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(Auction)Iron, Bone, and Americana
Nine phone bidders chased three unsigned paintings by Thomas Chambers (1808-1869). The 18" x 24" oil on canvas view of New York harbor (shown) with Castle Williams on one side and Staten Island on the other brought $25,830. Castles of the Mind, 22" x 30", from 1845-60 is an exotic ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art Dealer William “Willie” Postar's Eclectic Estate Sells to Savvy Crowd
Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878), given the English title Bucolic Riverscape with a Rowboater, 10" x 14¼", oil on wood panel, $11,875 (est. $1000/2000) to an Internet bidder.
Grogan & Company appraisal consultant Bob Carroll is shown with Butchered Animal by Hyman Bloom (1913-2009). The 70" x 40¼" oil on canvas, 1953, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Wilton Fall Antiques Market
These carved boxes with bears from Quimby’s Chocolate Company of California were available from Marc Witus of Gladstone, New Jersey. The brown bear was $1850, and the white one, $2450. The Victorian still life on the wall was $1250.
A 19th-century bench with a broad walnut seat and pine back was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important Virginia Stoneware Crock with Horses Trots to $92,000
This 13½" high two-gallon stoneware jug, stamped “Cowden & Wilcox” of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, set a new auction record for Pennsylvania stoneware, selling for $97,750 (est. $20,000/30,000). It was bought by a private Pennsylvania collector. “There were a lot of people interested. I believe above fifty,” said Tony Zipp following the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Horology Auction Earns Nearly $1.1 Million
The E. Howard & Co. No. 6 Regulator figure-eight clock, eight day, time only, and with a weight-driven movement, was in fine original condition and sold for $40,250. The case is walnut.
The 75" walnut, walnut veneer, and burl Seth Thomas Regulator No. 19 was made for the Santa Fe Railway ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Successful Fall Auction
These cups had sold at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, in April 1996. The 2" high x 3½" diameter cups were made for Yung-Cheng, as marked on the bottom. They became one of the highlights of Stair’s auction, selling for $23,000.
The pair of Chinese export porcelain dogs, 7" x 5½", with detail ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Florida Auction House Charged with Wildlife Trafficking
Selling several rhinoceros horns and pieces of ivory has landed Boynton Beach, Florida, auction house Elite Decorative Arts in legal hot water. On October 24, charges of conspiracy to traffic protected wildlife were filed in federal court against Elite Estates Buyers, Inc., d/b/a Elite Decorative Arts, and Christopher Hayes, Elite’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Lodge Estate Sale
One of the “Twin Greeks” on Main Street, Nantucket, the former residence of Katherine and John Lodge, and one of two of the last houses built on the island by a whaleman.
A 15" x 9" sampler wrought in 1766 by Elisabeth Hadwen (1755-1842) in her 12th year sold for $8260. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2014 Ellis Boston Show
Knollwood Antiques, Village of Thorndike, Massachusetts, had an 1824 map of Rome, printed in 16 panels, newly conserved, mounted, and framed, that dominated the booth.
Katherine Houston Porcelain, Boston, offered a variety of naturalistic pieces.
Bridges over Time, Newburgh, New York, offered a mid-century pair of T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings armchairs with leather strapping. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2014 San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
This 1920s birdhouse from the East Coast of the United States was made with several doors to let the birds inside and out. From Il Segno del Tempo, Milan, Italy, it was priced at $3500.
Kathleen Taylor of The Lotus Collection, San Francisco, had this circa 1900 hand-painted white cotton cloth, ... (Read More)
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