Milestone presents fine sporting, Civil War & Old West firearms, June 10-11

Very fine Winchester Model 1866 Yellow Boy .44-caliber rimfire rifle designed by Oliver Winchester as the continuation to the famed Henry rifle. This example, manufactured in 1886, features a gunmetal brass receiver with full-length octagon barrel and full-length magazine. Barrel has two-line Winchester address, German silver sporting blade front sight, and elevation-adjustable rear sight. Excellent full-size stocks. Estimate $15,000-$25,000

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – Over the weekend of June 10-11, Milestone Auctions will open its doors to an arsenal of antique, vintage and other fine weapons chosen expressly for the summer edition of its Premier Collectible Firearms sale. The 1,421-lot auction event, featuring the types and brands of military, civilian and sporting arms hobbyists yearn for, welcomes absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.

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Art Deco radio collection featured in Heritage’s June 6 Design sale

Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com
Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com
Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS – On Tuesday, June 6, Heritage Auctions presents an outstanding collection of design and technology history in its Design Signature® Auction. The event is packed with contemporary glass, Japanese ceramics, furniture and a standout selection of Art Deco radios from an important New York collection. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Folk furnishings from single-owner collection boosted day’s total at Miller & Miller

Circa-1820 Quebec armoire with strong alligatored yellow paint that earned it family nickname Armoire Crocodile, CA$29,500
Circa-1820 Quebec armoire with strong alligatored yellow paint that earned it family nickname Armoire Crocodile, CA$29,500
Circa-1820 Quebec armoire with strong alligatored yellow paint that earned it family nickname Armoire Crocodile, CA$29,500

NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A circa-1820 Quebec armoire in alligatored yellow paint that earned it the family nickname Armoire Crocodile sold for $29,500, and a Louis XIII armchair from the Bastien family on the Huron-Wendat reserve in Loretteville, Quebec achieved $21,240 at the sale of the Jean-Marc and Danielle Belzile collection held May 13 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd., online and live in Quebec, Canada. It featured 359 lots of 18th- and 19th-century Quebec furniture, folk art, sculpture and Canadiana in a sale that grossed $351,079. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.Continue reading

Barbara Walters’ longtime Manhattan co-op listed for $19.75M

Red lacquer-painted library in the Manhattan co-op owned for decades by the late Barbara Walters. The property has just gone on the market, listed at $19.75 million. Photo by Donna Dotan, courtesy of TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Red lacquer-painted library in the Manhattan co-op owned for decades by the late Barbara Walters. The property has just gone on the market, listed at $19.75 million. Photo by Donna Dotan, courtesy of TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Red lacquer-painted library in the Manhattan co-op owned for decades by the late Barbara Walters. The property has just gone on the market, listed at $19.75 million. Photo by Donna Dotan, courtesy of TopTenRealEstateDeals.com

NEW YORK – The longtime New York co-op home of TV reporter and media personality Barbara Walters has come on the market, priced at $19.75 million. Located on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue adjacent to Central Park, Walters lived there from 1989 until her death in 2022 at age 93. The five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom apartment takes up the entire sixth floor in a 14-story building designed in 1925 by architect Nathan Korn.

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Bid Smart: Maud Lewis – Canada’s answer to Grandma Moses

A Maud Lewis 1967 oil on board, ‘Black Truck,’ achieved CA$350,000 (or $257,410) plus the buyer’s premium in May 2022. Image courtesy of Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd and LiveAuctioneers.
A Maud Lewis 1967 oil on board, ‘Black Truck,’ achieved CA$350,000 (or $257,410) plus the buyer’s premium in May 2022. Image courtesy of Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — Maud Dowley Lewis (1903-70) spent all her life in Nova Scotia and reportedly never traveled more than an hour from her birthplace in the tiny town of South Ohio. Her folksy and playful paintings that first captivated neighbors and then tourists have traveled far and wide, however. Although Lewis never lived to see her works exhibited in museums or galleries, she is now one of Canada’s best-known folk artists. A 1965 newspaper article about her, which helped propel her international reputation, was titled The Little Old Lady Who Paints Pretty Pictures. Idyllic scenes of sleigh rides across a snowy landscape, children waving at a colorful train, and animals such as black cats or pairs of oxen were among her most popular paintings.

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