By ED KIERSH

A weathervane recently sold at auction for almost six million dollars.

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LOOMING ATOP A WEATHERED iron pole and copper ball, the 1885, gilded American eagle with a four-foot wing span casts such a powerful aura, it dominates the gallery. Crafted by an unknown blacksmith, and long perched above a Massachusetts barn, this relatively affordable, $1200 piece of American folk art is rising in value, at a time when compelling folk sculptures, with “tremendous detail and energy” have surpassed quilts, portraits and paintings.

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