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Eldred’s Auctioneers
March 31
1957 Gibson Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty” left-hand guitar
Estimate: $40,000–$60,000
Price fetched: $253,000
It’s safe to say that this vintage Les Paul was something of a fish out of water in Eldred’s Americana auction on Cape Cod last week, where most buyers came looking for things like hooked rugs, folk portraits, Windsor chairs, nautical pictures, […]

Rago Arts and Auction Center
March 10
Folk art three-panel screen from Vancroft Lodge, W. Va.
Estimate: $30,000–$50,000
Price fetched: $180,000
When Joseph B. Vandergrift went to build Vancroft, his hunting lodge-cum-manse on the banks of the Ohio River in 1901, it’s fair to say that the Standard Oil heir was living large. His 500-acre, million-dollar shangri-la included a bowling […]