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Locati’s Online Sale Realizes Sizzling Results Small Italian Mosaic Plaque Brings $6,000 FRIDAY MARCH 6, 2020 • VOL. 51, NO. 10
“A Collector’s Vision: Highlights From The Dietrich American Foundation”
Locati LLC of Maple Glen, Pa., presented its first online sale of 2020 from Jan. 6 to 20. With nearly 300 lots, this sale featured estate jewelry, fine art, furniture, silver and more from various collections and estates from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. “Our January sale had a good selection of material from local collections and estates,” said Michael Locati, co-owner of Locati LLC. “Some pieces of better quality did many times our estimates. This included two micro mosaic plaques that sold for a total of $11,000 and an unusual gold and horn box that sold for over $6,000.”
Special Exhibition At Philadelphia Museum Of Art Is Currently On View
An Italian micro mosaic plaque depicting an eagle realized $6,000.
A punch bowl with Hongs of Canton, ca. 1790, artist/maker unknown (Chinese, made for the American market), is hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration, diameter is 14 3/8 inches, and on loan from The Dietrich American Foundation, 68-1997-1. Through Sunday, June 7, the furniture; Chinese Export porcelain; Philadelphia Museum of Art will and prints and watercolors. present a selection of rare and A centerpiece is the re-creation noteworthy examples of American of part of the Dietrich family’s living fine and decorative arts drawn from room in Chester Springs, Pa., which the collection of the late H. Richard includes a Paul Revere teapot, a Dietrich Jr. (1938-2007). “A John Singleton Copley portrait of Collector’s Vision: Highlights From John Bee Holmes, and a bombe the Dietrich American Foundation” desk attributed to Nathaniel Gould. Publication tells the story of a collector whose foundation has long shared The exhibition is accompanied Americana and rare books and by a comprehensive publication on manuscripts through an extensive the Dietrich collection titled “In loan program to institutions around Pursuit of History, A Lifetime the county. Collecting Colonial American Art Long-term loans to the and Artifacts,” distributed by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, includ- Yale University Press for the ing many objects in the exhibition, Dietrich American Foundation in began in 1966 and continue to this association with the Philadelphia day. “This partnership has certainly Museum of Art. supported our museum, but, more The book was co-edited by H. importantly, we hope it has helped Richard Dietrich III, president of the foster an appreciation for American Dietrich American Foundation, and art and its history even more widely,” Deborah M. Rebuck, curator of the Continued on page 2 says Timothy Rub, the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Among the 55 objects on view in “A Collector’s Vision” are a delicate watercolor miniature of George Washington painted by James Peale and enshrined in a small gold case with a lock of Washington’s hair in the back; a signed Daniel Goddard bureau table from Newport; a quilt with “Three Women/The Three Graces,” 1835, is a rare fraktur squares depicting the life drawing attributed to Samuel Gottschall (American, of President James 1808–98), watercolor and ink on paper, framed 10.5-by-12 Buchanan; Pennsylvania 3/16-inches, on loan from The Dietrich American German frakturs and Foundation, 215-1997-1.
AAN Current News A French Empire bed sold for $2,500. Among the auction highlights included a 19th-century 18-carat gold and horn box, which realized $6,250, and a fine French Empire bed, which sold for $2,500. “Although beds are generally poor sellers, the French Empire sold well. Our sell rate was over 88percent for this sale. Hopefully this indicates the start of a turn-around for the market,” added Locati. Locati LLC, located in suburban
Lincoln-Signed Photograph And Book Bring A Combined $250,000 on page 2
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A Brief Observation Of English And French Furniture Design
Fine Toys, Dolls And Figural Cast-Iron, Highlighted By Exquisite Automata And Comic Character Rarities Come To Auction on page 4
Assortment Of Fine Items To Be Sold At Winfield Auction Gallery On March 7 By Hope C. Thomas Fashion and style often tell a story about an individual and also a nation’s identity This is a 17th-century Jacobean table from Glastonbury Abbey. over history, furniture design being among those stories. In border regions, character traits in design can often transfer and be reinterpreted. One glaring exception has been the divergent furniture styles of England and France since the Middle Ages. Prior to the 17th century, when the influence of the Italian Renaissance set the tone for furniture design in much of Europe, a pattern remained consistent even across the English Channel. However, moving into the 17th century, there was a sharp divergence, particularly in French design. English artisans ushered in the Jacobean era (1600-90), largely maintaining Tudor and Gothic elements while incorporating This is an English Essex jug.
subtle changes such as more ornate carving and less massive scaled pieces. In contrast, particularly under the reign of Louis XIV (1638-1715), French artisans began exhibiting opulent designs including the use of exotic woods, gold, marble and fine carvings. Within this transition, we observe a clear example of the English culture mirroring their refined, traditional and steadfast mindset and the French illustrating their flamboyant, complex and trendy culture. Pieces representing the style of both countries are being offered at Winfield Auction Gallery’s Saturday, March 7, sale. One of the crown jewels is a sculpted 17thcentury Jacobean drop-leaf table from the Glastonbury Abbey, England, having deeply carved reserves of biblical scenes. In contrast, also being offered is a rare and most striking French Louis XVI bedroom suite by Francois Linke (1855-1946), the foremost 19th and 20th century Parisian ebeniste of fine Louis XIV, XV and XVI furniture featuring the traditional and more refined elements of the period to include Continued on page 7
The Met Acquires Rare Inscribed Stoneware Vessel on page 12
Rare “Star Wars” Darth Vader ActionFigure Variation Among Items To Lead All-Star Lineup At Hake’s Auction on page 14
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 8
FEATURED AUCTION: Hake’s Auctions - March 11 and 12 in York, Pennsylvania - Page 14
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15