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Leland Little Auction Grosses Over $2.25 Million Circa 1820 Ormolu-Mounted Marble Top Bookcase, Stamped “E. Levasseur,” Sells For $224,200 FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 • VOL. 49, NO. 16
Bertoia’s Spring Signature Sale To Present Exquisite Toys, Banks, Trains, And Dolls Featured Items Will Be Rare Martin And Lehmann Toys, Early American Tin, Marklin Boats, And Pressed-Steel Automotives More than 1,000 lots of high-quality toys, banks, trains and dolls have been selected for Bertoia Auctions’ Spring Signature Sale to take place Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28. Most of the This Jerome B. Secor “Freedman’s” mechanical bank, circa 1880, American, one of fewer than 10 known examples, is ex. Emerine, Mosler, Sax, and Berry collections and will be estimated at $100,000-$200,000. items are from prestigious, longheld collections that, up until this point, could only be admired from afar. Now the coveted antiques are coming to the marketplace. The Friday session will start with fabulous European toys, autos, motorcycles and airplanes
superb 11-inch Marklin limousine. “Marklin didn’t make very many automotive toys, so this one is a true rarity,” said Jeanne Bertoia, owner of Bertoia Auctions. Another top lot fis a pristine clockwork robot called Tremendous Mike. In near-mint condition and accompanied by its original box, the Japanese postwar classic is expected to make $6,000-$9,000. Also from Japan’s golden era of toy production comes a boxed ATC Buick estimated at $2,000-$3,000. There will also be many fine European motorcycles from a private collection, among them a very rare M&K lithographed singlecylinder bike estimated at $4,000$6,000.
Leland Little Auctions’ Important Spring Auction on March 3, featuring fine art, jewelry, furniture, silver, fine wine, cars, coins, and other objects, achieved over $2.25 million with active bidding across all platforms. This auction featured major estates and collections,
AAN Current News The ormolu-mounted marble top inlaid bibliotheque basse (bookcase) by Pierre Levasseur or his son, Pierre-Francois Henri Levasseur, circa 1820, and stamped “E. Levasseur,” sold for $224,200.
including the Charleston, S.C., estate of Tony and Linda Bakker, whose collection included antique furniture, fine art, and weaponry. The highlight from this collection was a Georgian display case with a An oil-on-canvas, “Easter Sunday, Lincolnville, model of York Minster Cathedral, St. Augustine, Florida,” by Anthony Thieme which achieved $17,110 (all prices (1888-1954), sold for $23,600. Continued on page 4
Washington, D.C., Modernism Show To Celebrate 35 Years Former Deco Expo Will Take Place At The Dulles Expo Center In Chantilly, Va., On April 28 And 29
Spring Antiques, Fine And Decorative Arts Auction Slated For April 27 And 28 on page 8
Americana And International Auction Set For April 28 At Pook & Pook on page 11
Time To Garden on page 12
This Bing Furst Bismarck handpainted three-stack battleship, German, 32 inches long, is estimated at $15,000-$25,000. and will also feature German lithographed-tin wind-up Lehmanns, as well as part two of a superlative collection of French-made Martin clockwork toys. All rate very highly for rarity and condition. Highlighting the session is a
The 55-lot array of clockwork characters by Fernand Martin was selectively acquired over a 60-year period by a New York collector. It is the second half of a collection Jeanne described as “one of the best Martin collections we’ve ever seen.” Its prized contents include a Performing Monkey, Barber, Washerwoman, Cakewalk, Diablo, Man with Barrels, Drunkard, Chef, The Perfect Fisherman, and Man Sweeping Floor. A possible one-of-a-kind piece is the circa-1892 Le Cherif depicting an Arab rider on a camel. “We’ve A Hubley “Elgin” cast-iron street sweeper, American, 9 never seen another inches long, original tires and attachments, ex. Bob Brady Continued on page 2 collection, is estimated at $2,500-$3,500.
This is the booth of The Deco Dazzle, Roy and Bonnie Mantle of Leesburg, Va. The Washington, D.C., Modernism Show, formerly known as the Exposition of 20th Century Decorative Arts, or simply the Deco Expo, will mark its 35th anniversary on Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va. The show, which suffered a near death experience in 2013 when an ice storm forced early closure of the event, has come roaring back, growing in size and stature in the years since. It has been held in partnership with D’Amore Promotions’ D.C. Big Flea, and the 2018 show will be held in the North Hall of the Dulles Expo Center adjacent to Big Flea, running concurrently in the South Hall. Show hours will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission will be $10 and will be good for both shows. Modernism Show attendees can view and reserve a collector car for use in a spring wedding or other special event; try hands-on activities, including a telegraphy key and oscilloscope in the special exhibit created by the National Capital Radio and Television Museum; tour a vintage travel trailer; shop with dozens of Art Deco and Mid-Century vendors; and park their antique car in specially designated spaces (Sunday only). The Art Deco Society of Washington (ADSW) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of the architectural, Continued on page 4
Michener Art Museum To Present Retrospective On Renowned Pennsylvania Impressionist on page 16
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 6 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 9 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 9
FEATURED AUCTION: Pook & Pook Inc. - April 28 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania - Page 11
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 19