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Sotheby's: a Salem massachusetts chest-on-chest promises to make this sale of important Americana a memorable one.(CURRENT and coming)(Brief article)
The highlight at Sotheby's is also of the bombe variety--the Captain Edward Allen carved and figured mahogany bombe chest-on-chest. Probably made in Salem, Massachusetts, about 1780, it is the only example of its form to originate from the coastal town and has survived in remarkable condition, appearing to retain its original finish, brass hardware, and finials. It is also noteworthy for being one of only six surviving American bombe chest-on-chest (among the others, one is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and one is at Colonial Williamsburg). This piece bears the chalk inscription "Edward Allen" on its backboards, suggesting it was originally owned by the prosperous Salem merchant Edward Allen (1737-1803), in whose family it descended until the early twentieth century, when it was among a group of furniture given to the current owner. The estimate is $1.2 to $1.8 million.
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- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News August 14, 2009 700+ words
...to consider the possible commutation of sentence of Edward Allen, #147678. It will be at 11:00 a.m. at the Handlon, Richard A. Correctional Facility, Ionia, MI. Edward Allen is serving a Life sentence for the crime of Conspiracy...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 21, 2002 700+ words
...s World Champion Sauerkraut Eater Brenda Lashley gave birth to her son, Edward Allen Frank Lashley -- at a healthy 6 pound, one ounce and 19 inches long. Edward Allen Frank was named for Frank's Quality Kraut, according to Brenda. "This...
- Edward Allen Nelson [Derived headline]
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Smith Funeral Home Edward Allen Nelson, 78, of Wapato, WA , entered the presence of Jesus on Friday, August 28, 2009. He died from a stroke and other complications...
- Allen keeps it simple. (fashion designer Edward Allen)
- Magazine article from: WWD Haber, Holly January 11, 1994 700+ words
...and dresses. "I don't think about my clothes after I put them on, and I don't want my customers to, either," said Edward Allen. "If you have to fiddle with your dress, then I have not done my job." Allen started with a spring 1992 collection of...
- Free to shut up. (ex-convict Edward Allen Mead) (Editorial)
- Magazine article from: The Progressive Knoll, Erwin August 1, 1994 700+ words
...put him back in prison for the sole act of publishing a prison-related magazine, which involves contact with felons." Edward Allen Mead was one of the young political activists of the 1960s and 1970s whose frustration and rage drove them to resort to violence...
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- Magazine article from: Michigan Historical Review Nolt, Steven M. March 22, 2002 700+ words
Edited and translated by Julius W. Allen. Santa Ana, Calif.: Seven Locks Press, 1998. Pp. 283. Appendix. Notes. Preface. Paper, $14.95. At some level, immigration always involves alienation from the familiar and immersion into a foreign world. In dozens of transatlantic letters Minne
