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FRIDAY MAY 14, 2021 • VOL. 51, NO. 19
Pair Of 18th-Century American Chippendale Side Chairs Highlight Sale In Ohio They Sold For $33,210 In Neue Auctions’ Fine Estates Auction A fine pair of Chippendale mahogany side chairs, crafted in Philadelphia in the 1700s, sold for $33,210 in an online-only Fine Estates Collection auction held April 10 by Neue Auctions, based in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb outside Cleveland. The sale featured 432 lots of fine merchandise from the homes of several celebrated interior designers. “It was an awesome sale from start to finish,” said Cynthia Maciejewski of Neue Auctions. “We offered personal collections of traditional furnishings and European antiques, and bidders took note. Sixty percent of participating bidders were first timers with us, and 90 percent of the items sold. A few lots did extremely well, and it seems like furniture is finally making a comeback.” The Chippendale side chairs were the top lot of the auction. They were centered by a carved foliate form, over a scrolled and pierced backsplat, with reeded side rails, an upholstered slip seat, cabriole legs carved at the knees with foliate forms and claw and ball feet. Online bidding was facilitated by the popular platforms Liveauctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Bidsquare.com. Telephone and absentee bids were also accepted. All prices quoted include a 23-percent buyer’s premium. Two oval paintings, both nicely framed, were expected to attract keen bidder interest, and they did not disappoint. One was an 18th-century French School oilon-canvas portrait of a gentleman, with a canvas size of 28.5-by23 inches ($4,305). The other was a
19th-century Hudson River School oil painting of a mountainous river landscape with a river, fishermen and a sailboat, in good condition with some craquelure, 21-by-26 inches, selling for $7,380. A realistically modeled, life-size wood tack shop horse figure made in the early 20th century of wood and gesso, 82 inches tall, painted white, with natural horsehair tail, leather ears, glass eyes and a moveable mouth, knocked down for $5,842; another equestrian-themed item, a late 19th-century plaster sculpture, “Lady of the Belle Epoque on a Dappled Gray Horse” by Henri (Comte) Geoffrey de Ruille (French, 1842-1922), 21 inches tall, found a new owner for $3,321. Good things came in twos, with a pair of American gray painted pine columnar capitals carved in the Corinthian style, originally made around 1900 for a building in the state of Maine but never used, 21 inches tall each ($3,075), and a pair of matted and framed engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-78), both of Hadrian’s Villa, one of them signed in the plate lower left “Cavalier Piranesi F” and both housed in 31.25-by-38.5-inch frames, realized $4,920. Several pieces of 18th century American Queen Anne furniture came up for bid, so-named because they were made in the style of decorative arts and architecture dominant during the reign of England’s Queen Anne (1702-18), characterized by spare, limited and restrained decoration. Three of the top six lots in the auction were
Collectible Uranium Glass At The Grist Mill By Diane Fanucci Did you ever wonder how they got that magical green-yellow color in Vaseline glass? The secret ingredient is uranium oxide, hence being coined uranium glass. The ancient Romans were the first ones to utilize uranium in glassmaking. Uranium glass became popular during the mid19th century, particularly from the 1880s to the 1920s. The current sales display at the Grist Mill Antiques Center offers an array of the collectible glass . An ultraviolet light, also known as a black light, shows off the amount of uranium in each piece, which must be viewed in person to capture the true beauty of each piece. Ultraviolet light activates electrons that cause the glow. Even though a Geiger counter will register slightly above average background radiation when uranium glass is scanned, the amount is negligible, and the glass is safe for Continued on page 5
Point-to-Point Returns On May 30 This Queen Anne maple flat-top highboy, 62.75 inches tall, ca. 1740, Massachusetts, in two parts, the rectangular top over three graduated long drawers, sold for $7,995.
Still A Spring Tradition, A Smaller Event For 2021 Is Planned To Protect The Health Of Attendees The annual Point-to-Point steeplechase race at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, the Brandywine Valley’s signature springtime tradition since 1979, returns to its roots on Sunday, May 30, as a day of picnicking and steeplechase racing action for 3,600 attendees. “We worked diligently to create a plan for a fun and, most importantly, safe event for attendees,” said Carol B. Cadou, the Charles F. Montgomery director and CEO of Winterthur. “We know how much
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In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 The top lot of the auction was this pair of American Chippendale mahogany side chairs, made in Philadelphia in the 1700s, selling for $33,210.
The 19th-century Hudson River School oil painting of a mountainous river landscape with a river, fishermen and a sailboat, in good condition, 21-by-26 inches (canvas), realized $7,380.
SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 7 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 7 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . starting on page 8
FEATURED AUCTION: Morphy Auctions - May 18 in Denver, Pennsylvania - Page 6
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