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(Show)The June 2014 Heartland Antique Show
Butter molds: (top) cornucopia, $795; snowflake, $895; (bottom) Pennsylvania Dutch tulip, double-sided with star-in-circle on the back, $850; Pennsylvania Dutch heart, half round, $995, all from John H. Rogers Antiques, New London, New Hampshire.
Continuous-arm Windsor in bittersweet paint, $1950, and New England tavern table, $2900, from Bruce Rigsby of Lancaster, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood XXIV, Keramics 2014, Art Glass 2014
Rookwood Iris glaze vase, decorated by Kitaro Shirayamadani, 1909, moonlight scene with summer birch trees in delicate shades of gray and white, 8 7/8" high, un-crazed, $11,500.
This Rookwood Mahogany glaze vase was a trial piece by William McDonald in 1898 with painted and incised stylized lotus blossoms and leaves. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Americana in Atlanta
Massachusetts mid-18th-century highboy, $39,325.
An early 19th-century Empire table by New York furniture maker Charles H. Lannuier, with white square marble top, $36,300.
Federal eagle-inlaid and figured mahogany tall-case clock, circa 1800, attributed to Matthew Egerton, $28,435.
Several pieces of high-end Americana crossed the block at Ahlers & Ogletree in Atlanta, Georgia, during ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety Attracts Buyers to Allen Estate Sale
Thought to be an image of the Adirondacks, this 1860s Hudson Valley school oil on canvas of a camp in the mountains reached $1265 (est. $200/300).
Dated 1871 and sporting an illegible signature, this oil on canvas portrait of a Confederate colonel is thought to be a likeness to General ... (Read More)
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(Show)Winnetka Summer Antiques Show
Originally pendant lamps, the Murano table lamps were repurposed by The Find, Highwood, Illinois. They were $2400 the pair. Santo crowns on Lucite bases were $195 each, and a $225 Murano blue set plus a painted porcelain box, circa 1890, rest on a $750 vintage brass bamboo cart.
Time Gallery, Highland ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Talk Show Personality Glenn Beck Buys D-Day-Flown Flag for $386,500
The 36" x 39" (widest part) flag is now in the collection of Glenn Beck. Photo courtesy Bonhams.
A D-Day-flown flag from the American vessel LST-493 sold for $386,500 (includes buyer’s premium) at the Bonhams auction of World War II memorabilia on June 5 in New York City. The flag, estimated ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blankets Catch Fire at Native American Art Auction
This Classic Navajo twill-weave manta of finely woven wool (variegated indigo ground with raveled lac-dyed red stripes) was the most expensive lot in the auction, selling for $112,500 (est. $40,000/60,000). The new owner is a private collector from the Bay Area.
A 23" diameter Apache tray was a surprise hit, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Art and Design
Estimated at $1000/1500, this 1960s Op Art framed piece, with convex-mirrored raised panels, was the big surprise of the sale when it turned out to be a work by German artist Adolf Luther that sold for $36,600.
Never underestimate the determination of a knowledgeable collector. Estimated at $2500/3500, the 18k triangular ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Renaissance in Cambridge
The 36" high Italian polychromed stucco relief by an artist of the school of Donatello realized $84,000.
The 16th-century oil on panel portrait of Mary and Child with Mary Magdalene, 37" x 28", attributed to Jacopino di Giovanni di Francesco (1495-1554), known as Jacone, sold on the phone for $84,000.
A 16th-century ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Books by Ben Franklin and Julia Child Make Sparks Fly
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volumes 1 (1961) and 2 (1970), sold on the phone for $18,450 (est. $1000/2000). They were signed and inscribed to Avis DeVoto by coauthors Julia Child and Simone Beck (“To my so dearest chérie / Avis, avec toute ma / profonde affection,” Beck wrote ... (Read More)
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