NEWS

May 5: Current Prices

Terry and Kim Kovel
Cowles Syndicate

Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the U.S. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

Clothing, scarf, chocolate and brown silk, allover nested diamond pattern, tag, Salvatore Ferragamo, Italy, 8 1/2 x 55 inches, $40.

Toy, pedal car, taxi, pressed steel, yellow, black and white checkered trim, "TAXI" on side with outline of eagle and checkered panels, painted rate card, black windshield frame, $185.

Map, West Indies, Caribbean Sea, inset with Bermuda, decorative border, hand colored, engraved by D.G. Johnson, published by A.J. Johnson, New York, giltwood frame, c. 1880, 24 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches, $255.

Fireplace, firkin, wooden stave construction, two horizontal wooden bands, old yellow paint, inscribed "B. Flour," inset flattened lid, arched hinged handle with pegs, 1800s, 11 1/4 inches, $385.

Furniture, stand, curly maple, rectangular top with raised edge, single drawer with brass ring pull, twist carved legs, ball feet, 24 x 18 x 17 inches, $415.

Scientific instrument, compass with sundial, brass, pocket style, adjustable gnomon and latitude arm, outer ring marked Troughton & Simms, England, 1800s, fitted leather case, closed dial 3/4 x 2 5/8 inches, $575.

Photograph, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, black and white, close cropped, signed in pen by photographer Jack Mitchell, numbered 1/20, 1980, 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches, $700.

Poster, travel, Folies Bergere, La Grande Folie, art deco man in top hat and nude woman, black and magenta on cream color ground, linen backing, 1920s, 20 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches $855.

Silver-sterling tray, oval, stepped raised rim, shaped cutout handles on ends, marked, Gorham, 15 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches, $1,125.

Music, guitar, acoustic, Martin & Co. HD-28, six-string, spruce top, ebony fretboard, diamond pattern strip on back, marbled pick guard, Martin & Co. label inside, original hard case with green lining, 41 x 15 1/12 x 4 3/4 inches, $3,450.