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Maine Antique Digest, December 2016 17-D
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Patricia
Stauble of
Wiscasset,
Maine, had
this great
rooster for
$595.
The tabletop abacus
with colored balls
was $1050 from Gail
Piatt of Contoocook,
New Hampshire.
The stack of painted round pantry boxes sold
to another dealer at the show after we took this
picture. The 1900s basket quilt, 75" x 73", was
$395 from Wilhide’s Antiques, Shippensburg,
Pennsylvania.
This four-drawer grain-painted chest with unusual contrasts was $2950 from
Holden Antiques, Sherman, Connecticut.
This Diller practice piano keyboard was $185 fromMelissa Alden of Portsmouth,
New Hampshire.
The 1890s owl from Axtell Antiques, Deposit,
New York, was 3' tall x 1' diameter and $6500.
Maybe it was an advertising piece for White
Owl Cigars?
Bonnie Ferriss
of Cambridge,
New York, asked
$1900 for these
yellow measures
that she had in
her kitchen until
that morning.
The absolute giveaway piece of the showwas this Pennsylvania plank-seat settee with stencil decoration
that David and Becky Griffiths of Griffiths Antiques, Utica, New York, bought years ago. It sold, of
course—what a deal for $395. We saw a similar one at another show for $1300.