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Northshore October 2025
A dilapidated house in Ipswich provided a treasure-trove of historic, valuable, and, in many cases, exceptionally dirty items at a recent estate sale held by John McInnis Auctioneers. Hopeful buyers packed the auction house’s Amesbury storefront, seeking to take home a piece of history. “It’s really nice to have an estate like that, untouched for generations,” says Daniel Meader, gallery director, of the property, now demolished. Pricing for an auction is more of an art than a science, Meader notes, as several items expected to draw big price tags sold for less than the minimum estimate, while others garnered f
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