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This John Pike Civil War drum, all original, was tagged $895 by
J. Gallagher Antiques, North Norwich, New York. The black duck
decoy was priced at $450. “I had a good show and sold a full range,
including furniture and fireplace accessories, and that’s no baloney,”
reported Jim Gallagher. “And you can quote me.”
R.G.L. Antiques, Pittstown, New Jersey, asked
$2800 for this late 19th-century double-sided
game wheel with an original wood bike tire and
leather strap.
This tramp art cabinet, 30½" x 12" x 5½", marked
“Burlington, Vermont,” with one drawer signed
“MR. R.,” has four drawers, a storage area with two
doors, rosettes on the drawers and doors, a small
mirror, and original key. It was priced at $3500 by
Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Maryknoll,
New York. The antler trophies, three from a set
of 26, with carved foliate wood backs, German or
Austrian, each measuring approximately 13½" x
4¾" x 8½", were tagged $250 apiece. Vandekar
sold its entire 24-piece set of Piero Fornasetti Adam
and Eve gilt plates (not shown), designed in 1954
and made circa 1965, as well as a woollie to a new
collector.
Trump markers, used for playing bridge, English, 1920s,
ranged in price from $100 to $500 from Tutto dal Mondo,
Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. The markers must include a “No
Trump”—if not, they would be used for the game of whist.
Tutto dal Mondo offered commemorative collectibles, antique
and estate jewelry, Art Deco china, and British silver.
These bold necklaces with interchangeable pins, designed in
the 1980s by Larry Vrba, were available from TJ Antorino
Antiques and Design, Oyster Bay, New York. Vrba was a
designer for Miriam Haskell jewelry in the 1960s and 1970s.
These pieces ranged in price from $450 to $950.
From Here to Antiquity, Cheshire, Connecticut, asked $675
for
Approaching Storm in Spring
, 1928, oil on panel, 8" x
9", by an unknown artist, signed illegibly lower left.
All of the silhouettes in Andrew Spindler’s booth sold. The
19th-century painted theater backdrop from Maine, 1875-80, was
priced at $2200. The baseball broadside, 1901, Connecticut, reading
“Married Men vs Single Men,” was tagged $1460.
Andrew Spindler offered this 19th-century
New Hampshire comb-back Windsor chair
for $2645. The American carved wood folk
art mirror, circa 1880, was priced at $3250.
These cornhusk and wool bags from
the Nez Perce tribe, late 19th and early
20th centuries, were priced from $950
to $2300 by Marcy Burns American
Indian Arts, New York City.
A rare hair comb by Georg Jensen, of silver and rock crystals,
designed by Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, circa 1954, was
available from Drucker Antiques, Mt. Kisco, New York, for
$18,500.