Maine Antique Digest is written for collectors and the antiques trade. M.A.D. covers auctions, shows, and the goings-on in the art and antiques marketplace.
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The pine 19th-C food safe, 68½" H, is raised on tapered square extended-stile legs. The doors open to 2 fixed shelves, and the doors & side panels are fitted with 12 hand-punched tins with a central 6-point star. It sold for $1400 at Victoria Auction #antiques#safe#furniture
This c1820 southern Federal hinge-top sugar chest from Kentucky or Tennessee is divided into one large interior space and two smaller sections. The 39" x 39½" x 19¾" cherry chest sold for $2875 (e $1500/2000) at @WootenandWootenmaineantiquedigest.com/stori…#antiques#antique#sugar
It is likely that this New Hampshire tiger maple Queen Anne highboy, 74½" x 39½" x 22", was made by a member of the Dunlap family. With the original brasses & surface, it sold for $28,160 (e $1200/1800) at Devin Moisan Auctioneers maineantiquedigest.com/stori…#antiques#antique
Who says a blanket chest needs a cover? Not the bidders on this carved 18th-century example. It is 27" long with an iron lock plate and remnants of a till. The blanket chest sold for $8750 at Flying Pig Antiques maineantiquedigest.com/stori…#antiques#antique#furniture#chest#carved
Realizing $41,250 at Flying Pig Antiques was this 3-gallon stoneware butter churn, 15" H, with incised & cobalt blue decoration depicting soldiers & an American flag. It has no cover or dasher but is in good condition maineantiquedigest.com/stori…#antiques#antique#stoneware#folkart
This 14" x 56" x 27" walnut coffee table by George Nakashima (1905-1990) sold for $40,960 (est. $12,000/18,000) at Devin Moisan Auctioneers. The three-piece walnut top is joined by a large inlaid butterfly key maineantiquedigest.com/stori…#antique#antiques#Nakashima#modern#design
Tiffany Studios Lotus table lamp, c1910, w/leaded-glass shade impressed “Tiffany Studios, New York,” 26½" D, the bronze base impressed “Tiffany Studios, New York, 373,” 25" H, sold for $118,750 (e $80,000/120,000) at @FontaineAuctionmaineantiquedigest.com/stori…#Tiffany#antiques