Harlowe Powell sale. Apparently my $1,625.00 bid was not enough to trump the winning $1,600 bid.
Update: see later post with new information.

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