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Area Auctioneer Competes In National Competition Marjorie Hartman Of Hurley Auctions Finished In Top 25 In An International Field FRIDAY AUGUST 9, 2019 • VOL. 50, NO. 32
Luke W. Gottshall: The Wagon Man Of Reinholds Work Is Among Regional Folk Art Showing Strength In Marketplace By Karl Pass Luke W. Gottshall (1899-1993) resided much of his life on Mechanic Street in Reinholds, Pa. Reinholds is a small West Cocalico Township town in northern Lancaster County close to the Berks County border. He worked in Wyomissing at Narrow Fabric, a company that produced fabric rickrack A photo of the artist working in his studio, dated December (often spelled ricrac). 1976. Courtesy of the author. Gottshall had one brother and three sisters. His sisters were Aquillia, Lizzie, and Vesta. His brother, Israel. All are buried at St. John’s Cemetery in Sinking Springs, Berks County. Israel operated a grocery in West Reading. Luke married Fannie Klapp (1891-1976) of Vera Cruz, a village along Route 897 near Reinholds. Her parents were Abiram and Mary Weinhold Klapp. Fannie was one of seven children and had a younger sister by two years named Hattie. A Luke Gottshall farmer and pig pen (1986) Hattie Klapp Brunner (1889- sold for $1,046 at a Pook & Pook sale in 1982) had a near lifelong involve- 2014. ment in the antiques business. Her mother-in-law, Hattie Sweigart her brother-in-law Luke and sister Brunner, was also an antiques Fannie. dealer. Young Hattie’s first show One of the things Luke and was in 1926. She developed a Fannie Gottshall made were framed national reputation within the collages. Brunner would supply business. She sold to countless Fannie and Luke with old calico for collectors, notably Dr. Albert the couple’s collages, according to Barnes and Henry Francis du Pont. Gottshall’s granddaughter, artist Later in life, around 1958, she took Barbara Strawser. The couple also up painting and produced well inevitably secured material at over 500 primitive watercolors pri- Narrow, his place of employment. marily during her 70s and 80s. Her Many of the collages were bird antiques shop in Reinholds was trees made up of cutout fabric birds named the Tulip Shop. In the 1970s, and embellished with watercolorshe marketed and sold the work of ing. Some were just watercolors. Gottshall paint-decorated the frames, often scratch decorating them while the paint was wet for decorative effects. Luke was also a woodcarver and made horsedrawn wagons. He was locally known as “the wagon man” and often signed his work with that nickname. He painted farm scenes as well. Fannie made calico stuffed birds, often using spools as bases and button eyes. Today, paintings/collages and wood carvings by Gottshall are sought after by collectors of Pennsylvania German regional folk art. Much of it was proThis L.W.G. watercolor and fabric cutout bird tree duced in the 1960s to ’80s, collage with a pair of roosters and a fence also and much of it is far superior incorporates a rabbit. Continued on page 2
Hurley Auctions’ newest auctioneer, Marjorie Hartman, took part in the 2019 National Auctioneers Association International Auctioneer Championship, held in New Orleans, La., on July 12, competing in a field with some of the best auctioneers from across the globe. Joining nearly 100 fellow auction professionals, Hartman finished in the top 25. The competition was held at the 70th International Auctioneers Conference and Show while Hurricane Barry blew outside. One man and one woman earned the right to be called NAA IAC Champion. The International Auctioneers Conference (IAC) competitors were judged on their presentation, chant, voice timbre, body language and other performance elements of effective auctioneering. “I felt honored to be competing against the best in my profession,” stated Hartman. “To hear my fellow auctioneers encourage and root me on was such a humbling and amazing experience.”
AAN Current News Hartman has been in the auction industry for nearly 20 years. She has participated in over 3,000 auctions and is employed at Hurley Auctions based in Greencastle, Pa. The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) represents thousands of auctioneers from the U.S. and across the world. The mission of the NAA is to provide critical resources to auction professionals that will enhance their skills and successes. Founded in 1949, the NAA’s headquarters are in Overland Park, Kan. To learn more, visit www.auctioneers.org.
Papermania Plus Show To Return To Hartford New England’s Largest Vintage Advertising And Paper Collectors Show Will Be Held At XL Center On Aug. 24
The Frick Collection Along With D Giles Limited Publishes Book On Duveen Brothers on page 2
Palmer Museum Announces Intriguing Exhibition On American Lithography on page 4
Columbia River Gorge on page 10
Advertising, photography and ephemera collectors, rejoice! Papermania Plus, the Northeast’s largest vintage advertising and paper show, will return to the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., on Saturday, Aug. 24. The show has been running continuously since 1975. Papermania Plus offers serious collectors and the merely curious a treasure trove of vintage items, including postcards, movie posters, photographs, rare books, fine art prints, baseball cards, maps, sheet music, autographs, and much more. Even items such as old stock certificates from long-bankrupt companies, valuable for their design, can be found at the show. Then there’s the “Plus” part, which means pins, tin-types, vintage bottles, metal
and wooden signs, and advertising samples of all kinds. “The show (Papermania Plus) showcases the importance of printed material before the internet,” says show promoter Gary Gipstein. “The breadth and depth of material on display here is staggering. I can’t believe some of the things that our vendors bring in. Just the availability of old postcards alone is amazing, tens of thousands of postcards with historic scenes of places around the world. It’s amazing. And that’s just a start.” The show is one of the largest on the circuit. Vendors from across the country will bring items to sell. The public is encouraged to bring in their own treasures for an appraisal event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Among Continued on page 2
Winterthur Acquires Two Exceptional Historic Paintings on page 15
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 6 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 6
FEATURED AUCTION: Heritage’s Platinum Night Sports Auction - August 17 and 18 - Page 12
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15