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VOL. 45, NO. 24 FRIDAY JUNE 13, 2014
Industrial Precisionist Art, Boehm Birds And Charm Bracelets, Oh My! Pook & Pook To Offer Furniture And Decorative Collectibles At Upcoming Sale ooking for a cool unique gift for an upcoming wedding? Or something fun and distinctive perhaps for a graduate moving into their first apartment? On Tuesday and Wednesday, June 17 and 18, Pook & Pook of Downingtown, Pa., is selling over 1,200 lots of furniture, art, decorative accessories, and collectables. The sale features items from several notable collections and estates including The Friends of Chester Springs Library, the collection of Sidney and Sandy Gecker, the Graystone Society’s National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum, the collection of Naoma Mary Gulick, The Olney Friends School, the estate of Marie Schwarz, the estate of Marion Woelbing, The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, and the estate of Marjorie Wolf. The sale starts off with a bronze bust (est. $1,500$2,000) by Alexander Phimister Proctor, the self-proclaimed “sculptor in buckskin.” Proctor was primarily known for his work as an animalier, best remembered perhaps for sculpting the horse upon which William Tecumseh Sherman sits in Grand Army Plaza. An array of art will permeate the entire sale. An exciting collection of 22 bronze figures of animals and African subjects by Karl Hagenauer will be offered (est. $800-$1,200). Hagenauer comes from a family of Austrian sculptors, primarily known for their Africaninspired designs. An unusual emerald glass hanging sculpture by Dale Chihuly is offered with an estimate of $500-$1,000. Chihuly cofounded the Pilchuck Glass
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School near Stanwood, Wash. After a body surfing accident in the 70s left him unable to hold a glass blowing pipe, Chihuly hired others to do his glass blowing for him while he supervised, and today he is still active in the glass blowing community. A pencil and waterc o l o r illustration by famous English caricaturist George Cruikshank is an exciting find at auction (est. $200-$400). A unique collection of Industrial Precisionist paintings by Klaus Grutzka (German/American 19232011) will cross the block. Grutzka’s exciting life
eventually landed him in the United States in the 1960s where he found no shortage of industrial scenes to translate onto canvas. Other original paintings, drawings, sculptures, and signed prints featured in the sale include pieces by Richard M a l c o l m Lloyd, Katherine Maxey Patton, Ruth Hudson, Arthur Tucker, Peter Miller, Hari Kidd, Charles Earle Miller, Allison Farmer, Lyman Emerson Cole, Andrew Wyeth, Germano Russo, James Holland, Frank Carmelitano, Moshe Gat, Stanley Parkhouse, Walter Newton Reinsel, Milne Ramsey, Alexander Bower, Eugenie M. Wireman, Sidney Marsh Chase, Ludwig Halauska,
Leonora Carrington, and many more. The sale is peppered with an assortment of decorative accessories and collectibles including American Indian material, metalware, woodenware, art glass, pottery, porcelain, silver, baskets, watches, clocks, m u s i c b o x e s , automatons, coverlets, gold coins, cookie cutters, weather vanes, children’s furniture, game boards, chalkware, hooked rugs, quilts, books, horse blankets, barometers, lamps and lighting, trade signs, mirrors, bentwood boxes, a coffee mill, a corn mill, kitchen utensils, samplers, needleworks, decoys, oriental carpets, and Asian art and objects, etc.
measuring an impressive 67-by67-inches. Gerber, who was originally from Chester County, Pa., typically sculpts animals, but the style and composition of this piece is incredibly unique for her work. Curious as to why this piece differs so from her current work, Pook & Pook contacted the artist, who now resides in Washington state, and found out that this particular piece is from Gerber’s early years when she was an undergraduate at Bucknell University. An incredible listing of jewelry
Several pieces of enamel glass by Mary Gregory will be offered, including a silver-plated basket with an inset enamel glass panel depicting an unusual scene of a little girl watching a little boy chiseling away at a gigantic egg. A walnut airplane propeller makes a great accent piece for anyone’s home with a conservative estimate of $100$200. Several Scandinavian decorative accessories will be sold, including a painted dough slice dated 1873 (est. $200-$300) and a collection of painted looms (est. $300$500). Several whimsical lots of pewter ice cream molds, food molds and chocolate molds are also in the sale. Some of the forms include are a cat in a shoe, a Native American, and a fire engine. A collection of 22 sculptures by renowned porcelain artist Edward Marshall Boehm will be sold on day two of the auction. Boehm was self-taught in the art of porcelain sculpture. He kept an aviary filled with exotic birds on his property in New Jersey, from which he drew much of the inspiration for his art. Possibly one of the most fun items in the sale is a Georgia G e r b e r (American b. 1955) welded steel garden turtle figure
and coins, most of which is from a local estate, will start the second day of the sale. Almost 200 lots of men’s cuff links, dozens of pins, several charm bracelets with a variety of charms, brooches, bracelets, medals, pendants, earrings, rings, necklaces, hair art, watches, gold coins, silver certificates, etc., will be sold. A Witnauer lady’s 14K gold wristwatch with a beautiful braided gold band is expected to bring $600-$800. A large Victorian gold and citrine wax stamp carries with it an $800-$1,200 estimate. A beautiful emerald, diamond, and gold necklace consisting of 59 emeralds, each surrounded by eight accent diamonds, all on a gold backing is expected to bring $5,000-$6,000. Furniture set to cross the block include high chests, card tables, a seed cabinet, a fernier, a dumbwaiter, sideboards, desks, sofas, dressers, pedestals, commodes, stepback cupboards, spice chests, chests of drawers, etageres, benches, tavern tables, dressing tables, games tables, hanging cupboards, vitrines, chairs, drysinks, stands, corner cupboards, hall trees, jelly cupboards, dining tables, etc. A Scandinavian painted hanging cupboard with a date of 1816 is expected to catch the eye of multiple interested buyers (est. $300-$500). Several Georgian and Georgian-style pieces are predicted to garner some interest at the sale. A Georgian
mahogany hanging corner cupboard from the late 1700s is expected to bring $300-$500, and a set of six Georgian-style
mahogany dining chairs are expected to bring $500-$1,000. Also from that side of the pond is a French Morbier tall case clock, 19th century, with a dial decorated in Persian script. Morbier clocks were made in the Franche-Comté area of France, distinct for their curvy case that give them the appearance of having a belly and (Continued on page 8)