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Footlight Flirtation by Everett Shinn (American, 1876-1953)

Gilt framed oil on canvas entitled Footlight Flirtation signed and dated lower right by the artist Everett Shinn (American, 1876-1953) 1912 29×34 Replacement Value: $7,000,000 A prominent New York-based artist in the early 20th century, Everett Shinn was a Social Realist painter who focused on lower-class urban themes. Although his ongoing reputation seems to be […]

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Euro Cave wine cooler

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Replacement Value: $6,500 The first Eurocave cellar was made in 1976 in France and since then the team of their developers managed to maintain and even increase the quality of their legendary wine storage units. The French company has extended the range of their wine cabinets which are now available in 70 countries. In the

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Naples and Miami Estate Settlement Appraisals

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Gemologist and Appraiser Olivia Nugent was off to Naples and Appraiser Ray Nugent was down in Miami earlier this week for Estate Settlement Appraisals. Beneficiaries of estates often utilize ValuePros for Value Protection – identifying the unknown items of substantial value in a family member’s residence before liquidating the more common, less-valuable items. After the

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Hiker in Israel finds rare gold coin dating back 2,000 years

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By Michael Casey A hiker in Israel has found a rare, 2,000-year-old coin bearing the image of Emperor Augustus that is identical to one in the British Museum’s collection. Laurie Rimon was hiking with friends at an archeological site in the eastern Galilee when she saw a shiny object in the grass. After realizing it

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Palm Beach residence Art Appraisal

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Fine Art appraiser Ray Nugent spent two days in a Palm Beach residence examining a collection of oil paintings and watercolors. The examination required the use of a 12-foot ladder and stairway railing to reach the highest works. ValuePros’s staff of independent, expert appraisers and gemologists perform onsite examinations of all personal property items including

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Rare Ty Cobb cards worth $1 million rescued from ‘trash’

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By Sarah Kaplan | March 3 at 7:06 AM For more than a century they lay hidden in a rural Southern town, on the floor of an abandoned home, at the very bottom of a torn and rumpled paper bag. Face down, as if they needed to be any more inconspicuous. They might have stayed

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Diamond Earrings

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One pair of classic diamond stud earrings. Two exceptional diamonds are radiant cut and brilliant faceted, elegantly set in four-prong settings on a double tiered 18k white gold pavilion mounting, reinforced by a traditional push-back post backing decorated with metal scrollwork. Metal was acid tested. Replacement Value: $102,000.00 Diamonds Color: G Clarity: VS1-VS2 Weight: 6.0

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Emile Galle (1846-1904) cameo glass table lamp

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Emile Galle (1846-1904) cameo glass table lamp with deeply cut leaves and stems 22 inches tall Replacement Value: $32,000 Cameo glass consists of layers of different colors and cut after the manner of a cameo. Émile Gallé (Nancy, 8 May 1846 – Nancy, 23 September 1904) was a French artist who worked in glass, and

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Burgun Schwerer & Co., circa 1900; internally decorated turquoise glass body artistic ware

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Burgun Schwerer & Co., circa 1900; internally decorated turquoise glass body overlaid in green and white, highlighted with intercalaire enamels, carved with decoration of orchids, partially martelé Replacement Value: $25,000 Throughout the Art Nouveau period, Daum excelled in complex glassmaking techniques. Etching was often combined with carving, enameling and engraving on a single piece. The

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1925 First edition, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Cloth bound novel entitled The Great Gatsby by the author F. Scott Fitzgerald published by Scribner’s Sons copyright New York, 1925 First edition Replacement Value: $125,000 First published by Scribner’s in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received mixed reviews and sold poorly; in its first year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. Fitzgerald died in

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