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Insights on Auction Sales: Comic Books, George Rodrigue

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Right behind it in value was a rare cold-painted bronze lamp by Anton Chotka , depicting a richly detailed Middle Eastern coffeehouse scene. While aging in glass doesn’t enhance flavor, the appeal here seems more about rarity and provenance than taste.

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Insights on Auction Sales: Rare Chinese Royal Food Vessel, Civil War Swords

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A collection of twelve Tommy Saint-Louis crystal stemware glasses , arranged as an assembled set, sold for $1,062.50. The craftsmanship and striking colors made this set particularly desirable despite a minor chip on the dark blue cocktail glass. Rudy Ayoroa Oil A Rudy Ayoroa oil painting of a cowboy sold for $429 at VIP Auction KY.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A Bar, Chinese Screen

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Framed by pilastered columns, it featured hand-chiseled globe lights (shown glowing red in the photos), each blooming with five flowered glass arms fitted with additional lightsimagine that warm, inviting glow. Fine European Art An early 17th-century painting of Saint Peter sold for $62,495.97 Architecturally, the bar was a knockout.

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Insights on Auction Sales: 1934 Ford Model 40 Coupe, Fabergé Lobster

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The toy was twenty-six inches long and had an impressive combination of materials: painted cast iron details on the front and wood sides, topped with a striped fabric roof. The star of the auction was a rare late 1800s child’s fire engine house toy, which sold for $3,690.

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2024 Moving into 2025 Design Trends Likely to Affect Value of Personal Property

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Items such as folk art, unique and creative paintings, hand-blown Venetian glass, delft style ceramic tiles, handmade vases, and quilts are splashed throughout interiors. Interest in heavily painted furniture has waned and been replaced by a more modern farmhouse style.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A William Edmondson, a Concho Belt, a Gas Pump

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A highlight of Magic Realism from the 1960s was Carroll Cloar’s Final Resting Place , a haunting, stylized painting of a woman beside a grave, which brought in $80,000. From an earlier era, Jasper Francis Cropsey’s luminous Hudson River School painting Along the Delaware sold for $50,000, showcasing his signature autumn palette.

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Insights on Auction Sales: Van Cleef & Arpel Jewels, Karl Springer Tables

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These sculptural pieces featured amorphic, seamless brass bases topped with thick 0.75″ reverse-painted black glass, giving off that unmistakable Springer blend of glamour and bold design. Despite minor condition issues like paint loss on the glass and tarnish on the brass, the trio sold for a relatively modest $22,680.