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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Thomas A. Edison-type universal stock ticker, Model 3-A, serial no. 3054, for Western Union, manufactured by J.H. Bunnell & Co, New York, 1870s, 13¼" H, sold for $14,080 (e $4000/6000) at Freeman's maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antique #antiques #stocks #stock #stockmarket #ticker
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The latest edition of Maine Antique Digest is now available. Published monthly, MAD covers the marketplace for Americana and art. Each issue features antiques news, auctions, and shows across the U.S. #antiques #antique #vintage #art #artist #Americana
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Wedgwood caneware & black basalt oval plaque, “Am I Not a Man and a Brother,” Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England, c 1790, sold for $2304 (e. $800/1200) at Freeman's maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #art #artist #Wedgwood
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This Bible box in original blue paint brought $10,625 at Flying Pig Antiques. With snipe hinges, it is 20" wide. maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #vintage #blue #Americana #bible
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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
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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 @WootenandWooten maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #sugar
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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
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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
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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
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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
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At best, lighthouse clocks are uncommon. This 1825-40 example is very rare. There is no indication of who made it. The 19¾" x 8¾" x 8 7/8" clock brought $23,680 (e. $1500/2500) at Devin Moisan Auctioneers maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #clock #clocks #horology #art
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Little is known about Ann Tappan but this sampler records that she was born on July 9, 1786, & she stitched it in 1795. The 11¼" x 11" sampler sold for $4200 (e $400/600) at @PlaceAuction maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #sampler #folkart #needlework #textiles #Tappan
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Sheraton mahogany inlaid card table, attributed to makers John & Thomas Seymour, operating in Boston from 1794 to 1816, sold for $5100 at @PlaceAuction maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #antiques #antique #furniture #table #Seymour #cardtable
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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 @FontaineAuction maineantiquedigest.com/stori… #Tiffany #antiques
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