Antiques & Auction News 082319

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Prallsville Mills Antique Show Returns To Stockton, N.J. Two-Day Show Set For Aug. 31 And Sept. 1

FRIDAY AUGUST 23, 2019 • VOL. 50, NO. 34

18th-Century Silk Gown, Once Worn By Katherine Hand, Returns Home To Rock Ford Gown Now On Permanent Display In Lancaster, Pa. A gown dating from the 1750s, once owned and worn by Katherine Hand, wife of Gen. Edward Hand, adjutant general to George Washington, has completed a multi-year conservation process and is now on permanent exhibit at Rock Ford Plantation in Lancaster, Pa. The gown is made from brocaded silk fabric with multi-colored floral sprays and was produced in Spitalfields in London in the 1750s. It had been stored in a trunk and was passed down in the Hand family from mother to daughter until 2012 when it was donated to Rock Ford by a Hand descendant, Laurel Pritchard of Effort, Pa. Rock Ford executive director Samuel Slaymaker and curator “Fabric, particularly Sarah Alberico look on as textile conservator Nancy Love silk, is extremely fragile works on installation of the dress. and is very susceptible to the ravages of time and of the environment. The fact this gown was able to survive for over 200 years is little short of miraculous,” says Sarah Alberico, Rock Ford’s curator of collections. Since its donation, the gown has been analyzed by the Textile Department of the Philadelphia Art Museum and has been subject to extensive stabilization and conservation work by Nancy Love of This is close-up of the dress with detail of embroidery. Continued on page 4

Rock Ford curator Sarah Alberico (left), board of trustees president Pamela Stoner (center), and textile conservator Nancy Love view the installed dress in its case.

AAN Current News After several years of not having the Prallsville Mills show in Stockton, N.J., Bob Lutz has been given the chance to bring the show back. It will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. The historic Prallsville Mills complex is at 33 Risler St., a half-mile north of the village center of Stockton and three miles north of Lambertville. On the Delaware River, the show will have 25 dealers inside the grist mill and sawmill. The Prallsville Mills operated by the Delaware River Mill Society is a popular venue for weddings and other various events, and it is a great location for an antiques show. Promoter Lutz is making sure a

great variety of quality antiques will be on offer. The event will be a dealer and collector-friendly show with affordable prices. The return of the show in the beautifully restored mills and picturesque setting will be an exciting event and shouldn’t be missed. Show hours will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission will be $8 per person, or $7 with this article, show card, or ad. For further information, call Bob Lutz at 609-865-9846. Image courtesy of the Delaware River Mill Society.

“Dracula” Leads Heritage Auctions’ Movie Posters Auction Above $1.9 Million

Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall Labor Day Weekend Sale Set For Aug. 31 Through Sept. 2 on page 6

Paper Dolls Of Movie And TV Stars on page 9

Definitive Vampire Film Produces Sale’s Top Two Lots Two lots from the most famous vampire movie ever made emerged as the two most expensive lobby cards ever sold and claimed the top two results in Heritage Auctions’ Movie Posters Auction held July 27 and 28 in Dallas, Texas. The sale totaled $1,975,550 and boasted stellar sell-through rates of 98.7 percent by value and 96.7 percent by lots sold. The “Dracula” (Universal, 1931) title lobby card drew bids from 17 collectors before closing at $114,000, the highest price ever paid for a lobby card, against a pre-auction estimate of $40,000-$80,000. Capturing a dramatic image from the film widely considered the definitive vampire film, it spotlights Bram Stoker’s timeless classic that overcame studio financial troubles to

Another six-figure return was the “Dracula” (Universal, 1931) lobby card that sold for $102,000, more than doubling its high pre-auction estimate.

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This “Dracula” (Universal, 1931) title lobby card selling for $114,000 is now the highest price ever paid for a lobby card. secure its status as the best vampire film ever made and establish star Bela Lugosi as the unquestioned personification of “Dracula.” “Dracula was made despite some significant financial limitations during the Depression,” said Heritage’s Grey Smith. “But the studio’s gamble paid off, as it became the film by which all other vampire films are measured.” The film’s popularity carried another lot to a six-figure return, as a different “Dracula” (Universal, 1931) lobby card sold for $102,000, more than doubling its high pre-auction estimate. The card captures the film’s title character creeping in to bite the neck of Francis Dade. Lugosi got the role of “Dracula” only after Lon Chaney died before filming Continued on page 2

“What’s It Worth” Antiques Minute on page 15

In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 7 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 7

FEATURED RESULTS: Swann Galleries’ Maps And Atlases Sale - Page 2

AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15


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