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26-A Maine Antique Digest, March 2017
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Painted wood scepter. It’s a theatrical prop. “It came from the estate of
someone who worked for the Metropolitan Opera,” Bakst said. It’s $210.
Diminutive (12" wide) violin maker’s chest with 40 drawers, $2450.
Early paint-decorated
violin case. To the right of
the handle is a delicately
painted image of a violin.
The box is $750.
Two perfume bottles with cut-glass stoppers and neatly
tied embroidered deep-red velvet covers, $375 the pair.
Cover of the winter 1983-84 issue of
Stained Glass
magazine. Bakst designed the window pictured on the
cover for a house in New Jersey. She said, “I stopped
doing stained glass because Bill got an offer to do a
TV show. It would take us to L.A.” But perhaps just
as significant was the fact that stained glass “wasn’t
making me as happy as it should.”
A group of items that
must have had a story for
someone: The little box has
a handwritten legend on top,
“Wedding gloves / etc / April
25, 1888.” Inside are two
pairs of gloves, embroidered
suspenders, and a man’s
formal bow tie. The printed
label on the box reads:
“Boutons Parisiens,” which,
of course means “Parisian
buttons.” Bakst has priced the
ensemble at $295.
A pristine Borsalino hatbox
with its original unblocked
hat inside, $375. The metal-
capped package to the right
is “Grade A Fancy Colored &
Scented Wedding Rice.” And
it’s “Color Fast” as well. It’s
$150.
Black-painted glass sign with three-dimensional gilt letters, $750.
Nicely turned billy club with a flask in its business end, $425.