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Article: Milwaukee antiques dealer finds treasure in City Hall's trash
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- Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 20, 2008
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Doug Quigley is almost sold out of sculptures from the Milwaukee
City Hall bell tower.
In May 2006, he walked onto the City Hall renovation project and
cut a deal with general contractor J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc. to buy
terra cotta sculptures the city didn't want. Quigley, a historic
preservationist and the owner of Clinton Street Antique Centre in
Milwaukee, got about 20 balustrades and 32 of the square tiles that
circled City Hall's bell tower.
Cullen sold the square tiles with fleur-de-lis patterns for $200
each, Quigley said, and they have been the best sellers. The first
sold for $435, and the last tile he sold fetched $1,000.
"Yeah, other than our newbie, the Calatrava, (City Hall) was ...