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The Antique Detective
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Japanned Furniture: Is it Old or a Reproduction?
AUTHENTIC pieces of 18th century Japanned furniture make rare auction appearances. If they are authentic as labeled, prices can be rise to the high thousands of dollars. There is a dramatic drop in price if they are 19th or 20th century examples. At the Leslie Hindman March auction in Chicago, Japanned pieces from three different centuries proved this point. A Georgian Japanned, long case clock by Jerimiah Standing, ca. 1780, estimated a...
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Japanned piece may be newer than it looks
Chicago Sun-Times
; When a piece of 18th century japanned furniture appears on the auction block, it always gains attention, and if authentic, is priced in the high thousands of dollars. Japanning is the European and American version of a technique begun in China and Japan. Basically, Oriental motifs depicting people,
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JAPANNED CHEST STILL RETAINS ITS STATUS
The Boston Globe
; Japanned furniture, the name given to furniture with a decorative finish simulating oriental lacquerwork, became a mark of status after being introduced to the Colonies in the early 1700s. After its import from England, japanned furniture was soon being produced in Boston, New York, and
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Rent increase backed for Pieces of Eight
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Rent increase backed for Pieces of Eight By LARRY SANDLER lsandler@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Thursday, March 25, 2004 The rent could rise more than 60% for the Pieces of Eight restaurant, under a deal that would end the long legal dispute over the eatery's prime perch on city-owned
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Sold to executive for $1m: 87 pieces of Mao porcelain
The Boston Globe
; BEIJING -- An ashtray Mao Zedong never flicked his cigarette over fetched $13,000. A bowl the chairman never saw went for $50,000. In all, 87 pieces of exquisite porcelain made for the Communist Party leader during the ultra-radical Cultural Revolution drew $1 million at auction yesterday. All but
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Cartoon collectors fill auction house; More than 600 pieces of animation art, some of it Disney and all of it owned by a private collector, went on sale in North St. Paul.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; Byline: Sherri Cruz; Staff Writer RSEC: + Tigger's turn came shortly after noon. Do I hear $160? shouted Tracy Luther, owner of Luther Auctions. A man who had just whisked in the front door raised his hand. Sold. What's your number? Luther asked. Tigger was just one of more than 600 pieces of
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PIECES OF A DREAM "Pieces" Blue Note
The Washington Post
; Last year Philadelphia's pop-instrumental combo, Pieces of a Dream, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a greatest-hits album and a tour that reunited the founding trio of keyboardist James Lloyd, drummer Curtis Harmon and bassist Cedric Napoleon after Napoleon had been out of the band for most of
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Pieces of a Dream's 'Love's Silhouette' Blends Uptempo Grooves with Latin Flavor
Los Angeles Sentinel
; Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 11-13-2002 The release of "Love's Silhouette" by world-renowned combo Pieces of a Dream is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed "Heads Up" label debut. "Acquainted with the Night," which celebrated their 25th anniversary in the music business. On the
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Pieces of April
The Stranger
; Peter Hedges is a tall, lanky man, extremely affable and very passionate about his first writing/directorial effort, Pieces of April. When I talked to him in town recently he was all excitement and fidgeting, giddy about his first publicity tour. As it turns out, he has something to be giddy about,
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SHOPTALK Bits and pieces
The Northern Echo
; ... pieces that were once a much-loved bowl. A horse prances proudly - but minus his tail. That's the bad news. But the much more cheerful good news is that eventually all these pieces will be put back together again, looking as good as new. And no, in ...
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Wreckage is from missing warplane Military confirms identification of pieces found on mountain peak
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Two airplane pieces found on a snowy Rocky Mountain peak are from the Air Force warplane that vanished on a training mission over Arizona three weeks ago, the military confirmed Wednesday. "We have positive identification that these are pieces of the A-10 (Thunderbolt) aircraft," said Air Force
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