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Hartzell’s To Conduct On-Site Sale In Sparta, N.J., On May 4 And 5 FRIDAY APRIL 26, 2019 • VOL. 50, NO. 17
Pair Of Marble Busts By Jean-Antoine Houdon Soar To A Combined $1.475 Million At Cottone Auction European Bidder On The Phone Purchases Both Busts Two rediscovered marble busts by the French 18th-century sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (French 1741-1828) sold for a combined $1.475 million at the Fine Art and Antiques Auction held March 23 by Cottone Auctions, online and in the firm’s gallery. The busts were the top achievers in an auction that featured just over 300 lots, totaling over $3 million in sales. Both busts were Two rediscovered marble busts by the French recorded in the Frick Art 18th-century sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) Reference Library in New were purchased by a European phone bidder for a York in 1932 and had been combined $1.475 million. passed down through the descendants of the Honorable Irwin Cottone Auctions. “All of the major Boyle Laughlin (1871-1941), an Old Masters dealers at TEFAF American diplomat serving in the Maastricht were on the phones. State Department from 1903-32 who Clients did fly in from Europe, and acquired them in 1926 from the there was strong interest well into Paris dealer Paul Gouvert. They the six figures. We heard rumors were rediscovered, remarkably, at the busts are going into an instituan estate in Geneseo, N.Y., where tion’s collection, but nothing’s been Cottone is based. The busts had confirmed.” The busts, reductions in been previously overlooked in a 2000 estate appraisal by an auction Serevezza marble, represent JeanJacques Rousseau (which gaveled house. “The Houdon busts both sold to for $778,800) and Georges Louis a single European buyer, bidding by Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (which phone,” said Matt Cottone of brought $696,200). They stood 11 and 11.5 inches in height, respectively, including the socle. Each was signed and dated (one 1788, the Continued on page 2
Antique Cars, Petroliana, Advertising, Toys, And More To Be Sold At Large Single-Owner Auction Hartzell’s Auction Gallery Inc. will conduct a two-day onsite auction of the lifetime collection of William Wilson of Sparta, New Jersey. The 1,100-plus items will include antique automobiles, an array of petroliana, toys, advertising, country primitives, and more. All items will be offered without reserve and sold to the highest bidder on
AAN Current News Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5. The automobile category will include a 1918 Cadillac Type 57 (seven passengers), 1915 Ford Model T Touring, 1933 GMC truck, 1930 International (rack body), 1918 Autocar Canopy Express truck, 1941 Mack pick-up truck, 1930 Ford Model A (two-door sedan), 1930 International dump body, 1930 Hahn Coal truck, 1929 Ford Model A (roadster pick-up), 1923 Chevrolet four-door sedan, and 1917 Ford
“Wizard Of Oz” Half-Sheet Leads Heritage Auctions’ Movie Posters Sale on page 4
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Spring Antique And Bottle Show Will Be Combined With Classic Car Show
Radnor Hunt Races Will Return For 89th Year On May 18 on page 6
Batsto Village To Host Event On May 19 Batsto Village has been nestled in the pine barrens of Wharton State Forest within what is today the Pinelands National Reserve for more than 250 years. The iron industry was a force there during the American Revolution. It supplied rebels with shot and cannon balls along with goods such as pots and pans. On Sunday, May 19, come and walk around the beautiful historic village and enjoy a fun outdoor
64th Shenandoah Antiques Expo Returns To Fisherville on page 7
antique, bottle, and classic car show. There will be a wide array of Continued on page 8
Gallé Glass on page 12
In This Issue A Tiffany Studios (N.Y.) leaded glass and patinated bronze Arrowroot table lamp with a 14-inch shade went for $62,500.
The Tiffany Studios (N.Y.) decorated Cypriote vase, circa 1899, 9 inches tall, with the rough surface textures resembling the decomposed surfaces of Roman glass buried for centuries, sold for $36,600.
SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 8
FEATURED AUCTION: Pook & Pook Inc. - May 4 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania - Page 9
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15