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Landscape with Sheep
Landscape with Sheep

Landscape with Sheep

By Asher Brown Durand

Located in New York, NY

Durand’s works may be viewed in such esteemed collections as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan M...

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19th Century Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique French Black Marble and Hand-Painted Clock Garniture Set, Late 19th Cent
Antique French Black Marble and Hand-Painted Clock Garniture Set, Late 19th Cent

Antique French Black Marble and Hand-Painted Clock Garniture Set, Late 19th Cent

Located in Tarry Town, NY

An elegant Antique French black marble and hand-painted clock garniture set, retailed by Palmer Bachelder & Co. of Boston during the late 19th century. This impressive three-piec...

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Late 19th Century American Belle Époque Antique Boston

Materials

Slate, Brass

Isaac Henry Caliga (American, 1857-1944) 1884 Winter Mother & Child Oil On Board
Isaac Henry Caliga (American, 1857-1944) 1884 Winter Mother & Child Oil On Board

Isaac Henry Caliga (American, 1857-1944) 1884 Winter Mother & Child Oil On Board

Located in Atlanta, GA

Caliga later became known for figure, portrait, genre, and landscape subjects, and his public reputation grew through exhibitions in New York and Boston. By 1888, he was sufficiently...

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1880s American Barbizon School Antique Boston

Materials

Giltwood, Paint

Late 19th Century Paine Furniture Co Faux Bamboo Birdseye Maple Wellington Chest
Late 19th Century Paine Furniture Co Faux Bamboo Birdseye Maple Wellington Chest

Late 19th Century Paine Furniture Co Faux Bamboo Birdseye Maple Wellington Chest

By Paine Furniture

Located in Bridgeport, CT

With its generous storage and timeless design, this chest is equally suited for a bedroom, entryway, study, or living space. Founded in Boston in 1835, Paine Furniture Company becam...

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Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Boston

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Timby’s Solar Timepiece, by Whiting, Saratoga Springs, NY, circa 1865
Timby’s Solar Timepiece, by Whiting, Saratoga Springs, NY, circa 1865

Timby’s Solar Timepiece, by Whiting, Saratoga Springs, NY, circa 1865

Located in London, GB

The globe signed: Joslin’s six inch Terrestrial Globe Boston Gilman Joslin 1860. Invented by Theodore Timby, and manufactured by Dr.

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Mid-19th Century Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

Torii Kotondo Signed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Steam Bath Yuge Vapor 1929
Torii Kotondo Signed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Steam Bath Yuge Vapor 1929

Torii Kotondo Signed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Steam Bath Yuge Vapor 1929

Located in Studio City, CA

Kotondo's works can today be found in numerous collections and museums including the British Museum in London, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Walters Art Museum, the Saint Louis A...

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1920s Japanese Showa Antique Boston

Materials

Paper

Fine Antique Chinese Cloisonné Dragon Snuff Bottle Qianlong Mark Qing late 19c
Fine Antique Chinese Cloisonné Dragon Snuff Bottle Qianlong Mark Qing late 19c

Fine Antique Chinese Cloisonné Dragon Snuff Bottle Qianlong Mark Qing late 19c

Located in Richmond, CA

For a closely related late 19th-century cloisonné dragon snuff bottle with a blue cloud-scroll ground and Qianlong mark, see Skinner, Asian Works of Art I, Sale 2549B, Boston, June 2...

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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Boston

Materials

Enamel, Copper

Federal Style Inlaid Mahogany Ladies Tambour Writing Desk & Secretary.
Federal Style Inlaid Mahogany Ladies Tambour Writing Desk & Secretary.

Federal Style Inlaid Mahogany Ladies Tambour Writing Desk & Secretary.

Located in Vero Beach, FL

This classical two-piece case piece is modeled after the iconic Boston and New England designs of the early 19th century, famously pioneered by cabinetmakers John and Thomas Seymour.

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Early 20th Century English Federal Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

Cape Elizabeth - Maine - American Realist Seascape Oil Painting by George Luks
Cape Elizabeth - Maine - American Realist Seascape Oil Painting by George Luks

Cape Elizabeth - Maine - American Realist Seascape Oil Painting by George Luks

By George Luks

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Botolph Street, Boston (c. 1923, oil on canvas); View of Beacon Street from Boston Common (c. 1923, oil on canvas); A Clown (1929, oil on canvas) Chicago (Terra Foundation for Americ...

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1920s American Realist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Electrical Cable Gauge Salesman Sample
19th Century Electrical Cable Gauge Salesman Sample

19th Century Electrical Cable Gauge Salesman Sample

Located in Dekalb, IL

1878; New England Telephone & Telegraph Company - Boston, Massachusetts. Glazed wooden display case produced for New England Telephone & Telegraph, housing a graduated set of electr...

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1870s Antique Boston

Materials

Glass, Wood

Malachite Egyptian Revival Snake Dragon Chariot Bracelet Gold Museum Quality
Malachite Egyptian Revival Snake Dragon Chariot Bracelet Gold Museum Quality

Malachite Egyptian Revival Snake Dragon Chariot Bracelet Gold Museum Quality

Located in New York, NY

The bracelet is a Museum Quality work worthy of the fine jewelry collections in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts or the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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Early 20th Century Unknown Egyptian Revival Antique Boston

Materials

Malachite, Gold, 10k Gold, Rose Gold

19th-century American Federal Mahogany Three-Drawer Worktable
19th-century American Federal Mahogany Three-Drawer Worktable

19th-century American Federal Mahogany Three-Drawer Worktable

Located in San Francisco, CA

This design motif was famously utilized by master New York and Boston cabinetmakers of the era such as Duncan Phyfe or Thomas Seymour.

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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

Venus and Adonis (after Teodoro Ghisi)
Venus and Adonis (after Teodoro Ghisi)

Venus and Adonis (after Teodoro Ghisi)

By Giorgio Mantovano Ghisi

Located in Middletown, NY

A note on the provenance: An heir to an Arlington family that had prospered in the poultry trade, Winfield Robbins was deeply attached to his hometown, now a suburb of Boston. During...

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16th Century Old Masters Antique Boston

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving

Pommiers en fleurs - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert William Vonnoh
Pommiers en fleurs - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert William Vonnoh

Pommiers en fleurs - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert William Vonnoh

By Robert William Vonnoh

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

He returned to Boston in 1883, began teaching at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston in 1885, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, in 1891.

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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil, Canvas

AMERICAN REVOLUTION - THE ABLE DOCTOR IN AMERICA SWALLOWING THE BITTER DRAUGHT
AMERICAN REVOLUTION - THE ABLE DOCTOR IN AMERICA SWALLOWING THE BITTER DRAUGHT

AMERICAN REVOLUTION - THE ABLE DOCTOR IN AMERICA SWALLOWING THE BITTER DRAUGHT

Located in Santa Monica, CA

From Library of Congress: “Cartoon shows Lord North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Nat...

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1770s Old Masters Antique Boston

Materials

Engraving

Autumn
Autumn

Autumn

By William Merritt Post

Located in Sheffield, MA

Post had a successful career in New York, and exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Corcoran G...

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19th Century Tonalist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Male Nude Drawing in Charcoal, American Impressionist, 1892
Male Nude Drawing in Charcoal, American Impressionist, 1892

Male Nude Drawing in Charcoal, American Impressionist, 1892

Located in Fairlawn, OH

They brought world class offerings to the Boston cultural community. The works they sold later enhanced the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Boston Public Libr...

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1890s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Charcoal

Academic Study of Female Nude, Seated Facing Right
Academic Study of Female Nude, Seated Facing Right

Academic Study of Female Nude, Seated Facing Right

Located in Fairlawn, OH

They brought world class offerings to the Boston cultural community. The works they sold later enhanced the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Boston Public Libr...

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1890s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Charcoal

"Washington." Engraving by Oliver Pelton, after Gilbert Stuart, c. 1860
"Washington." Engraving by Oliver Pelton, after Gilbert Stuart, c. 1860

"Washington." Engraving by Oliver Pelton, after Gilbert Stuart, c. 1860

By Gilbert Stuart

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

In 1827 he was working as an engraver in Boston, and by 1836 he became a partner in the banknote engraving firm of Pelton and Terry.

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1860s American Federal Antique Boston

Materials

Paper

Pres de Grez - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert William Vonnoh
Pres de Grez - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert William Vonnoh

Pres de Grez - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert William Vonnoh

By Robert William Vonnoh

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

He returned to Boston in 1883, began teaching at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston in 1885, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, in 1891.

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1890s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Academic Drawing of a Standing Male Nude with a Staff
Academic Drawing of a Standing Male Nude with a Staff

Academic Drawing of a Standing Male Nude with a Staff

Located in Fairlawn, OH

They brought world class offerings to the Boston cultural community. The works they sold later enhanced the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Boston Public Libr...

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1890s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Charcoal

"Madonna Mother Child" Framed Lithograph Print by WH Partridge, Circa 1900
"Madonna Mother Child" Framed Lithograph Print by WH Partridge, Circa 1900

"Madonna Mother Child" Framed Lithograph Print by WH Partridge, Circa 1900

Located in Van Nuys, CA

An original lithograph photo of a mother and child was created by William Partridge sometime after he moved from Oregon to Boston in 1886. This image was one of his most popular and ...

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Early 1900s American Late Victorian Antique Boston

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Antique Vintage Artwork, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 20th Century, Framed
Antique Vintage Artwork, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 20th Century, Framed

Antique Vintage Artwork, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 20th Century, Framed

Located in Fairlawn, OH

They brought world class offerings to the Boston cultural community. The works they sold later enhanced the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Boston Public Libr...

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1890s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Charcoal

Arthur Clifton Goodwin American Impressionist Oil Painting View of Central Park
Arthur Clifton Goodwin American Impressionist Oil Painting View of Central Park

Arthur Clifton Goodwin American Impressionist Oil Painting View of Central Park

Located in Litchfield, CT

Goodwin was a self-taught American Impressionist celebrated for his depictions of Boston and New York City at the turn of the 20th century.

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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Boston

Materials

Paint

“Still Life with Roses”
“Still Life with Roses”

“Still Life with Roses”

Located in Southampton, NY

He was a member of the Boston Art Club, exhibited at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Boston Paint & Clay Club, and won prizes a...

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1880s Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Venice Sailbosts”
“Venice Sailbosts”

“Venice Sailbosts”

By William Stanley Haseltine

Located in Southampton, NY

Today, his paintings are featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Fine Arts Muse...

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1890s Hudson River School Antique Boston

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Paul Gauguin Deux Femmes Maories Accroupies Limited Edition Lithograph Print
Paul Gauguin Deux Femmes Maories Accroupies Limited Edition Lithograph Print

Paul Gauguin Deux Femmes Maories Accroupies Limited Edition Lithograph Print

By Paul Gauguin

Located in Studio City, CA

This exact piece can be found in The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston. A very good impression of this scarce print.

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1890s French Antique Boston

Materials

Wood, Paper

Venice, Riva, Ships, Published by Dunthorne, Frank Duveneck, 1880
Venice, Riva, Ships, Published by Dunthorne, Frank Duveneck, 1880

Venice, Riva, Ships, Published by Dunthorne, Frank Duveneck, 1880

By Frank Duveneck

Located in Fairlawn, OH

His striking portraits and figure paintings brought him recognition in Boston and Cincinnati during the 1870s. Returning to Europe, he established influential teaching groups in Muni...

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1880s Antique Boston

Materials

Etching

Hortus Malabaricus Hand-Colored Engraving Talipot Palm Rheede Amsterdam, c, 1682
Hortus Malabaricus Hand-Colored Engraving Talipot Palm Rheede Amsterdam, c, 1682

Hortus Malabaricus Hand-Colored Engraving Talipot Palm Rheede Amsterdam, c, 1682

By Henrik Adrian van Rheede

Located in Downingtown, PA

., Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636–1691) and Hortus Malabaricus: A Contribution to the History of Dutch Colonial Botany, Rotterdam and Boston, 1986. Manilal, K. S. (e...

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Late 17th Century Indian William and Mary Antique Boston

Materials

Paper

Roses Cast Aside
Roses Cast Aside

Roses Cast Aside

Located in North Clarendon, VT

A wonderful Boston School still life, Roses Cast Aside. Oil on canvas, no visible signature, 9" x 12", 12.5" x 15.5" framed.

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1890s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil

'Flycatchers on Snow-Covered Nanadina' — Japanese Kacho-e Woodblock Print
'Flycatchers on Snow-Covered Nanadina' — Japanese Kacho-e Woodblock Print

'Flycatchers on Snow-Covered Nanadina' — Japanese Kacho-e Woodblock Print

By Ohara Koson

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Toledo Museum of Art, University of Michigan Museum of...

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1920s Naturalistic Antique Boston

Materials

Woodcut

Alice R. Comins NH Winter Landscape Oil Painting, Mount Monadnock, 1907
Alice R. Comins NH Winter Landscape Oil Painting, Mount Monadnock, 1907

Alice R. Comins NH Winter Landscape Oil Painting, Mount Monadnock, 1907

Located in Milford, NH

Comins was a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and began her study of art during her girlhood spent there and in Boston and also began her collection of rare antiques, both of whi...

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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sarab Hallway Runner Collectible
Sarab Hallway Runner Collectible

Sarab Hallway Runner Collectible

Located in WYNNUM, QLD

This piece came from a Boston estate sale, where it had apparently been in place since new, across several generations.

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Early 20th Century Central Asian Antique Boston

Materials

Wool

Parkman's Works, Ten Volumes in Three-Quarter Leather, 1905
Parkman's Works, Ten Volumes in Three-Quarter Leather, 1905

Parkman's Works, Ten Volumes in Three-Quarter Leather, 1905

Located in Savannah, GA

Ten volumes of Parkman's Works, published by Little, Brown and Company of Boston in 1905 and bound in three-quarter brown leather over marbled paper boards.

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Early 1900s American Antique Boston

Materials

Leather

The Piano Recital - Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil by Frederick Frieseke
The Piano Recital - Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil by Frederick Frieseke

The Piano Recital - Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil by Frederick Frieseke

By Frederick Carl Frieseke

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Franco-américain du Château): In Front of the Mirror (1903) Boston (MFA): The Yellow Room (c. 1910, oil on canvas) Chicago (Terra Foundation for American Art Collection): The Green S...

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1920s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Thomas Seymour (Attrib) Mahogany Drop Leaf Breakfast Table from Badlam Family
Thomas Seymour (Attrib) Mahogany Drop Leaf Breakfast Table from Badlam Family

Thomas Seymour (Attrib) Mahogany Drop Leaf Breakfast Table from Badlam Family

By Thomas Seymour

Located in Milford, NH

A finely made one drawer drop leaf breakfast table with great original color and surface attributed to Thomas Seymour of Boston with rounded corner top, turned pedestal and outswept ...

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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

Large Early 19th Century American Folk Portrait
Large Early 19th Century American Folk Portrait

Large Early 19th Century American Folk Portrait

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

The Beardsley Limner was an itinerant artist who worked along the old Boston Post Road, in Connecticut and Massachusetts, from about 1785 to 1805.

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19th Century Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Irish Delft Blue and White Chinoiserie Platter of Massive Scale, circa 1760
Irish Delft Blue and White Chinoiserie Platter of Massive Scale, circa 1760

Irish Delft Blue and White Chinoiserie Platter of Massive Scale, circa 1760

Located in Kinderhook, NY

'English Delftware Pottery in the Robert Hall Warren Collection Ashmolean Museum Oxford'. Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop, 1968.

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Mid-18th Century Irish Chinoiserie Antique Boston

Materials

Earthenware

The Works of HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The Riverside Edition 17 Volume Set 1896
The Works of HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The Riverside Edition 17 Volume Set 1896

The Works of HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The Riverside Edition 17 Volume Set 1896

Located in Woodbury, CT

The Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe The Riverside Edition Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Riverside Press, Boston, 1896 Complete in seventeen volumes (the sixteen-volume edition issued ...

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1890s American Other Antique Boston

Materials

Leather, Paper

Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar of Pedihormednu, Late Period 664 BC to 525 BC
Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar of Pedihormednu, Late Period 664 BC to 525 BC

Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar of Pedihormednu, Late Period 664 BC to 525 BC

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Provenance John Lindquist (1890-1980), Boston, Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1976. Thence by Descent.

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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Boston

Materials

Alabaster

Fine Pair of American Classical Mahogany Card Tables, Massachusetts ca. 1820
Fine Pair of American Classical Mahogany Card Tables, Massachusetts ca. 1820

Fine Pair of American Classical Mahogany Card Tables, Massachusetts ca. 1820

Located in Shippensburg, PA

FINE PAIR OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL FLAMED MAHOGANY CARD TABLES Probably Boston, Massachusetts Circa 1820 Open: 27 3/4" H x 37 1/4" D x 38 1/4" W Closed: 28 7/8" H x 19 1/16" D x 37 1/8...

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1820s American American Classical Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

Quien se pondra el cascabel al gato?
Quien se pondra el cascabel al gato?

Quien se pondra el cascabel al gato?

By Francisco Goya

Located in New York, NY

Provenance: Collection Frederick Garnet Rice, with the ink stamp (Lugt 1042a) Childs Gallery, Boston, Acquired from the previous in 2004. Catalogue raisonné references: Harris 268,...

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Late 18th Century Romantic Antique Boston

Materials

Etching

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Prices for an antique boston start at $124 and top out at $4,750 with the average selling for $1,273.