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(Auction)Shenandoah Valley Clock Leads Evans Sale
This Virginia walnut tall-case clock proved to be the high lot of the Evans sale. The circa 1800 clock is a rare signed example from the short-lived partnership of Woodstock, Virginia, clockmakers Jacob Fry and Caleb Davis (working 1796-1800). The hood features a broken-arch pediment with simple turned rosettes and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art Sale in Georgia
A surprise in the sale was a religious banner, the only one in the sale and estimated at $2000/4000. The lot quickly surpassed the estimates with a phone bidding war. The end result was $33,350. The 1920’s paint on muslin banner, 35" x 68", had 13 images and the words ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Pottery Draws Selective Bids
The obvious star of this sale was this monumental four-handle storage jar. Few such large vessels were made because of the skill required. Thomas Chandler boldly incised his mark just below one of the lug handles. Early decoration is of dark iron clay slip and includes loopy swags tied to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chicago Rides Tidal Wave to $264,500
Claus’s Part Two: Top Nauticals & Toys
Märklin paddle-wheeler Chicago, 1900-02, boxed, 31", $264,500.
Märklin battleship New York, circa 1902, 35", $155,250.
Märklin ocean liner Deutschland, 1909-15, 28", $149,500.
Märklin battleship Mexico, 1915-20, 30", $126,500.
Märklin battleship, circa 1910, boxed, 36", $51,750.
Märklin ocean liner Rhein, 1919-31, 38", $40,250.
Märklin yacht Jolanda, circa 1910, 16", $31,625.
Märklin gunboat ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings Sale Hauls in $2.7 Million
Matin de Novembre by Guy Rose (1867-1925), oil on canvas, 28¾" x 23¾", brought the auction's highest price, $458,500 (est. $250,000/350,000). It went to private collectors from Texas.A Los Angeles couple, "two of our better clients," paid $122,500 (est. $80,000/120,000) for Granville Redmond's 19½" x 30" oil on canvas of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood XXII, Keramics 2012, Art Glass 2012
Tiffany Studios stamp box, gilt bronze and Favrile glass, bronze and glass scarabs on the cover, marked, 2" high x 4½" wide, one scarab missing a leg, the other scarab adhered to the lid, $33,350.Weller Gardenware "Happy Ducks" lawn sprinkler, marked, 14 5/8" high (ceramic portion), original fittings, fine overall ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Monhegan Paintings and Wyeth Top Thomaston Auction
An oil on linen of a great blue heron by Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), inscribed "To Carolin J. Chandler, June 1942," fetched $253,000. Thomaston Place photo.This 39½" x 49½" (sight size) oil on canvas by Andrew Winter, Happy Lobstering Ground, Whitehead Island, Lower Penobscot Bay, signed lower right and dated ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 49th Delaware Show
Montgomery County walnut schrank with replaced brasses and original feet and shelving, 82½" x 56½" x 25", ex-collection J. Stogdell Stokes, deaccessioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, $52,000 from Philip H, Bradley of Downingtown, Pennsylvania. The walnut wing chair with Russian leather covering from the Moravian Community workshop, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Salon Art + Design
Galerie Downtown, Paris, specialists in 20th-century furniture, installed furnishings from a private house in Montmartre. “Charlotte Perriand was close to the owners, Jean and Huguette Borot, and for thirty years designed for them. It was one of her last private commissions,” said Hélin Serre, director of the gallery. He ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Calendars and Graphic Tablets
by John P. Reid, [email protected] an on-line calendar to multiple computers and cell phones as well as using a graphics tablet for photo editing will be described.-Calendar AnywhereMost collections of computer software include a personal calendar. It keeps track of doctor's appointments and family birthdays. It also can remind of ... (Read More)
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