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VOL. 42, NO. 47 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2011
Treasures Were Found In Pook & Pook Sale ook & Pook, Inc. attributed to the Haig kicked off its fall cata- Pottery for $474, a large logue season on seated dog for $6,517 September 30 and and a shallow bowl October 1, with a 1,000 with unusual circle plus lot sale featuring and dot slip items from several educational institutions, estates and private collections. The sale generated much interest with over 1,100 registered bidders hoping to purchase a treasured item.
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Pennsylvania redware dog, 19th century, probably Bell Pottery, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, the standing figure with a basket clutched in its mouth atop an oblong base with incised floral decoration, 5 1/2” h., 6” w. Illustrated in Comstock {The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region}, pg. 156, fig. 4.216 - $23,700.
The Friday night session began with 75 lots from a Michigan collection. The first lot was a vibrant 19th-century
design for $2,844. A Pennsylvania painted pine hutch table (estimate $4,000 to $6,000), with a Don Walters provenance, attracted
Vibrant Baltimore appliqué and trapunto album quilt dated 1846, signed by four makers; {Sarah A. Culley}, {E. Evans}, {M.A.H.}, and {M. Murray}, composed of twenty-five blocks with elaborate floral decoration, the center block with a blue spread winged eagle clutching an American flag, 101” x 102”. Provenance: Bisnoff collection - $33,180.
American hooked rug depicting two large stags standing beneath floral branches (estimate $5,000 to $10,000). The rug sold for $13,035 to a local Pennsylvania collector, ecstatic to take home their favorite item in the sale. Encompassing some fine redware pieces, the collection was viewed by local Pennsylvania collectors and dealers. The first was a group of miniatures and a miniature stepback cupboard in which to display them. Many of the pieces carried a provenance of Paul Flack, well known for his pristine collections. A plate with yellow and green sprig decoration did well at $4,029. Other redware items included a hen on nest
porcelain figure of a mother pug and suckling pup for $5,688, a pair of Meissen dogs for $5,925, a Meissen hound for $8,295, a Chinese export tureen and cover for $1,777, Staffordshire pearlware lamp in the form of Atlas with the world on his shoulders for $888, and a pearlware lion for $ 1 , 4 5 8 . Several paintings did well including an ink and watercolor cartoon by C h a r l e s S a m u e l Addams for $8,295 and a Dutch school still life for $5,451. The sale continued with fine art. A very pleasing fox hunting scene by Charles Morris Young titled “Breaking the Leap and Cover” was bid to $13,035. Two dramatic illustrations by Frank Earle Schoonover were from the story by George Marsh “A Little Tragedy at Coocoocache”. One was titled “I am Francois Hertel” and the other “Dem papier sa one t’ousand for de man,” bringing $8,295 and $6,517. A comical illustration for the Winchester Firearms Company by Irving Brown depicts a hunter and dog scaring up a skunk fetched $5,925. A rich watercolor of a Bald Eagle and a watercolor of a Great Horned Owl are both by the artist Earl Lincoln Poole and did well at $3,555 and $3,792. An appealing
oil on board industrial scene by Aaron Harry Gorson brought over the high estimate to reach $14,220. A William Aiken Walker cabin scene with five figures and animals was estimated at $14,000 to
$4,740. The end of the first session featured some fine carpets. An antique Mahal carpet with an estimate of $4,000 to $6,000 soared to $33,180. One of the two Serapis had a central ivory
[Chester County, Pennsylvania walnut spice chest, ca. 1740], with an inlaid door with intertwined line and berry decoration within a circle surmounted by the initials {AS}, a fitted interior with eleven small drawers, all resting on well defined small bun form feet, 20” h., 14 1/2” w., 9 1/2” d. $30,810.
$18,000 and ended up medallion at $18,900. Other on a red field with nice ivory cornotable works included a ners. It brought well over the top portrait of a ballerina by Louis Kronberg for $4,740, a por- estimate at $20,145. A Caucasian
Oil on board industrial scene, [Aaron Harry Gorson (American, 18721933)], signed lower right, retaining a period Newcomb Macklin frame, 11 1/2” x 15 3/4” - $14,220.
trait of Mrs. Godfrey Freeman by Howard Hildebrandt for $4,860, a George Rodrigue with blue dog for $6,075 and a Ben Austrian oil of chicks playing in a straw hat for
carpet with two turtle medallions on an indigo field and pictured in Sherman, brought $4,029. A colorful almost square Heriz with (Continued on page 2)
attention as well as a Pennsylvania painted corner cupboard with ochre graining and red and black stippled highlights (estimate $4,000 to $8,000). They brought $4,503 and $8,505 respectively. A delicate pair of New England bent rod back Windsor side chairs with exquisite red and black striped grounds and wine decoration did well at $3,081. With a good provenance from the Mary Thornton Collection, a vibrantly painted New England blanket chest brought $6,517. The property of a Dodge family descendant continued the Friday evening sale encompassing the next 100 lots. Featured in the group are various porcelains. Nineteenth-century American hooked rug depicting two large stags standing beneath floral branches sold for Highlights included a Meissen type $13,035 to a local Pennsylvania collector.