Article: James Julia sale a barnstormer.(Arts and Lifestyle)

James D. Julia's Jan. 29 sale at a barn in Fairfield, Maine, was characterized by an array of objects ranging from fine American to the decidedly quirky.

A Massachusetts Hepplewhite inlaid mahogany corner sideboard in old finish was the high lot when it sold for three times the estimate at $36,800. This kind of sideboard is a seldomseen form; it descended in the family of the original purchaser and had never come to market before.

A salesman's sample Old Town canoe with the original paint and decals, and accompanied by a copy of a 1907 catalog, realized brought $13,800, and an unusual 73-inch-high narwhal-tusk floor lamp was estimated at $2,000-$4,000 ...

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