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Masonic Trowel
Chinese Silver by Luen Wo, Shanghai
Northern Star of China
Lodge No. 2673
Commemorative
Newchwang, May 14, 1907
Enormous
Chinese Export
Porcelain Cider
Jug, ca. 1760
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Prodigiously uncomfort-
able but highly desired, the
iron velocipede, a.k.a. bone-
shaker, with a wrought-iron
frame, iron wheels, and an
iron stand, was stamped
“J.B. & Co., Makers, Bos-
ton.” It sold for $7200 (est.
$1000/1500).
An 83½" high New
England Queen Anne-
style maple bonnet-top
highboy sold for $4560
(est. $2000/3000). A Pennsylvania Chippendale walnut chest of
drawers sold for $3600. It was part of the Fos-
ter-Lemmens collection and had sold in 2010
at Northeast Auctions for $3835.
The carved Chi-
nese hardwood
center table, deac-
cessioned by the
Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston,
brought $8640.
The Pennsylvania Chippen-
dale walnut dressing table,
possibly a Philadelphia
example, sold on the phone
for $12,000. The table,
29½" x 33 3/8" x 20½", is
illustrated in American
Furniture in the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, no. 47.
Northeast Auctions photo.
The 58" high New Hampshire Queen Anne birch
tall chest in a red wash by Peter Bartlett of Salis-
bury, New Hampshire, sold for $8400. It was
accompanied by the book in which it is illustrated,
Some Queen Anne Furniture from New Hamp-
shire’s Federal Period by Walter A. Backofen.
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