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Wool Quilt Brings $97,750 at Julia's Americana Sale

FAIRFIELD, MAINE
: A spectacular wool quilt made around 1812 in South Solon, Maine, brought an impressive $97,750 at James Julia's three-day Americana auction conducted January 26-28.

The pieced and embroidered quilt came from the Paul family and was made from wool from their farm. Recently discovered by a descendent in a trunk in the attic where it had been carefully stored for a very long time, the quilt was estimated at $30/50,000. It sold to an unnamed museum.

Another recent local discovery was Daniel Ridgway Knight's oil on canvas "At the Well," a scene of two young French farm women at a stone well surrounded by flowers, that sold for $297,500. The Waterville, Me., consignors acquired the painting from Hammer Galleries in 1981. Three telephone bidders were up against the successful bidder in the room who was acting on behalf of a London gallery.

A full report of the sale will appear in a future issue.

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