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FIELD GUIDE
HUNT
10 Ultraviolet light
take note...
can help detect areas
LAYERS of retouching, such as
what appears along
OF WHEAT this painting’s edges.
IN EVERY BITE
OBJECT: shared with Antiques infl uence of the French
Oil Painting Roadshow producer painter Corot,” says
Marsha Bemko that your Alasdair. “The handling—
SUBMITTED BY: painting is a 1905 oil on the mode of using the
G.S., San Anselmo, CA
canvas bearing the initials brush—is rather broad,
‘GS’ or ‘CS.’ “Almost indicating it’s likely the
PROVENANCE: Inherited by
certainly European, it is work of a gifted amateur
his German wife
virtually impossible to rather than trained artist.”
WHAT IT IS: Appraiser pinpoint it to any specifi c
Alasdair Nichol of country, although the style WHAT IT’S WORTH:
Freeman’s Auctioneers and subject show the $200
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Attic Clean Out: to Keep or Toss?
“Keep anything that appears to be original, such as
good oil paintings, quality precious metals like
sterling silver and gold, signed or marked porcelain,
and glass whose maker can be identifi ed.”
BENE RAIA, RAIA AUCTIONEERS, INC.
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OBJECT:
Small Silver Trays Attleboro, MA–based
Mechanics Sterling Co. “A
pin tray was a useful sewing
SUBMITTED BY:
A.B., Bellerose, NY accessory where pins could
be placed by a busy
PROVENANCE: Discovered in seamstress,” says Amanda.
her mom’s china closet “They usually had a recessed
well—or in this case, a
WHAT IT IS: Antiques double well—that facilitated
Roadshow producer Marsha carrying the pin between
Bemko consulted with forefi nger and thumb.”
appraiser Amanda Everard Adding to their appeal is
of Everard Auctions & their repoussé (a metal-
Appraisals and reports that working technique) fl ower SILVER TRAYS, STEPHEN DEVRIES.
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your trio of 4 /2-inch-long decoration.
treasures are late-19th- or
early-20th-century sterling WHAT IT’S WORTH:
silver pin trays made by $100 to $150 for all
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