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VOL. 46, NO. 1 FRIDAY JANUARY 2, 2015
Enthusiastic Buyers Headed To Garth’s For Their Holiday Shopping Established Delaware, Ohio Auction Company Held Four Days Of Sales in-house bidder for $16,800 dated from the 17th to the early collector’s history.” Regionalism ruled the day, and against a presale estimate of $400- 18th century and depicted images $800. A Schoharie County, of a courting couple. The cask sold Gallis’ keen eye for buying N.Y., blanket chest for eight times its high estimate at Pennsylvania featuring a $8,700. A carved Bible box also antiques was evibrightly colored sailed through its original presale dent beginning with vase of flow- estimate of $250-$500, selling for the cover lot of ers sold for $5,040. An American wallpaper the sale, an $10,800. The bandbox from the late 1830s that i n l a i d phones in depicted the balloon flight of Chippendale the gallery Cincinnati silversmith Richard blanket chest ignited when Clayton in 1835 sold for $5,750. dated 1818. Two early beds sent paddles in an 18th-cenAfter several tury bible box the air. The first was an early 19thmoments of crossed the century Hepplewhite campaign intense bidding, block. The bed with a shaped headboard, the chest sold to a box eventual- which sold for $5,400. A second collector for ly sold to a Hepplewhite tester bed sold for $25,200, more phone bidder $5,640. A New England 18th-centhan tripling its for $9,600. A tury pine mule chest with old red high estimate. A circa-1770 paint stoneware crock Philadelphia marked “SommerChippendale field, Penna,” armchair also brought $9,900, sold to a phone while a signed redbidder for ware pie plate $ 8 , 4 0 0 , impressed exceeding its high “J.L. Blaney, Cookstown, PA” The stoneware crock estimate, and a portrait of Eliza Price sold for $4,800. realized $9,900. Hamline attributed to A m e l i a Jeffers, president of Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842) sold Garth’s, commented, “I for $6,900. A few days later, on Dec. 4, was thrilled with the turnout from western Garth’s sold the renowned collecPennsylvania. Having tion of Mrs. Dorothy Massey from brought a grown-up (literally) over Tulsa, Okla. Massey’s 40-year colstellar price of the hill from Shinnston, it lection brought buyers from the was wonderful to see the East Coast and across the Midwest $7,560. Additional furniture highpassionate pursuit of so in hopes of going home with one lights included an early ladderback or more pieces of fine Americana. armchair and side chair, which many good things from that Amelia noted as she was stepping sold for $1,080, while another area. Mick Gallis drew a The early stumpwork jewelry cask huge crowd, and I love off the block, “The high prices early armchair brought $3,840. sold for $8,700. Massey’s colorful texrevealed today on the that we continue to tiles caught the eyes of Massey collection solidify our position bidders as well. An prove once again as the best place to 18th-century that there is no sell western lady’s crewelbetter place Pennsylvania and work pocket to sell western Virginia with a wool Americana material.” embroidered than right Additional heart surroundhere in the notable lots of ed by floral Midwest. the day vines and lined Being cenincluded a with homespun trally located shaker New blue and white allows private England ticking sold for collectors and mule chest $1,320. Three lots of dealers from the from New whole cloth quilts sold across the Midwest Lebanon, to be here and the loca- A signed redware in succession. The first in N . Y. , tion provides easy pie plate sold for olive green with hand quiltw h i c h This portrait of a woman attributed sold to an ed vertical rows of stylized accessibility for those $4,800. to Sarah Bushnell Perkins plumes that have (Connecticut 1771-1831) sold for A ladies’ crewelwork pocket sold for traveled sold for $1,320. $2,280. $1,375, the d o w n second in indifrom the East Coast go blue with a chevron as well, design and resulting in ribbed borthe great ders brought prices you $1,560, while are seeing the third feahere today.” tured hand All bidquilted blocks ders’ eyes with a pumpkin were on seed design M a s s e y ’s and sold for p r i z e d stumpwork $ 2 , 2 8 0 . Additional jewelry highlights of A Baroque wardrobe sold for This double portrait attributed to Royall Brewster Smith (Massachusetts cask. The $4,800. the Massey cask was 1801-55) sold for $5,125. arth’s Auctioneers and Appraisers kicked off the holiday season with its 54th Annual Thanksgiving Americana Auction on Nov. 28. Many longtime clients flocked to Garth’s historic barn for a 705-lot sale that included the important collection of noted Fayette County, Pa., historian, Michael (Mickey) Gallis and the lifetime collection of Dick and Sandy Vandenberg of Stillwater, Minn. “The two collections highlighted in this auction, Vandenberg and Gallis, are great examples of the power of sending a great collection built with patience, care and passion to auction,” noted Jeff Jeffers, CEO and principal auctioneer. “Those two collections were rewarded with spirited bidding from buyers who were interested in the material, but also interested in having a piece of that
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This portrait of a woman attributed to the Prior-Hamblin School sold for $8,700. (Left) This wallpaper bandbox sold for $5,750.
collection included a portrait of a woman attributed to the PriorHamblin School that sold for $8,700. A 19th-century folksy trade sign in the form of a large percussion rifle realized $3,360. Garth’s Fine and Vintage Jewelry auction took place on Dec. 3 and gave bidders the opportunity to put something that will surely dazzle under the tree this year. Selling for $6,300, was a Rolex silver triangular Masonic pocket watch with a sapphire set (Continued on page 4)
This Chippendale tall chest of drawers sold for $3,600.
A Chippendale armchair sold for $8,400.