Antiques and The Arts Weekly 9-20-24

by The Bee Publishing Company, Newtown, Connecticut

Knowing THE WEST

CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART

Q&A: Laura Paterson

Dynamic Dual Sales Celebrate Art & Taste At Freeman’s | Hindman

Poulin’s Fine Arts & Antiques Sale Brings In $777,000

With 100 Dealers, There’s Something For Everyone At The Warren County Antiques Show

A Golden Sunset On Summer At Over & Above

Autumn Closing In Auction Wraps Up Old Kinderhook’s Summer Sales

Litchfield’s Annual Giant Tag Sale: A Not-To-Miss, Not-So-Local Affair

‘The Legacy of Vesuvius’ Erupts At The Meadows Museum

British

Collection of Delft including a rare and important London Delft blue and white wine bottle

English horn beaker by Nathaniel Spilman for “The Society of Universal Goodwill”

Impressive Pietra Dura inlaid marble top table

English and Continental Silver including Impressive Victorian English Silver Presentation Vase by Charles Frederick Hancock; George III Tureen, Cartier and Odiot French silver tea services, large set of French silver flatware with fitted case, Portuguese, German, and more.

Pair of Newton’s Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, Newton’s New & Improved Terrestrial Globe Embracing Every Recent Discovery to the Present Time...

Rare and fine Joseph Charles de Blezer bronze bust, Bust of Free Man

Continental and British Decorative Arts featuring over 90 lots from important private collections, including Charles X ormolu figural mantel clock, pair of emerald green and white Bohemian glass vases, Sevres style gilt bronze mounted cobalt porcelain floor urn, Napoleon III ormolu clock garniture, and many items with Christie’s and Sotheby’s provenance

Important British and Continental Fine Art featuring Important Allan Ramsay Portrait, Mrs. Anne Shairp of Houston; Rubens Santoro, View of Capri, The coast of Capri with beached boats, 1910; Daniel Gardner Pastel, Helen and Nevillia Senior of Pylewell with their Spaniel; maritime paintings by or related to the Buttersworth family, John Stevens Dew and works by George Lambert, Raymond Thibesart, and more

Important Historic Americana Auction September 27 & 28, 2024

Brunk Auctions is proud to offer an exceedingly rare and important original printed, signed archetype of the Constitution of the United States on September 28th. This national treasure was tucked away for generations at Hayes Plantation in Edenton, North Carolina, an 1821 National Historic Landmark, and home to two of the state's most prominent families for at least seven generations. It is one of the most important printed documents in history. Other rare documents from the same cache include an exceptionally rare first edition of the Articles of Confederation, published in 1776 and bearing the name of Joseph Hewes; a printing of the 1808 Price-Strother Map of North Carolina, one of only about a dozen known; Thomas Jefferson and John Adams related documents, North Carolina and Georgia ephemera, colonial currency, and early silver.

Important American Paintings will include a double-sided Andrew Wyeth, Undercover and Evening at Kuerners, Washington Crossing the Delaware after Emanuel Leutze, works by George de Forest Brush, Theodore Butler, Edward Potthast, Eric Sloane, Sanford Gifford, Ernest Lawson, Francis Coates Jones, J.G. Brown, Gilbert Stuart, Esatman Johnson, Ralph Blakelock, William Morris Hunt, and many others

A fine selection of early English slip decorated wares, Bellarmines, and other stoneware and earthenware

Folk Art

Rare New England, New York, and Southern maps featuring 1808 Price-Strother North Carolina map and a 1755 John Mitchell North America map

New Hampshire rarities including important high chest in old surface

Southern paintings featuring important Charleston Renaissance works including Alfred Hutty, Elizabeth Verner, Alice Smith, and Anna H. Taylor

Native American including a Plains Painted War Shirt from an Aspen, Colorado Collection; early moccasins and pottery, northwest coast baskets, textiles, and more

and rare Philadelphia Chippendale

silver including George

and more

Important Philadelphia Chippendale dressing table, carving attributed to Martin Jugiez

Southern

W. Stewart Kentucky horse trophy, a North Carolina tray and pap boat,

American

featuring a dramatic ram form weathervane, decoys, painted boxes, folk portraits, figureheads, and stone carvings

Fine

carved mahogany tassel back side chair

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 10AM

Design from 1860 to 1910, Including the Collection of Barry R. Harwood

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AT 10AM

Invites you to join us for our

AUCTION

Sunday, Sept. 22nd at 10:30am EST 9931 Rt. 32, Freehold, NY 12431

Preview: Monday, September 16 – Saturday, September 21, 10am–4pm; Sunday, 8am until sale; or by appointment

Early Polychrome Delft

A few choice Baubles

“Apollo” by Wm. Rush, 60”

Flame Birch Slant Lid, 34”

Card Table attrib. to Thomas Seymour

Southern Chest with Inlay

Meiji sgnd Silver Rooster and Hen, 15” tall

Jane Peterson, Watercolor “At the Pool”

Julie Hart Beers, O/C Landscape

Jervis McEntee (1 of 2)

Portrait of Emma Cornell by T. Pine, 1866

13 Panel Bow Front Chest

T.W. Marshall “Myers Farm” Saugerties, NY

W. G. Van Zandt (1 of 2)

Chauncy Ives Marble, 1866

Walter Launt Palmer (1 of 4)

Geo II Silver Candlesticks, 1759, William Cafe

Rockwell Kent, pencil signed

John Mead, Albany Secretary

Palissy Ware

Inlaid Tea Caddy

This auction includes important fine art from the Swyer Family Collection, the lifelong Collection of Theo Lovell & the Albany home of Fred Dicker. Included will be works by Jervis McEntee, Walter Launt Palmer, Emile Gruppe, Francis Silva, Jennes Cortez, Chas. W. Eaton, Anthony Thieme, Julie Hart Beers, Britcher, W.R.Tyler, Forrest Moses, F.J. Waugh, Jane Peterson, W.C. Van Zandt, William Wendt, Will Low, etc. Ceramic collection, Oriental carpets, Sterling Silver, Period Furniture, Clocks & Accessories.

F.A. Silva “Atlantic City”

Thomas Jefferson & James Madison signed document Knuckle Arm Windsor in old surface

Albany, NY Cast Iron Parlor Stove, 1844

C. 1790 Lolling Chair

Hepplewhite Secretary with Satinwood Inlays

Paint Decorated Tall Case , So. Shaftsbury, VT

MacMonnies Bronze

Figured Maple Two Drawer Stand

Pair of French Day Beds

Samplers

Coromandel Screen

Contemporary Stickley

Lg Folio Hudson River Day Line

William Richardson Tyler “Berlin, NY”

Early Delft

Staffordshire

Arts & Crafts Lamp

Oriental Carpets (14)

Hand Colored Map( 1 of 2)

Southern Sugar Chest

Emile Gruppe, New England Cottage (1 of 3)

Laura Paterson

On June 28, Heritage Auctions announced Laura Paterson as the new consignment director of its Photographs Department. Paterson, who is British-American, holds a degree in art history from Edinburgh University and has three decades of experience in photography sales. In her role at Heritage, Paterson will assist Heritage’s director of photographs, Nigel Russell, in sourcing fine art photography for the firm’s sales in this category. Antiques and The Arts Weekly was able to catch up with Paterson after the announcement, to discuss her new role and what has led her here.

Congratulations on your new position as consignment director! What was the motivation behind your joining the team at Heritage?

Thank you very much. I’m thrilled to be part of such a distinguished organization. I’ve been aware of Heritage’s success for many years and was delighted when Nigel Russell, my former colleague and now the director of photographs at Heritage, suggested I join the team.

You have three decades of experience selling historical and contemporary photography at auction, at Christie’s, Bonhams and Hindman. Will your tenure at Heritage be different from these? In what way?

An interesting question! My role at Heritage is supportive and part-time but is otherwise identical to my past experiences as I help expand Heritage’s presence in the photography market. I’ll be sourcing the highest quality material and, in the days before the sale, sharing its significance with collectors. The department holds 14 sales per year, two Signature auctions for more valuable material, as well as 12 “Depth of Field” or “Showcase” monthly online sales for more moderately priced material. So, the sale volume is higher than I’m used to. However, as the world’s third-largest auction

house, Heritage is well-resourced with a wonderful support team to help get the job done!

You have a noted reputation for an extensive knowledge of Western photography — especially that of Edward S. Curtis and Ansel Adams. What fascinates you the most about their photographic works and Western photography in general?

I grew up in the UK, so the vast open spaces of the American West always fascinated me. Equally

compelling is the immense physical feat involved in creating these extraordinary landscape photographs. Nineteenth Century photographers such as Carleton Watkins would literally lug glass plates and darkroom equipment into the wilderness with them! As for Edward S. Curtis, I feel that The North American Indian is perhaps the most important visual and literary gem in American cultural history.

You hold a degree in art history from Edinburgh University. How did your studies there eventually shape your career path into what it is today?

I studied art history at Edinburgh — with no photographic component at all! I joined Christie’s in New York, where I had come for an adventure, in 1994 as an administrator, first in decorative arts and then in photography … and the rest is history!

What are you looking forward to the most in your new position at Heritage?

I am thrilled to be part of such a well-resourced and influential organization again, working with a team whom I respect inordinately — and to be allowed to do what I do best: work with clients and look at wonderful material!

—Kiersten Busch

“At the Old Well of Acoma” by Edward S. Curtis, 1904, from The North American Indian, gelatin silver border print, 5½ by 7-5/8 inches (image/sheet), Signed and L.A. copyright in ink in the image. Heritage Photographs sale, October 1, Lot 73294 ($2/3,000). This print is one of several by Curtis from the prestigious Hal Gould Collection, which is being offered by Heritage this season. Gould’s Camera Obscura Gallery, established in Denver in 1979, was one of the earliest photography galleries in the US.

PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK BY The Bee Publishing Company Newtown, Connecticut 06470

Periodicals Postage Paid at Newtown, Connecticut 06470

R. Scudder Smith, Founder (1963) Helen W. Smith

Sherri Smith Baggett Co-Publishers

Madelia Hickman Ring, Editor W. A. Demers, Senior Editor Laura Beach, Editor At Large Kiersten Busch, Assistant Editor Carly Timpson Assistant Editor Rick Russack, Contributing Editor Cindie Gannon, Advertising Manager 203-426-8036 (antiques advertising only) or 203-426-3141 (subscription and other information) or Fax. 203-426-1394 email (advertising) - ads@thebee.com email (subscriptions) - subscriptions@thebee.com email (editorial) - antiques@thebee.com

ADVERTISING RATES

Display: $19 per column inch Auction: $25.20 per column inch

(Early) Auction: $22.50 per column inch for ads received prior to 10 am Thursday, for the next issue. Payment must accompany ad unless credit has been established

DEADLINES:

All display advertising and editorial material must be received by Friday at 10 am; Auctions by Monday at 10 am (except Early Auctions - see above) for the issue dated the following Friday. PAGE LOCATION MAY BE REQUESTED AND WILL BE FOLLOWED IF POSSIBLE

ADVERTISING POLICY

Antiques and The Arts Weekly reserves the right to refuse any advertisement submitted for publication. Further, it cannot guarantee the quality of services advertised in its pages, nor the unquestionable authenticity of objects advertised and it cannot accept any responsibility for misunderstandings that may arise from the sale or purchase of services or objects advertised in its pages. Advertising position is not guaranteed - will be honored, if possible.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE BEE PUBLISHING CO, 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470-5503

Other Rates Available, Please Call 203-426-8036 or subscribe online at www.antiquesandthearts.com

EFFECTIVE March 1, 2023

Woody’s To Auction Art Glass, Lamps & More On September

DOUGLASS, KAN. — Woody

Auction will embrace the active fall auction season with an art glass, lamps and much more auction slated to happen on Saturday, September 21, live and online, starting at 9:30 am Central time.

Expected top lots include a vase signed Galle and a vase signed Daum Nancy. Both are French cameo art glass vases in souffle/relief from the late Nineteenth/early Twentieth Century.

“Illuminate your space with timeless elegance and charm with our exquisite collection of antique lamps,” said Jason Woody of Woody Auction.

“Our September 21 auction will bring a bright light to the antiques world with all the quality lamps that will shine over other antiques from makers such as Galle, Daum Nancy, Tiffany, Wave Crest, Buffalo Pottery, Royal Vienna, Carnival Glass and more.”

The auction will be conducted online (through LiveAuctioneers.com) as well as live in Woody’s auction hall. In total, 399 lots will cross the auction block, all with no reserves. There is no buyer’s premium for those in attendance (when paying by cash or check). An online-only auction featuring similar items will be take place September 20, only on LiveAuctioneers.

The late Nineteenth/early Twentieth Century French cameo art glass vase signed Galle in souffle/relief stands 15½ inches tall and is in a rare mold blown plum design. It also boasts a frosted yellow ground with blue / lavender cameo cutback overlay

21

This portrait dresser box with Wave Crest banner mark, 6-7/8 inches square, with a tapestry finish, pale blue ground, gilt metal fittings and feet, should hit $2,5/4,500.

Features Examples By Galle, Daum Nancy, Wave Crest, Duffner & Kimberly

($8/12,000).

The late Nineteenth/early Twentieth Century French cameo art glass vase signed Daum Nancy in souffle/relief is 11¼ inches tall and exhibits a blown mold design. It has a pink and white ground with a dark blown mold forest landscape ($4/7,000).

A portrait dresser box with the Wave Crest banner mark, 6-7/8 inches square, with a tapestry finish, pale blue ground, gilt metal fittings and feet should hit $2,5/4,500.

An original Swiss-made Ideal Sublime Harmonic Piccolo cylinder music box, housed in a 13-by-39½-by15½-inch elaborately carved

oak case, set atop a matching carved oak chest, is expected to hammer for $2/4,500. The music box is in working condition.

A French cameo art glass vase signed Daum Nancy, oval in shape, 4¾ inches tall, having a blue, white and green mottled ground with a cameo carved farmstead scenic décor and enamel highlights. The vase is signed with the artist’s initials and has a presale estimate of $23,000.

A Victorian brides basket, 8¼ by 12½ inches, featuring a blue coinspot art glass peg bowl with a Coraline butterfly and floral décor, mounted

Find ‘Gold From Dragon City’ At The China Institute Gallery

NEW YORK CITY — Treasures from nearly 70 years of archeological excavations in China will be revealed in a landmark exhibition at China Institute Gallery this fall. “Gold from Dragon City: Masterpieces of Three Yan from Liaoning, 337–436” presents artworks and cultural objects on view for the first time in the United States through January 5. The exhibition features sculptures, bronze mirrors, inkstones, imperial seals, equestrian objects and ceramic vessels, as

well as jewelry and ornaments, many made of gold. The unearthed archeological discoveries are from “Dragon City,” now present-day Chaoyang in Liaoning Province. A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

“Gold from Dragon City” illustrates the remarkable history of ethnic integration and cultural exchange along the Silk Road that transformed northern China more than 1,600 years ago. The archaeological objects in the exhibition have provided revelations surrounding how the Three Yan culture, established by the Murong Xianbei people, progressed from nomadic to an advanced agricultural society. In the process, they

Hat ornament, Sixteen Kingdoms, Former Yan (337–70), gold; base: 1-31/32 by 1-13/16 by 1-57/64 inches; branches, 5-24/64 inches wide, 7-1/64 inches long with remaining 35 leafs. Excavated in 1989 from tomb number two of Tiancaogou, Xiyingzixiang, Chaoyang. Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.

Duffner & Kimberly leaded glass table lamp, 28½ inches in height, having a “Wisteria” shade on a heavy brass claw electrified four-light base ($1,5/2,000).

on a Wilcox #14 silverplate frame that shows a cherub pulling a cart, is estimated to bring $1,5/3,000.

A seven-lily Vaseline cranberry opalescent English art glass epergne with applied rigoree, 23 inches tall and highly reactive under the black light should gavel for $1,5/2,500.

A rare English art glass laydown “Falcon” perfume, 7½ by 2 inches, Webb peachblow satin with gold enamel highlights and a silver twist cap, should make $1,5/2,500.

A Brilliant period cut glass cobalt blue cut to Vaseline Eiffel-shape decanter, pattern #HF-303 by Val St Lambert, circa 1908, is pattern matched with a numbered stopper ($1,5/2,000).

RHiNeBeck ANtique

eMPoRiuM

were influenced by the Eastern Jin dynasty and gained literacy, and their work in making objects had a profound impact on later developments in gold craftsmanship and cavalry.

The China Institute Gallery, located inside the China Institute in America, is at 100 Washington Street. For information, 212-744-8181 or www.chinainstitute.org.

•

•ALL

•ANY

COLLECTIONS & DEALER STOCKS

•ANY BETTER LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS, especially EMILIO SANCHEZ, etc.

845-876-8168

oPeN DAiLY

A Duffner & Kimberly leaded glass table lamp, 28½ inches in height, having a “Wisteria” shade on a heavy brass claw electrified four-light base, will rise above $1,5/2,000. Woody Auction is at 130 Third Street. For information, 316-747-2694 or www. woodyauction.com.

5229 Albany Post Rd. Staatsburg, NY 12580 Between Rhinebeck & Hyde Park 10,000 sq. ft. Antique Mall Auctioneers & Appraisers Limited Dealer Space Available Rhinebeckantiqueemporium.com

BI-WEEKLY

•ALL DESIGNER JEWELRY, especially SIGNED PIECES

•ALL GOLD & SILVER BULLION and FRANKLIN MINT ITEMS

•ANYTHING BY TIFFANY

•ALL STERLING SILVER & JUDAICA

•ALL ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA

•ANY BETTER AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS DOCUMENTS

•THE RARER AND MORE UNIQUE, THE BETTER!

Items Signed By Albert Einstein, General George A. Custer & Theodore Roosevelt Will Headline University Archives’ Online Auction, September 18

Undated two-page autograph manuscript by Charles Dickens laying out a six-chapter early outline for David Copperfield, putting into question established literary theory about how much planning went into the masterpiece ($30/40,000).

WILTON, CONN. — A one-page typed letter in German signed by Albert Einstein referring to Sir Isaac Newton, an autograph letter signed twice by General George A. Custer with Battle of Little Big Horn associations and a crisp sepia-toned photograph of then-President Theodore Roosevelt signed and dedicated to Pope Pius X are just a few of the historically significant items bidders will vie for in University Archives’ online-only Rare Signed Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia auction on Wednesday, September 18.

The auction will start promptly at 10 am Eastern time. All 549 lots in the catalog are up for viewing and bidding now on the newly redesigned University Archives website — www.UniversityArchives.com — as well as LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable and Auctionzip Phone and absentee bids will also be taken.

“The September 18 auction will feature outstanding historical documents, rare books, celebrity autographs, photographs, original artwork, relics and sports memorabilia,” said John Reznikoff, the president and owner of University Archives, adding, “US presidential, science/technology, military, literature, sports and space/aviation are the categories to watch in this exciting sale.”

Items consigned by the Manuscript Society, from the estate of well-known manuscript dealers Forest G. & Forest H. Sweet and Julia Sweet Newman, will also be featured in the auction. Forest G. Sweet was an early leader of the Manuscript Society as well as a rare book scholar. The proceeds from the purchase of these items will benefit the work of the Manuscript Society. To learn more, and to become a member of the Manuscript Society, visit www.manuscript.org.

The one-page typed letter in German signed by Albert Einstein, dated October 15, 1944, is addressed to university professor Giuliano Hugo Bonfante. In it, Einstein compares his general theory of relativity to “Newton’s

theory” and also alludes to the unified field theory he was then developing ($20/30,000). This is one of several Einstein-related items in the auction.

The several General George A. Custer lots in the sale will be led by an autograph letter signed twice by Custer, seeking the appointment of one of his “Custer Clan” lieutenants, Algernon Smith, to the rank of captain. Custer writes glowingly of Smith’s service during the Civil War and his tenure in the Seventh Cavalry. Smith was later killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn ($8/12,000).

Then there is the magnificent vintage sepia-colored photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, signed as President on April 30, 1906, and dedicated to Pope Pius X. In the inscription, Roosevelt assures the Pope that “he will ever occupy the same high position he now holds in the eyes of all Christian statemen.” Both men concerned themselves with social issues ($8/10,000).

There is also a letter signed by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg, believed to be the only Gettysburg correspondence of Lee’s in private hands. Lee addressed this July 4, 1863, letter to his enemy, Union General George Meade, inquiring about Colonel Hugh Reid Miller, a Confederate officer of the 42nd Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers who was wounded and captured during Longstreet’s Assault the day before. Miller died of his injuries less than two weeks after Gettysburg ($40/ 50,000).

Also offered is an undated twopage autograph manuscript by Charles Dickens laying out a sixchapter early outline for David Copperfield, one of his most beloved novels and his personal favorite. The existence of this outline, previously unpublished, contradicts the established literary theory that Dickens did not extensively plan the book. The manuscript should bring $30/40,000.

An autograph endorsement signed by President Thomas Jefferson declining a summons

One-page typed letter in German signed by Albert Einstein, dated October 15, 1944, addressed to university professor Giuliano Hugo Bonfante, comparing his general theory of relativity to “Newton’s theory” ($20/30,000).

1940 vintage black and white photograph of Babe Ruth and sports agent Christy Walsh, signed by both men and PSA/DNA authenticated and graded 7 and 6 respectively ($6/7,000).

Seven-page German-language rocket test flight report, dated July 16, 1943, signed by Wernher von Braun, then chief of the Nazi research facility at Peenemünde, as “v. Braun” ($9/12,000).

issued by the Wythe County Superior Court on April 14, 1825, will also be available. Jefferson was called to appear as a witness in a freedom suit filed by three individuals enslaved by Jacob King. Citing his “age and infirmities” as impediments to travel, Jefferson sent a deposition instead ($20/40,000).

Other presidential material includes a one-page autograph letter signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower as President, dated October 22, 1954, and addressed to the first American televangelist, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. Eisenhower ALSs as President are exceedingly rare, and this one with a religious connection is interesting considering Eisenhower’s late-in-life conversion to Presbyterianism. The letter should bring $15/20,000.

Also of interest is a seven-page German-language rocket test flight report, dated July 16, 1943, signed by Wernher von Braun, then chief of the Nazi research facility at Peenemünde, as “v. Braun” on the second page. The

report includes data from the 28th test flight of the V-2 Aggregat 4 rocket. Von Braun later worked on NASA Redstone missile and Saturn rocket projects ($9/12,000).

A three-page autograph letter signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson, dated March 8, 1835, and addressed to a 13-year-old family friend, Lucia Russell is also featured. The letter anticipates many ideas that Emerson would explore in his Transcendentalist essay “Nature,” published the next year. In the letter, Emerson writes, “Nature is always talking to you, especially when you are alone.” The letter has an estimate of $8/10,000.

Other letters include a one-page typed letter in English signed by Nikola Tesla on August 6, 1895, and addressed to a well-wisher. Tesla opines on such open-ended topics as science, religion, and ways of seeing, writing: “Scientific research, with the special aim of advancing the well-fare of mankind is, in my opinion, the noblest human effort.” The letter should

reach $8/10,000.

And there is a group of three typed letters signed by Richard Nixon as President, circa 1970-73, all addressed to President of the Khmer Republic Lon Nol. The letters show how Nixon’s attitude towards fighting Khmer Rouge communist guerillas and North Korean communists in Cambodia changed — at first supportive, but later bowing to antiwar pressure at home ($7/9,000).

The September sale features an assortment of sports memorabilia, including autographed photographs, sports equipment, uniforms, ephemera, prints, and posters. Lot 541 is a 1940 vintage black and white photograph of Babe Ruth and sports agent Christy Walsh, signed by both of them, and PSA/DNA authenticated and graded 7 and 6 respectively (est. $6/7,000).

University Archives has become world-renowned as a go-to source for rare items of this kind. It is actively seeking quality material for future auctions, presenting a rare opportunity for sellers. Anyone who has a single item or a collection that may be a fit for a future University Archives auction may call John Reznikoff at 203-454-0111, or email him at john@universityarchives.com.

University Archives was founded in 1979, as a division of University Stamp Company, by John Reznikoff, who started collecting stamps and coins in 1968, while in the third grade. Industry-wide, Reznikoff is considered the leading authenticity expert for manuscripts and documents. He consults with law enforcement, dealers, auction houses and both major authentication companies. University Archives’ offices are located at 88 Danbury Road, Suite #2A. For more information about University Archives and the 549lot, online-only Rare Signed Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia auction, including its full catalog, please visit www. universityarchives.com. Updates are posted frequently.

Two-Session Eclectic Auction At Coyle’s On September 24

and

MEDWAY, MASS. — Coyle’s Auction will open the fall season with a live two-session estates auction at the VFW Hall on Tuesday, September 24. The auction will include an eclectic mix of furniture ranging from Seventeenth Century Spanish furniture, early American furniture, to MCM offerings in addition to artwork, porcelain, silver bronzes and much more, drawn from a Fox Hill Village estate, together with Wayland, Brookline, Winchester and Mashpee homes with selected additions. Hundreds of fresh-to-the-market items will be offered with no reserves and no internet bidding.

Session one rugs and curiosities auction begins at 2:30 pm and will include a selection of Oriental rugs, several book lots, including marine books, Bryant’s Picturesque America, antique documents and other estate lots.

Highlighting the Session two estates auction beginning at 5 pm will be a fresh-to-the-market from a local estate Seventeenth Century Spanish walnut vargueno with elaborate interior and fine shell carvings and elaborate ironwork, an early antique Spanish trestle table, antique American twopart bonnet top, double fancarved highboy, several lots of MCM Herman Miller chairs and a large lot of Lightolier MCM lighting in boxes as well as original Risom and Miller catalogs, inlaid carved paw Federal work table with lift top,

The Menil Collection Presents ‘Fragments Of Memory’

HOUSTON — This fall, the Menil Collection will present “Fragments of Memory,” on view at the Menil Drawing Institute from September 20 to January 26, 2025. The show addresses the many ways that Twentieth and Twenty-First Century artists have placed fragments of personal experiences and historic events at the heart of their work.

Memories have a deeply personal nature, and their material form is often fragmentary and ephemeral — snapshots, collages, notes and the like — and deeply imbued with emotional weight.

In the hands of the artists whose work is included in this exhibition, the past remains alive and replete with possibility. Past events are revisited in different ways, creating alternate perspec-

tives, and understanding. Wardell Milan’s (b 1977) “Pulse,” recently acquired by the Menil, recalls a deadly mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub that targeted the city’s queer and Latin American communities. The artist’s decision to remember the victims in a vibrant dance celebration is a staunch message of resistance against calculated violence. Menil Drawing Institute is located at 1412 W Main Street. For information, www.menil. org/drawing-institute or 713525-9400.

HUDSON, N.Y. — The Olana Partnership is presenting “Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory” through October 29 at 5720 NY-9G. For information, 518-828-1872 or www.olana.org.

Seventeenth Century Spanish walnut vargueno with elaborate interior and fine shell carvings with elaborate ironwork.

Rhode Island curly maple Queen Anne dropleaf table, ornate carved oak cabinet and server attributed to Horner, N.Y., English Regency and early American pieces and much more.

Accessories and items of special interest in session two will include a 38-inch antique carved and polychrome religious figure with glass eyes, an eclectic collection of various carved antique figures, antique English small inlaid spice chest, Asian porcelain and pottery, sterling silver, jewelry, bronzes, porcelain and an art glass collection, including Kosta Boda, Murano and more. There will be a selection of artwork, including a portrait of “Aunt Hattie” oil on canvas by Margaret Fernald Dole with AAPL Gold Medal Award Grand Nat’l Exhibit 1964 in a

signed Thulin 1923 frame; an oil on canvas of an English merchant gentleman (label John Purnel, 1761-1821); Hayley Lever oil on board, 6½ by 8 inches; oval portrait watercolor of woman in a lace bonnet and collar (label Minneapolis Gallery Label Elizabeth Gregory 1794-1866); portrait of an American vessel attributed to Egidus Linnig, 1854; several marine paintings with contemporary artists (D. Tayler, Norma Ruben, RW Young etc.); and several Japanese and Chinese woodblock prints and other art. The VFW Hall is at 123 Holliston Street. This is a live auction, please call if you’d like to reserve a seat for convenience. Absentee and left bids are also welcome. For information, www.coylesauction.com, 774571-8263 or email coylesauction@verizon.net.

Old Print Shop has

Selection of MCM furniture and accessories, including Herman Miller Bikini chairs.

38-inch antique carved

polychrome religious figure with glass eyes.

Autumn Closing In Auction Wraps Up

Old Kinderhook’s Summer Sales

VALATIE, N.Y. — Autumn is closing in, at least that’s what Old Kinderhook Auction Company (OKAC) thought and made it the title of its most recent auction on August 27. Promising “a massive single owner collection of club couture and preppy chic, Chinese antiques, fine art and bronzes,” the 914-lot event was just the thing to close out the

Auction Action In Valatie, N.Y.

summer, with less than a dozen lots failing to sell from the podium. The sale was advertised as no-reserve, with many of the featured lots scoring the highest prices of the day.

“It was all superior quality; it wasn’t just things that looked good but weren’t,” said Errol Farr, co-owner, who confirmed the single-owner collection was from

“Evening Still” by Lanford Moore, 24 by 36 inches,

This group of six framed original Doonesbury comics found a new home with a private collector for $6,150 ($100/200).

Errol Farr said Tallec for Tiffany & Co., “probably retails for $500 per plate.” If that’s the case, this 60-piece porcelain dinner service in the Directoire pattern would be worth $30,000; an undisclosed Old Kinderhook buyer won it for the bargain price of $4,613 ($700/900).

This Chinese hardwood altar table, 34 inches high and 75 inches long, brought $6,150 from a buyer in New York City who acquired many other pieces of Chinese furniture in the sale ($800/1,200).

This “immense” Chinese red lacquer opium bed stood 98¾ inches tall and 84 inches wide and was the centerpiece of the firm’s pre-sale ad. It sold for $6,150 to a New York City buyer ($2/4,000).

New England. He also noted a good portion of it sold to buyers in the New York City area.

Lanford Monroe’s (American, 1950-2000) oil on Masonite “Evening Still” depicted a foggy landscape with geese alighting on the water of a pond at dusk and perfectly captured the spirit conjured by the sale’s title. Some bidders may have seen it in the company’s pre-event advertising. The exposure may have helped garner interest, and bidders took it to the sale’s high price of $6,765, with a buyer in New York City having the prevailing bid. Farr noted, it came to auction from a Connecticut estate.

Five lots all gaveled down for $5,000 — $6,150 with buyer’s premium — and shared the second-highest price. Achieving this first was “Waves on the Shore,” a watercolor on paper composition by Charles Herbert Woodbury (American, 1864-1940). It was part of the single-owner collection but Farr said it sold to a buyer who had not previously acquired anything from OKAC.

A few lots later, the same result was achieved by a group of six framed, pen and ink Doonesbury comic strips, dating from 1971 to 1977, by Garry Trudeau (American, b 1948). The group covered various topics, including the military, Jackie Onassis and Marxist theory and came from a New York City collection; a private collector won them for $6,150.

The price of $6,150 was again matched a couple hundred lots later by Tim Shinabarger’s

(American, b 1966) “Black Timber Bugles,” a striking bronze of a bugling 12-point elk that also hailed from the single-owner collection. It was the highlight of the selection of nearly two dozen bronze sculptures in the sale and had also featured in the event’s ad.

The Chinese furniture from the single-owner sale came along about half-way through the sale but interest was still strong and pockets were still deep enough to earn several pieces the same $6,150 price. A red lacquer opium bed, that was catalogued as Nineteenth Century and had heavily carved and pierced woodwork and gilt accents as well as mother-of-pearl inlay, sold to a New York City buyer, who also paid $6,150 a few lots later for a Chinese hardwood altar table.

A rare 60-piece service of Le Tallec gilt porcelain, made for Tiffany & Co., in the Directoire pattern, rose to $4,613. According to Farr, “It was never used, or maybe just once. Tallec is unique even among Tiffany; everything is signed with a message and is a higher level of quality. You almost never see it; it probably retails for $500 per plate.” The service had also been included in the firm’s pre-sale promotional materials. Old Kinderhook Auction Company’s next sale date has yet to be announced.

Prices quoted include the buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house. For information, 518-912-4747 or www.oldkinderhookauction.com.

Errol Farr weighed in on a set of 12 drypoint etchings by Lois Bregman (American, Twentieth Century), done in 1971 in an edition of 100. “The etchings were great. They were framed and ready to go and the price we got — $3,690 — was the right number” ($400/600).

oil on Masonite, achieved $6,765 and the sale’s highest price ($2/4,000).

A new client at Old Kinderhook Auction Company paid $6,150 for this watercolor depicting gentle waves on the shore by Charles H. Woodbury ($400/800).

“Black Timber Bugles” by Tim Shinabarger, 1978, bronze, 26¾ inches high, was bagged for $6,150 ($1/2,000).

Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Editor Photos Courtesy Old Kinderhook Auction Company

Only Known Survivor Of A Special 1774 Edition Of The Articles Of Association Surfaces In The Adirondacks

POTSDAM, N.Y. — The seventh-generation owner of an old printed document that used to hang framed in her grandparents’ New York home had always been told it was important. She just didn’t know how important. For the document had never been appraised, nor displayed outside her or her ancestors’ homes. Then, planning to downsize late last year, she called in Kip Blanchard of Potsdam, N.Y., to auction furniture and other items she wouldn’t be taking to her new home. Blanchard told her he’d ask an expert about the document’s importance.

Blanchard then turned to historian and bibliographer Keith Arbour of Cambridge, Mass. According to Blanchard, “With a week of examining it, Keith told us that it was more important than the only copy of John Holt’s first New York printing of the Declaration of Independence ever to come onto the market. We sold that Declaration in 2017 for $1.8 million. Frankly, the possibility that this 1774 document might be in that league

hadn’t struck us as likely.”

In his formal report, Arbour told Blanchard that the consigner’s old piece of paper was a previously unknown printing of the First Continental Congress’s most important publication, the 1774 Articles of Association. In Blanchard’s words, “Keith lays out all the evidence, point by point, in the catalog. Paper, type, history, all of it. Basically, the importance of this printing of the Articles of Association comes down to four factors. One is that it’s the first document ever to cancel the slave trade. Historically speaking that’s absolutely earth-shaking. But there’s a lot more to it than that.”

In the 20-page auction catalogue Blanchard is publishing this month, Arbour ties the types used to print the document to a Williamsburg, Virginia, press operated on behalf of the recently deceased printer Clementina Rind’s orphans. Arbour shows who carried the document’s text from its first Philadelphia printer to Williamsburg. And he ver-

ified the document’s descent from its first signer to the seventh-generation direct descendent who has engaged Blanchard to sell it. “Sometimes known as the NonImportation Agreement,” Arbour notes, “it is from the 1774 Articles, not the 1776 Declaration, that early historians dated the establishment of our Union. In 1861 Lincoln ingeniously used this fact in his first inaugural address.”

The auction will be held October 20 at 11 am. For a free digital copy of the catalog go to www.blanchardsauctionservice.com.

The 1774 Articles Of Association is the only United States founding document to ban the slave-trade. All the colonies that sent delegates to the First Continental Congress, including Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, agreed to this provision (Georgia did not send delegates to Philadelphia). It will come to auction on October 20.

Photographer Kelli Connell Exhibition Debuting

ATLANTA — This fall, the High Museum of Art presents “Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis,” a groundbreaking exhibition featuring a powerful body of work by Connell (American, b 1974) that reconsiders the complicated relationship between writer Charis Wilson and photographer Edward Weston from a contemporary queer and feminist perspective. Co-organized by the High, the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography and The Cleveland Museum of Art, the exhibition will make its debut at the High before traveling to the other two venues.

Through a close examination of Wilson’s prose and Weston’s photographs, Connell enriches our understanding of the couple and weaves their stories together with her own artistic practice. Using their publications and archives as a guide, Connell and her former partner, Betsy Odom, traveled to locales where Wilson and Weston lived, made work and spent time together. Along the way, Connell collaboratively made photographs of Odom that upend conventional notions of photographer and muse. She

Fall 2024 At The High

also photographed, in a raw and less idealized manner, the grand Western landscapes that Weston made iconic 75 years before.

“This exhibition offers a fresh perspective on the evolving dynamic of artist and muse — combining Wilson’s and Weston’s historical photographs and texts with Connell’s contemporary work in a dynamic and thoughtprovoking presentation,” said Rand Suffolk, the High’s director.

“We are thankful to our co-organizers for their collaboration, and we look forward to bringing these works together for the first time in the show.”

The exhibition will include more than 40 of Connell’s recent portrait and landscape photographs, including many largescale 40-by-50-inch images, along with dozens of Weston’s classic figure studies and landscapes made between 1934 and 1945, one of his most productive periods and the span of his relationship with Wilson. Four of Connell’s photographs in the exhibition are drawn from the High’s collection, exemplifying the museum’s recent commitment to growing its holdings of work by queer artists.

Much of the historical material in the exhibition, including some from Wilson’s archive, is drawn from the Center for Creative Photography’s extensive collection. In addition to photographs, texts and ephemera, the installation will feature a 35-minute video that details how Connell created this body of work and features highlights from her travels.

“‘Pictures for Charis’ raises important questions about how sexuality, gender and relationships are articulated and reinforced in photographs,” said Gregory Harris, the High’s Don-

ald and Marilyn Keough Family curator of photography. “Kelli’s works not only critically reframe the canon of American Modernist photography but also challenge our assumptions about the dynamics of intimate and creative partnerships.”

“Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis” will be presented in the Lucinda Weil Bunnen Galleries for Photography on the Lower Level of the High’s Wieland Pavilion through January 5.

The High Museum of Art is at 1280 Peachtree Street Northeast. For information, www.high. org or 404-733-4400.

• CONSIGNMENTS

• GENEROUS REFERRAL FEES

• SWIFT PAYMENT TERMS

• DETAILED AND ACCURATE CATALOG DESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN BY PROFESSIONAL GUN PEOPLE

“Betsy, Lake Ediza” by Kelli Connell (American, b 1974), 2015, pigmented inkjet print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Friends of Photography, 2022.242. ©Kelli Connell.

‘The Legacy of Vesuvius’ Erupts At The Meadows Museum

DALLAS — Set during one of the most dynamic moments in Western history, “The Legacy of Vesuvius: Bourbon Discoveries on the Bay of Naples” looks at the groundbreaking archaeological excavations sponsored by the Bourbon King Charles VII of Naples — the future king of Spain — and his wife, Maria Amalia, and continued by his son and successor Ferdinand IV, and demonstrates their formative influence on art and thought in the Age of Enlightenment. Comprised of nearly 50 objects, the exhibition’s unique combination of Roman archaeological material

“Departure of Charles of Bourbon for Spain, seen from the Harbour” by Antonio Joli (Italian, 1700–1777), 1759, oil on canvas, 50-3/8 by 80¾ inches, Napoli, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. Photo ©Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte.

“The Discovery of the Temple of Isis at Pompeii, buried under pumice and other volcanic matter” by Pietro Fabris (Italian, active 1756–1779), circa 1776, hand-colored etching on paper, 8-3/8 by 15½ inches. Wellcome Collection, London. Photo Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection, London.

“Eruption of Mount Vesuvius on the Ponte della Maddalena” by Pierre-Jacques Volaire (French, 1729–1799), 1782, oil on canvas, 51-1/8 by 90-1/8 inches. Napoli, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. Photo ©Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte.

“Hand-painted fan with three views of

from the excavations at Pompeii, Herculaneum and other sites, mingled with Eighteenth Century paintings, porcelain and prints — including major loans from Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Wellcome Collection — provides an exciting introduction to the archaeological treasures of this period and their formative influence on contemporary artistic production. The exhibition is on view at the Meadows Museum through January 5.

“We are excited to introduce Dallas to Naples, its connection to Spain and the profound impact the Bourbon excavations had on the cultural and artistic landscape of Eighteenth Century Europe,” said Michael Thomas, professor and director of the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History at The University of Texas at Dallas and the exhibition’s curator. “At its core, this

exhibition celebrates the discovery of what is arguably the world’s most famous archaeological site, Pompeii, as well as other ancient sites destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 BCE.

The exhibition captures the innovative vision of Charles and Maria Amalia in the years just before they assumed the Spanish throne. The reigns of Charles and his successor Ferdinand define the ‘Golden Age’ of Naples when the city rose to the forefront of artistic production and cultural influence.”

“The Legacy of Vesuvius: Bourbon Discoveries on the Bay of Naples” is a collaboration between the Meadows Museum, SMU, and the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History at The University of Texas at Dallas.

A fully illustrated, hardcover catalogue published by Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers — and sponsored by The Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture

Wall painting fragment showing a woman (so-called Flora), early First Century CE, pigment on plaster, 14-15/16 by 12-5/8 inches, Villa Arianna, Stabiae. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale de Napoli, inv. 8834. Photo ©foto Giorgio Albano.

— accompanies the exhibition. The Meadows Museum, SMU, is at 5900 Bishop Boulevard. For information, 214-768-2516 or www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org.

“Second Style wall painting with monochromatic landscape,” mid First Century BCE, Reale Scudiera (Royal Stables) of Portici, pigment on plaster, 77 by 76-3/8 inches, Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale de Napoli, inv. 8593. Photo ©foto Giorgio Albano.

Vesuvius,”

“Portrait

“Portrait of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon” by Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779), 1759, oil on canvas, 70-7/8 by 49-5/8 inches. Napoli, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. Photo ©Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte.

of the Young Francis of Bourbon (Francis I)” by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842), circa 1790, oil on canvas, 48-3/8 by 36¼ inches. Napoli, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. Photo ©Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte.

Vase with dancing maenad by Manifattura Poulard-Prad, circa 1810, painted and gilded porcelain, gilded bronze and Portovenere marble base, 7-7/8 inches, Naples, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, inv. OA 6497. Photo ©Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte.

Mount

unknown artist, active in Naples, probably workshop of Giorgio Glass, circa 1770–80, gouache and watercolor on vellum, approximately 12 by 20 inches. New York City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938. Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art CC0.

Multi Estates Add Up To A September 20 Auction By JMW

KINGSTON, N.Y. — On Friday, September 20, at 3 pm Eastern Time, JMW Auction will sell 500 lots from estates throughout the Hudson Valley, New York City and Boston. Approximately 150 lots of artwork will be sold, highlighted by two original David Uhl oil paintings. One is titled “The Ironhorse Heist” and was used as the cover of the book titled Bean’re Motorcycle Nomad. The second painting is titled “In The Beginning”; this paint-

ing was used as the cover for the Indianapolis 500 100th Anniversary program. David Uhl was the first licensed painter hired by Harley Davidson in 1998. Both paintings come from the corporate offices of Ande Rooney Inc.

Other artists represented in the sale will be Richard James Lillis, Andree Ruellan, Cynthia Dill, Raphael Soyer, Guy Pene Du Bois, Theresa Ferber Bernstein, Karl Fortress, Guillaume Corneille, Rolph Scarlett,

Gabor Peterdi, Alex Kveton, G. Gillson, James Dine, Irving Amen, Miles Raymond Hodson, Antonio Poteiro, Frank Gallo, Elizabeth Mowry, Jack Perlmutter, James Cornwell, Luigi Kasimir, Frank Sequino, R. Stone, Leon Kroll, Ruth Evans, Everett Longley Warner, John G. Ernst, Ludwig Kirschner, Rocco Armento, Frederic Rondel, G. Joachim, Larry Rivers, William Henry Cotton, James Hope, Claire Lamp, Barbara Joan Cocker, Earl Swanigan and others, not signed or illegibly signed.

More than 200 pieces of furni-

ture will include country, Victorian, French and Italian decorative, Danish Modern, Midcentury Modern, Mission and teak garden furniture. Also up for bid are, Oriental rugs, lighting, sterling silver, coins, clocks, photography, ephemera, selection of photography books from estate of fashion photographer Bolling Powell, bronzes, art pottery, decorative glassware and porcelains, collectibles, comic books, record collection, estate jewelry from New York City estate, including a 14K Rolex and a rare broadside poster

The 48th Annual Fall Antiques In Schoharie Runs Sept. 28-29

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — The plans are set, the dealers are signing up and show organizers say they are excited to be back at the Schoharie Valley Railroad Complex at 143 Depot Lane. On the weekend of September 28 and 29, Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association (SCHA) will once again be hosting its annual 48th fall antiques show.

Antiques dealers from Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and New York will bring their treasures. Visitors will find quilts and blankets, jewelry, antique furniture, stoneware, Oriental rugs, glass and china, baskets and bowls and collectibles of every kind. Spe-

cial heritage crafters have also been invited — the broom maker, the candle maker, the potter, the candy lady and more.

The Schoharie Valley Railroad Complex backdrop is certainly one of the most unique to visitors. The Railroad Museum's 1865 Station House and 1891 passenger car of the Middleburgh & Schoharie Railroad will be open to the public. The freight shed, which houses all kinds of railroad memorabilia, including a restored 1917 Delaware & Hudson Railway caboose, will also be open to show-goers.

The cooks of SCHA have put together another selection of picnic items with their famous

Explore Changes In Windsor’s Broad Street Green With Archivist Michelle Tom On September 17

WINDSOR, CONN. — Do you remember having lunch at the Windsor House or shopping at Dillon’s Market? Interested in seeing the old homes that used to line the green? Join Windsor Historical Society Archivist Michelle Tom on Tuesday, September 17 from 10 to 11:30 am for a walking tour of Windsor’s iconic Broad Street Green and a trip down memory lane. The Town Green and surrounding buildings have changed dramatically over the decades as the area has transformed from a residential neighborhood to the commercial center of Windsor. This first in the series of “Wandering Windsor Walking Tours” examines the many changes in the Green’s most recognizable landmarks such as The

Plaza, The Bean@226, the shops at Central Street and more.

Advanced registration is required for the Broad Street Green Tour at the Society’s website, or by calling their telephone number. The cost is $10 per adult, $8 per Society member or seniors and $6 per child under 18. The rain date is Wednesday, September 18.

The second “Wandering Windsor Walking Tour” will be a tour of Palisado Cemetery with former Society director Christine Ermenc, on Saturday, October 26, from 10 to 11:30 am.

The Windsor Historical Society is at 96 Palisado Avenue. For additional information, 860688-3813 or www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org.

homemade desserts for those wanting a great lunch under the picnic tent.

Proceeds from the antiques show fund the ongoing historic activities of the Schoharie Colo-

hours are Saturday, September 28 from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday, September 29, from 11 am to 4 pm. Admission is $6. There is plenty of free parking. Call for further information, 518-

carried at the March on Washington in 1963. A selection of advertising will include Coca Cola, reverse painted signs, Winchester and a rare Remington UMC cloth banner. The preview will be Thursday September 19, from noon until 6 pm. JMW Auction is at 1094 Morton Boulevard. For information, www.jmwauction.com, 845339-4133 or 845-389-1933.

West Hartford Marketplace

Thurs & Fri: 10am To 6pm

Saturday: 9am To 6pm Sunday: 10am To 4pm Fresh & New! Multi-Vendor, Indoor Space Antiques, Books, Collectibles, Vintage & More! 25 Talcott Rd., West Hartford, CT VENDORS: 860-214-9568

Monumental oak sideboard with griffins.

Vintage Rolex 14K wristwatch.

David Uhl original oil on canvas.

Notable Prices Recently Achieved At Various Auction Houses

Across The Block

Prison-Made Bridle Reins In High Price

For New Frontier CHEYENNE, WYO. — Every year, in late August, the Laramie County Events Center welcomes the New Frontier Western Show & Auction, the latter of which took place on August 25 with nearly 400 lots of Western memorabilia, Native American artifacts, antique firearms, Old West collectibles and Railway Express items. Noted estates and collections included that of Paul Hamer. Reining in the top price of the day — $10,200 — was an 11-color Montana prison-made horsehair bridle that was described, variously, as “phenomenal” and magnificent,” with “stunningly bright color and condition” and having “fabulous vibrant colors and designs.” An American buyer will be adding it to their collection. For information, www.newfrontiershow.com or 913-406-8057.

Half-Moon Marble Top Commodes Impress Nadeau’s Bidders

WINDSOR, CONN. — Standing out among more than 530 lots in Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s August 24 Contemporary Furnishings, Fine Art and Décor auction was a pair of marble top demilune commodes. The wooden commodes were inlaid with borders and decorative details and were further accented by applied bronze frames housing cameos and other small inset porcelain images. Each piece was 29 inches high by 26 inches wide and 14 inches deep. The pair was bid well beyond the $300/500 estimate, finishing at $1,920. For information, www.nadeausauction.com or 860-246-2444.

Antique Cartier Ring Sparkles In William Smith’s Post-Labor Day Sale PLAINFIELD, N.H. — In the firm’s 57th Annual Post Labor Day auction, W. A. Smith Auction Gallery’s September 4 sale was led by an antique Cartier platinum engagement ring. The ring’s approximately 4-carat cushion-cut central diamond had very light yellow coloration and was graded VS for clarity. It was accented by a total of eight small single-cut diamonds set in the band. Estimated $15/20,000, the size 5½ ring sold to an out-of-state phone bidder for $33,000. For information, www. wsmithauction.com or 603-675-2549.

BELLPORT, N.Y. — Thomas Cornell Galleries conducted its Late Summer Auction on August 10. The “exceptional” sale had 260 lots of furniture, copper, bronze, Favrile glass, collectibles and art. Earning top honors was an assorted set of Jarvie copper and bronze items. Each piece in the set — which included bowls, plates and candlesticks — bore a “Made By The Jarvie Shop” mark or Robert Jarvie’s signature on the bottom. An out-of-state bidder, who was new to the auction house, collected the metalware set for $2,375 ($250/500). For information, www. thoscornellauctions.com or 631-289-9505.

Aloha Statehood Medal Caps American Tokens At Heritage DALLAS — One of just 4,600 examples minted in 1959 to celebrate Hawaii statehood earned $360 and led Heritage Auctions’ sale of American tokens and medals on August 26. The 2.2mm thin silver piece, encased in plastic and graded Mint State (MS) 68 by the Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC), depicted on one side a singing native girl in traditional grass skirt and lei on a beach with sugar cane and pineapple motifs, the other side has Hawaiian Liberty with the words of Kamehameha III, “UA MAU KE EA O KA AINA I KA PONO (The life of the land is perpetuated by righteousness).” It was the top lot in a 446-lot sale that achieved $219,415. For information, 214-528-3500 or www.ha.com.

Cheeky Mixed Media Buddha Sells To In-House Bidder At Kodner Galleries DANIA BEACH, FLA. — “Super Buddha, Shanghai-Miami,” (Twenty-First Century), a mixed media on wood / resin piece, transcended several contenders in Kodner Galleries’ September 4 estate jewelry, silver and collectibles sale. It sold to an in-house bidder for $45,980. Proclaiming, “May The Best of Your Days, Be The Worst of Tomorrows,” the painting measured 37½ by 37½ inches. For information, www.kodner.com or 954-925-2550.

AMERICAN CANYON, CALIF. — Leading Fairchilds Fine Art’s Extraordinary Billiards Auction on September 1 was an antique, made-to-order Brunswick Reno model pocket-billiards table from 1912. The 10-foot-long table was made of quartersawed golden oak inlaid with white holly and featured Brunswick’s patented “Pool Trough Attachment” with a Chicago-style receiving box. Listed in the auction catalog as “a very popular table” with an “original and simple design,” the table was in original condition and came with two sets of billiard balls, various pool cues, a square floor cue rack and a brown table cover for its green silk felt surface. The table, with provenance to a private collection in Napa Valley, Calif., struck a $1,310 finish against a $2/4,000 estimate. For more information, 707-603-6122 or www.fairchildsfineart.com.

Tom Hall Bidders Stand For Oak Bench EASTON, PENN. — Tom Hall Auctions’ August 27 Sensational College Hill Estate Auction featured “exceptional furnishings, artwork, bronzes, pottery and unique and rare finds.” An American quarter sawn oak hall bench, catalogued as “spectacular” won top-lot honors for the event, trading hands for $3,393. Among the appealing elements of the 60-inch long piece were carved lion’s heads and paw feet and a relief-carved back with armorial and foliate decoration. For information, www.tomhallauctions.com or 610-799-0808.

Joe DiMaggio Card Hits High

For Dana Tharp WILLOUGHBY, OHIO — Knocking 607 lots out of first place at Dana J. Tharp’s Fine Art, Advertising and Sports Auction on August 24 was a 1938 Goudey Heads Up Joe DiMaggio card, #250, which sold for $6,458. The auction catalogued described it as an “incredibly rare card in this condition. Raw and ready to be graded.” It had been estimated at $2,000/10,000. For information, 440-463-7158 or www.danajtharpauctions.com.

Jarvie Metalware Leads Thomas Cornell Late Summer Auction

Brunswick Billiards Table Pockets Win At Fairchilds

Legare Offers Diverse Online Estate Auction

PELHAM, N.H. — Legare

Auctions has a diverse timed online estate auction on Auction Ninja lined up, which starts to close on Wednesday, September 18, at 7 pm.

“This an interesting and eclectic sale with items ranging from fine artwork and sterling silver to carpets and Asian pieces,” said Legare. “The owner was a world traveler and collected lovely

objects from Europe, Asia and the Middle East,” said Leo Legare. “There are some really nice estate artwork pieces in the online sale, including an oil on board signed Burn 1888, a contemporary mixed media signed Sam Stetson, NYC, and an attractive French street scene.

“With such an eclectic sale, it

is hard to pick out the highlights,” Legare continued. “In that category would have to be a Nineteenth Century Chinese carved table with a marble top. But with such a diverse sale, I would also say there is a nice selection of Limoge and sterling.

“When it comes to interesting and unusual items,” said

Legare, “the silver-plated monkey on a coconut shell, a mushroom garden seat and the African knife with scabbard come to mind. As with any estate sale, there is lots to see, including Murano glass, Satsuma, rose medallion, majolica and a variety of small and large furniture pieces.”

Bidding is live on www.auctionninja.com. Local pick up in Groveland, Mass., is by appoint-

Large-Scale Exhibition Explores New Jersey’s Contemporary Sculpture Scene

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Continuing its commitment to celebrating artists from across the Garden State, the Morris Museum will present a fresh look at contemporary sculpture in an exhibition that opens on September 20. On view into the winter months, “New Sculpture/New Jersey” exhibits the work of eleven sculptors working in a wide range of materials; malleable aluminum, coldworked glass and industrial robotics join the more traditional media of ceramics, forged iron and steel. Showcasing 40 works together with short video interviews with the

artists, the exhibition will connect visitors with the purpose, context and meaning driving their work and motivating their choices.

Importantly, the exhibition was born from the museum’s team asking the question: who is making sculpture today in New Jersey? and then exploring the myriad ways their chosen media and means of artmaking relate to new conversations about nature, art and society. Guest curator Bryant Small, built on a concept begun last summer by former curator Michelle Graves and President and CEO Tom

Loughman. The result is a project that provides a snapshot of the exciting and boundaryextending creativity generated by a cross-section of renowned and mid-career sculptors contributing to our state’s vibrant arts scene.

“We see an opportunity to give voice to our region’s artists working in the third dimension,” said President and CEO Thomas J. Loughman, Ph.D. “This snapshot of the field, neither our first sculpture project, nor our last — reveals an exciting and eclectic group of contemporary makers exploring methods, materials

Strong Bidding Takes Nakashima Double Dresser To The Top At Clarke

LARCHMONT, N.Y. — So, it’s the end of summer. Clarke Auction Gallery paid homage to that seasonal milestone by conducting an “End of Summer Blockbuster Sale” on September 8. The sale’s most notable lot was a George Nakashima (American, 19051990) 1960s double dresser from a New Paltz, N.Y., estate. “There was strong bidding action on it,” according to Whitney Mia, Clarke's senior appraiser, and it ultimately sold to an in-house bidder for $27,500, including buyer’s premium. It featured an exposed dovetail case, two small upper flush drawers over six deep drawers with recessed pulls and a recessed cross form base. Dimensions were 31¾ by 72 by 20 inches.

and ideas in studios across the Garden State.”

Morris Museum is located at 6 Normandy Heights Road. To view related content and artist videos, please visit @NewSculptureNewJersey. For additional information, www.morrismuseum.org or 973-971-3700.

An oil on canvas marine scene is among the many estate paintings in the sale.

Among the many Asian lots is this carved fern stand.

A sterling compact is just one of the silver lots in the online estate sale.

Complexities Of Contemporary German Identity Explored In Harvard Art Museums’ Fall 2024 Exhibition

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — This fall, the Harvard Art Museums present an unprecedented look at German art since 1980. Featuring artists from different generations and diverse backgrounds, the exhibition “Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation” complicates notions of German identity, especially the idea of ethnic and cultural homogeneity in a country that is second only to the United States as a destination for immigrants from around the world. The exhibition is on view through January 5, in the Special Exhibitions Gallery and adjacent University Research Gallery on Level 3 of the Harvard Art Museums.

“50 U Heinrich-Heine-Str.” by Corinne Wasmuht, 2009, oil on wood. Harvard Art Museums/ Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ann and Graham Gund in honor of Martha Tedeschi, 2016.387. ©Corinne Wasmuht.Photo ©President and Fellows of Harvard College.

The accompanying print catalog, the first of its kind published in English, includes essays by interdisciplinary scholars who address questions of nation and belonging in contemporary German art and society. A broad range of public programs including gallery talks, tours, a film program and events in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Boston will run throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Made in Germany? offers a range of reflections on German national identity, which has largely been shaped by labor migration following World War II, the unification of East and West Germany in 1990, and the influx of refugees to the country since 2015. As the pointedly interrogative title

Frame Restoration and Gilding

17th-19th Century Paintings & Prints

Over 40 Years Experience Member American Institute for Conservation Macomber Art Restoration Services 252-229-5270 macartrestore@gmail.com

suggests, the exhibition asks, rather than offers ready answers to, the question of who or what represents Germany today. Race, migration, labor, history and memory are at the forefront of this inquiry into German identity. The works on view often focus attention not solely on racial, ethnic or religious diversity, but on marginalized groups at the very edges of German society: the aging, the economically disadvantaged and the unhoused.

“Made in Germany?” contributes to wide-ranging debates on diversity, nationalism and social change in the face of migration and globalization; it frames discussions on racial violence, right-wing populism and ethnically defined national identity — issues that are resonating not only in Germany but also in the United States today.

the exhibition showcases recent acquisitions made by the Busch-Reisinger Museum, one of the Harvard Art Museums’ three constituent museums. The Busch-Reisinger Museum is uniquely positioned as the only museum in North America devoted to the art of German-speaking Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The artists featured in the exhibition span several generations, and their works — often made and remade over an extended period — address German history and identity through film, video, photography, painting, printmaking, drawing, collage and installation. Women, East Germans, long-term residents, recent citizens and individuals with a “migration background” are represented among the 23 artists in the exhibition: Nevin Aladağ, Sibylle Bergemann, Cana Bilir-Meier, Marc Brandenburg, Kota Ezawa, Isa Genzken, Hans Haacke, Candida Höfer, Yngve Holen, Henrike Naumann, Pınar Öğrenci, Hans-Christian Schink, Cornelia Schleime, Ngozi Schommers, Gundula Schulze Eldowy, Katharina Sieverding, Hito Steyerl, Gabriele Stötzer, Sung Tieu, Rosemarie Trockel, Corinne Wasmuht, Ulrich Wüst and Želimir Žilnik.

"Made in Germany?" is curated by Lynette Roth, Daimler curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Peter Murphy, Stefan Engelhorn curatorial fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum (2022-25), with Bridget Hinz, senior curatorial assistant for special exhibitions and publications, division of modern and contemporary art, Harvard Art Museums.

“This exhibition represents the latest in the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s ongoing commitment to the study and promotion of German art while also reflecting on the concerns of our time,” said Roth. “During the Covid-19 pandemic, in response to the concurrent reckoning with racial and social justice in the United States, I initiated a series of conversations with artists and scholars about issues of art and identity on Instagram. The dialogues there helped refine the thinking behind the exhibition and the accompanying catalog.”

The range of conversations with artists, scholars, curators and writers exploring narratives around nation, race, gender and identity in German art can be found on the BuschReisinger’s Instagram (@ Busch_Hall) as well as in a special “Made in Germany?” playlist on YouTube, which is in development.

“It’s exciting to see the BuschReisinger collection continue to grow in diverse and unexpected ways,” said Murphy. “The works we have recently acquired are not only pertinent to the questions of the exhibition, they also indicate the trajectory of the museum and its investment in new artists, new media and new ideas.”

Book)” (1989-2010), a visual inventory comprising 172 photographs of objects the artist found in East German homes over the course of 20 years after unification; Sung Tieu’s “deconstructed readymade” installation “Untitled” (2021); three photographs from Nevin Aladağ’s ongoing portrait series “Best Friends,” which the artist began in 2012; and Corinne Wasmuht’s large-scale 2009 painting “50 U Heinrich-HeineStr.,” of a bustling city thoroughfare based on the artist’s own photographs as well as imagery culled from the Internet. A major loan is East German-born Henrike Naumann’s “Ostalgie” (2019), a room-sized installation addressing the immediate post-Wall period in Germany’s “new” federal states. Hans Haacke’s poster artwork “Wir (alle) sind das Volk (We [all] are the people)” (2003/24), which he designed to repeat the title phrase in a total of 12 languages, is available for free in the exhibition galleries. Haacke encourages replication and dissemination of this poster as a call to embrace cultural and ethnic diversity, and visitors are encouraged to further spread the message by displaying it in their schools, workplaces, homes and neighborhoods. Two recently acquired sculptures, displayed elsewhere in the museums, are also part of the exhibition: Ngozi Schommers’s “Commuters” (2022), a work composed of two rolled-up sleeping bags illuminated by a portable light, alluding to the housing and refugee crises in Europe (located in the stairwell on the Lower Level); and Yngve Holen’s aluminum “Butterfly” (2016), which is made from the same material as Frankfurt Airport’s high-security fences and thus juxtaposes concepts commonly associated with the insect — freedom, metamorphosis and natural beauty — with the control and restriction of movement (located in the stairwell on Level 5). Additionally, a special “Made in Germany?” playlist featuring music from the 1980s to today is available on Spotify, extending the experience of the exhibition.

The Harvard Art Museums is at 32 Quincy Street. For information, www.harvardartmuseums.org or 617-495-9400.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery’s “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance,” celebrates the 100th anniversary of the writer, essayist, playwright and activist. The exhibition presents portraits in a range of media and ephemera to reveal how Baldwin’s sexuality and faith, artistic curiosities and notions of masculinity — coupled with his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement — helped to shape this formidable figure. It is on view until April 20 at 8th and G Streets Northwest. For more information, www.npg.si.edu. OCTOBER 5th &

Supplemented by key loans,

Highlights on display across five gallery spaces include Hito Steyerl’s 1998 film Die leere Mitte (The Empty Centre), about the various borders that have existed in Berlin’s city center since the Eighteenth Century; Katharina Sieverding’s monumental pigment-onmetal print “Deutschland wird deutscher XLI/92” (Germany Becomes More German XLI/92) from 1992, an icon of contemporary German art; Ulrich Wüst’s hand-crafted leporello (accordion book) “Hausbuch (House

Brunk To Auction Rare Signed Ratification Copy Of US Constitution, Recently Discovered In

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — An incredibly rare, original printed archetype of the United States Constitution, signed by Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson, will be auctioned on September 28, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina at Brunk Auctions. The auction will begin with a starting bid of $1 million, without reserve. It is expected to sell for much more.

The ratification copy of the Constitution will be sold at Brunk Auctions on September 28, the 237th anniversary of the day Congress passed the ratification resolution.

Drafted in Philadelphia and signed by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, the proposed Constitution was delivered on September 18, 1787, to the Confederation Congress that was then meeting in New York on the site that is now the Federal Hall National Memorial at 26 Wall Street. After heated debate, on September 28 Congress resolved to send it to the states for ratification. To that end, Charles Thomson, the Secretary of Congress, ordered 100 copies of the printed archetype, only a fraction of which he signed for sending to the legislatures of the 13 original states. It is that resolution, along with Thomson’s signature, that makes the present copy an official ratification edition of the Constitution.

This incredibly rare document was discovered in 2022 at Hayes Farm, a 184-acre plantation in Edenton, N.C. The property was purchased in 1765 by Samuel Johnston, who in 1787-89 was governor of North Carolina and presided over the state’s two ratification conventions. In 1865, it was acquired by the Wood family, which has held it for seven generations. The document was found inside an old filing cabinet in 2022 when the

North Carolina Sept. 28

property was being cleared out and sold to North Carolina for preservation under the care of the Elizabeth Vann Moore Foundation with assistance from the Edenton Historical Commission and the Town of Edenton.

Previously, most of the books, documents and artifacts from the home were donated to North Carolina, and a recreation of the Hayes Library was built at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

According to auctioneer Andrew Brunk, “James Madison wrote that the Constitution ‘was nothing more than a draft of a plan, nothing but a dead letter, until life and validity were breathed into it by the voice of the people, speaking through several State Conventions.’” Brunk added, “this simple looking version is what started breathing life into the Constitution.”

Seth Kaller, a renowned historic document expert who is collaborating with Brunk on the sale, noted that “This is a unique opportunity to own a cornerstone of our democracy, particularly at this time in our nation’s history. It also reminds us of the crucial role New York played in the founding of America.”

Kaller was involved in bidding on the Constitutional Convention printing that Sotheby’s sold on November 18, 2021, for $43.2 million to Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, LLC. In 1988, that same document had sold for $165,000. According to Kaller, “The ratification copy now up for auction is rarer and arguably more significant, but the consignor gave Brunk the luxury of selling it without reserve, with a starting bid of $1,000,000. The market will decide what the Constitution is worth to us today.”

For more details about the September 28 auction, info@brunkauctions.com or www.brunkauctions.com.

Nelson-Atkins Presents Major Hokusai Exhibition

KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City presents a sweeping exhibition that details the enormous impact of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1869) on the art world. His instantly recognizable “Great Wave,” one of the most iconic images in the history of art, catapulted him to the forefront as one of the most famous and influential artists of his time. “Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” takes a new

approach by focusing on his role as student, teacher and influencer. The exhibition opens September 21 and runs through January 5, 2025. “Hokusai has become one of the most famous Japanese artists in the world, and this fascinating exhibition explores the enduring legacy of his trailblazing mastery,” said Julián Zugazagoitia, Director & CEO of the Nelson-Atkins.

The exhibition includes more than 300 objects, ranging from the “Great Wave” to volumes of

Hokusai Manga (sketches) to captivating floral images. It also highlights a whimsical “Great Wave” made entirely of Lego™s.

“Hokusai was an incredibly creative and versatile artist. This exhibition is a thought-provoking new presentation of how one artist’s visual language can be taught, borrowed, or even transformed across cultures and eras,” said Yayoi Shinoda, Assistant Curator, Japanese Art.

“Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration from the Museum of Fine Arts,

Meadows Museum Acquires Four Exceptional Works By Contemporary Spanish Artists

DALLAS — The Meadows Museum, SMU, recently announced the acquisition of four works that continue to build the institution’s collection of contemporary Spanish art — an important and growing part of the museum’s collection as it continues its focus on presenting the best of art from the Iberian Peninsula. Pieces by renowned Spanish artists Ignasi Aballí and José Hernández, along with two by Miguel Zapata, add new facets to the museum’s collection and strengthen its holdings in this area.

Amanda W. Dotseth, Linda P. and William A. Custard director of the Meadows Museum, said, “The works by Ignasi Aballí, José Hernández and Miguel Zapata are particularly significant additions to our collection. The painting by Hernández, with its haunting imagery and masterful manipulation of material, exemplifies his unique figurative style and invites viewers to contemplate the concept of vulnerability.

Aballí’s conceptual piece, born of his work representing Spain at the Venice Biennale in 2022, challenges traditional notions of painting and representation, making it a thought-provoking

complement to our existing contemporary Spanish art holdings, and continues to build our relationship with this artist whose work we first showed in 2022. And the two multimedia works by Zapata are cornerstone pieces to understanding both his style and his unique use of materials and almost sculptural sensibility.

These acquisitions reaffirm our commitment to showcasing the richness and diversity of Spanish art from the present as well as the past.”

The Meadows Museum, SMU, is at 5900 Bishop Boulevard. For additional information, 214768-2516 or www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org.

Boston” compares Hokusai’s work with his own teachers as well as students who studied under him. It also includes the contemporary colleagues and rivals who incorporated his innovations into their own work, along with his legions of admirers in Japan and abroad who were inspired by Hokusai despite separation in time and space.

The Nelson-Atkins is located at 4525 Oak Street. For information, www.nelson-atkins.org or 816751-1278.

Sept. 21 & 22, 2024

Sat. 10 am - 5 pm • Sun. 12 pm - 4 pm

Cultural Center of Cape Cod 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA, Route 6 to exit 75 (old exit 8) then follow signs

Admission $7 ($6 with card or ad)

Identification Booth

Glass Prize Raffle

Sponsored by the Cape Cod Glass Club www.capecodglassclub.org

For more info: ehl77pg@gmail.com

Nationally prominent glass dealers offering antique and collectable American and European glassware from the 18th to 21st centuries.

PHOTO COURTESY JSEA&A

“Resurrection Remains” by José Hernández Muñoz (Spanish, 1944–2013), 1971–72, oil on canvas, 59 by 72 inches. Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Gift of Kirk Edward Long, MM.2022.04. Photo by Kevin Todora.

“Orbit” by Dorothea Tanning (American, 1910-2012), 1986, graphite and watercolor on paper, 40 by 60 inches, signed and dated “Dorothea Tanning 86” had impressive provenance, exhibition and literary history, which pushed the artwork to $44,450, the highest price of both sales ($5/8,000).

This untitled piece by Zlatko Prica (Croatian, 1916-2002), 1956, oil on canvas, 38 by 51 inches, signed and dated “Prica 56” bottom right, sold for double its high estimate, at $12,700. It had provenance to a private collection in Pennsylvania ($4/6,000).

“This service bears the arms of Dom Gaspar de Saldanha e Albuquerque and includes its unusual trademark surface decoration that distinguishes it from other Chinese Export services made for the European Market,” said Andrew Taggart of this set of nine Chinese Export porcelain tablewares manufactured in the late Eighteenth Century. The set had provenance to a New Jersey historical society and set the table for $10,795 ($10/15,000).

artwork, earning $16,510 ($5/7,000).

Dynamic Dual Sales Celebrate Art & Taste At Freeman’s | Hindman

Auction Action In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Freeman’s | Hindman finished out the month of August in their Philadelphia salesroom with two separate sales on August 21 and 22. The Tastemaker, conducted on August 21, offered 358 lots of fine, decorative and folk art from the United States, Europe, China and Japan, as well as objects of vertu, rugs and carpets, garden objects, fine silver and furniture. The sale earned $486,220 with a sellthrough rate of nearly 80 percent.

On August 22, the Art + Design sale was comprised of 314 lots of fine and decorative arts, ceramics and glass, furniture, photographs, prints and multiples and sculpture from the US and Europe crossing the block. With a 92 percent sell through rate, it earned just over $1 million total

The Tastemaker

Leading The Tastemaker auction was a pair of mounted, giltbronze and rouge marble torchères, manufactured in France in the Twentieth Century. Sculpted bronze female figures held up the lighting fixtures on the 115-inch high torchères, which had traces of green patina. Despite some chipping and f laking on both, the “visually impressive” pair lit up for $19,050, comfortably within their $15/25,000 estimate.

Andrew Taggart, specialist in American furniture, folk and decorative art at Freeman’s | Hindman, said that the auction “was a long but steady sale with genuine interest across many collecting categories. The results were

mixed, with lots of bidding on select items. In particular, garden objects were very popular.”

The top-earning garden object, and second-highest selling lot of the sale, was a Venetian carvedmarble fountain, most likely from the Seventeenth Century.

“This piece came from a prominent, private Florentine collector who acquired things on his travels throughout Europe,” explained Taggart. “The fountain was cherished and used in his garden before it made its way to the US. It is remarkably intact overall given the age.” The 52½-inch-high fountain showed evidence of having been painted, with some traces of white paint appearing on certain parts of its form. However, this did not detract from its appeal, and the piece spouted forth to earn a $16,510 finish, more than three times its high estimate.

Rounding out the top three lots was a collection of 15 Russian, German and Norwegian shaded enamel, plique-à-jour, and silver and silver gilt items. They were crafted by various makers and hailed from the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries. The items were mostly Russian, including an oklad icon depicting the Virgin of Kazan, which had hand-painted faces and enamel and silver gilt mounts. The icon bore an “AP” maker’s mark, which possibly represented Pavel Akimov Ovchinnikov, an assay master; it also bore a “Moscow, 1885” mark.

Additional Russian items in the lot included a kovsch, an egg-

Out of nine George Nakashima (American, 1905-1990) furniture pieces sold, this coffee table in American black walnut from the mid Twentieth Century came out on top, earning $31,750. It measured 65¼ inches in length ($20/30,000).

Leading The Tastemaker sale was a pair of Twentieth Century French gilt bronze and rouge marble torchères, which lit up to $19,050, sellilng within estimate ($15/25,000).

form box, two pill boxes from separate makers, a compact, two salt cellars, a salt spoon and a spoon, knife and fork. From Germany, there was a plique-à-jour spoon marked “800” and engraved “Berlin/1892” on its bowl. From Norway there were two plique-à-jour Viking boatform salt cellars. The lot of 15 finished at $12,700, completely surpassing its $3/5,000 estimate. The furniture category was led by a set of 10 carved oak dining chairs from the Aesthetic Movement, sitting pretty at $11,430. The set was attributed to the Herter Brothers around 1880 and comprised of two armchairs and eight side chairs. Each piece bore its original casters made by the India Rubber Comb Company (New York City) and were upholstered in a reproduction “Orakelblume” patterned fabric. The reproduction fabric was manufactured by North American textile company, Maharam, who modeled their fabric after the original, designed by Koloman Moser in 1901. The lot’s finish at two times its high estimate could also be attributed to its provenance; it sold with Christie’s New York in a January 21, 2000 sale, where it became the property of a private collector until it was auctioned off to another private collector in 2020 by Toomey & Co. Leading the folk art category was a finely crafted needlework sampler by Ann Buchanan, which was dated “1821.” The sampler was worked with polychrome silk threads on a linen ground and depicted a “large gated mansion flanked by two smaller houses and fruit baskets, surrounded by an array of trees teeming with birds; a dog watches beneath, with swagged curtain and floral garlands above,” according to the auction catalog. There was also a pious verse displayed on the backside, along with an inscription reading “Ann Buchanan Her Work Aged 11.” “This proved to be a surprise — during the auction preview, we received feedback that it is a rare example of a Scot-

This patinated bronze, brass and glass chandelier manufactured in France circa 2006 by Hervé van der Straeten (French, b 1965) measured 28 inches high and was “Model No. 47.” It swung to $15,240, more than doubling its estimate of $5/7,000. It “performed very well,” said Lauren Colavita, “We are looking forward to expanding our contemporary design offerings.”

“Ladies Of The 80s: Lady By Window — Ver” by Peter Max (American, b 1937), 1988, acrylic on canvas, 36 by 48 inches, signed “Max” top right led sales for Max’s

Rising to $9,525 was this pair of George Jones & Sons majolica garden stools. The pair, hailing from a Main Line, Philadelphia, collection, bore date marks for 18741875 and depicted waterlilies and cattails with birds and dragonflies. “The consignor mentioned that they assembled these garden stools themself. They already owned one, and they were thrilled upon discovering the second in an upscale gallery,” shared Andrew Taggart ($4/6,000).

tish needlework sampler,” shared Taggart. “It was sought after by a few serious collectors of this material.” The sampler, with provenance to a Massachusetts collection, stitched its way up to a $11,430 finish, more than five times its high estimate.

“A strong percentage of the buyer’s pool included serious collectors and the trade, which is always a promising sign that the market for traditional antiques is alive,” shared Taggart, when asked about the diversity of the bidding pool. He also explained that, of the top-selling lots, “four were purchased by US buyers, with representation from Pennsylvania, New York, New England, the Midwest and the South. Interestingly, some of the Chinese Export porcelain made for the Portuguese Market was sold to Portuguese buyers. France was also represented by at least one lot.”

Art + Design

Leading Art + Design was a graphite and watercolor on paper by Dorothea Tanning titled, “Orbit.” The 40-by-60-inch painting was signed and dated “Dorothea Tanning 86” and had provenance to the Mangel Gallery in Philadelphia, after which it was acquired directly by a private Pennsylvanian collector in 1987. The work also boasted an impressive exhibition history, appearing at Kent Fine Art (New York City), the Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., (Philadelphia) and the Mangel Gallery (Philadelphia) in 1987 and the Malmö Konsthall (Malmö, Sweden) in 1993. It had been featured in The Print Collector’s Newsletter, Art News and Art in America, as well as Jean Christophe Bailly’s 1995 book Dorothea Tanning (New York: George Braziller). Its extensive provenance helped raise the piece to a $44,450 finish, going out for more than five times its high estimate of $8,000.

“We were very satisfied with the results,” said Lauren Colavita, associate specialist in post-war and contemporary art at Freeman’s | Hindman. “This was our first collaboration as a newly merged department, and the organization and follow-through of the cataloging process leading up to the sale paved a path for success.”

Colavita also shared that the majority of buyers were from different parts of the US, but the firm did see some overseas participants as well. The pool “included dealers, collectors and designers as well as bidders new to auction.”

With provenance to a Chestnut Hill, Penn., collection, this set of eight George III silver chargers by Paul Storr (1771-1844) was manufactured in London in 1814. The “rare” engraved chargers, with scalloped and gadrooned rims, sold within estimate for $8,255 ($8,000-$12,000).

George Nakashima was wellrepresented in the sale, with nine pieces of furniture from the American designer crossing the block. Leading the Nakashima pieces with the second-highest price in the sale was a coffee table from the mid Twentieth Century designed and manufactured at the US-based Nakashima Studio. The table was made with American black walnut and marked “Craig” on the underside, with three straight lines etched underneath the marking. Additional lucrative Nakashima furniture pieces included a Frenchman’s Cove II dining table ($31,750), a double chest of drawers ($25,400), a pair of nightstands ($25,400), a “Hi Boy” tall chest of drawers ($25,400) and a set of six New chairs ($17,780).

“Miniature Quan,” a painted cast resin sculpture by Carole A. Feuerman, crossed the block for $17,780, more than seven times its high estimate of $2,500. The 11-inch-high work was completed in 2012, signed and dated in ink and numbered “14/99” on its underside. The sculpture had provenance to Baker Sponder Gallery in Boca Raton, Fla., where it was purchased in 2014 by the estate of Jordan and Cynthia Katz (Pennsylvania), residing in the estate’s collection until it was consigned to Freeman’s | Hindman.

Five works by Peter Max went under the hammer with “Ladies of the 80s: Lady By Window — Ver” (1988) leading the group with a $16,510 finish. The acrylic on can-

Streaming to $16,510 was this 52½-inch-high Venetian carved-marble fountain, most likely from the Seventeenth Century ($3/5,000).

vas was signed “Max” on the top right and had provenance to a corporate art collection. “American Flag” (1991), also sold well, hoisted to more than five times its high estimate at $13,970. The work was painted cast bronze and had a cast signature and was incised with the date and numbered “170/250.” It had provenance to a private collection in New York.

Upcoming sales at Freeman’s | Hindman’s Philadelphia location include a September 22 singleowner auction featuring the collection of Dr Richard J. Wattenmaker, and an October 17 Post-War and Contemporary Art online auction.

Prices quoted include the buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house. For additional information, 215-563-9275 or www.hindmanauctions.com.

Attributed to the Herter Brothers (New York City, 18651905) this set of 10 Aesthetic Movement chairs, two armchairs and eight side chairs, with provenance to two private collections, realized $11,430 against a $3/5,000 estimate.

“Two Compotes with Strong Purple” by Jane Piper (American, 1916-1991), 1985, oil on canvas, 30 by 40 inches, signed and dated “Jane Piper / ‘85” bottom right realized $12,065. It was exhibited in the Gross McCleaf Gallery’s (Philadelphia) 1985 exhibition “Jane Piper: Recent Work” and had provenance to the estate of Joly Walton Stewart ($8,000-$12,000).

Hailing from Russia, Germany and Norway, this set of 15 shaded enamel, plique-à-jour, silver and silver gilt items finished at a polished $12,700, more than double their high estimate ($3/5,000).

“American

by

Inscribed “Ann Buchanan Her Work Aged 11” and dated “1821,” this 16-by-16½-inch sampler depicting a large, gated mansion surrounded by luscious gardens and animals blossomed to $11,430, surpassing its high estimate over five times ($1/2,000).

Flag”

Peter Max (American, b 1937), 1991, painted cast bronze, 11½ by 17½ inches, cast signature, incised with date, numbered “170/250,” was raised to $13,970 ($1,5/2,500).

Review by Kiersten Busch, Assistant Editor Photos Courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman

Avercamp & Bordone Paintings Will Headline

ACES Gallery’s Fall Estates Auction Slated For Sept. 29

Oil on canvas painting by Paris Bordone (Italian, 15001571), titled “L’Automne (Venus, Bacchus and Diana),” 42½ by 63 inches, 78 by 57½ inches framed ($15/25,000).

STAMFORD, CONN. — An oil painting attributed to Dutch landscape artist Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634), an oil painting by Italian artist Paris Bordone (1500-1571) and a Wedderien, Inc., (N.Y.) finely carved obsidian jeweled bear are a few of the many featured lots in a Fall Estates Auction planned for Sunday, September 29, at ACES Gallery, starting at 1 pm Eastern time.

The catalog features over 200 items sourced from local estates and private collections, none of which are dealer merchandise. Lots include fine art, jewelry, silver, studio design and antique furniture, Asian art and collectibles, including dollhouse minia-

tures and an extensive collection of bear figurines. This is an online auction, but phone and absentee bids will be also be accepted.

“We’re excited to bring to market some rare and unusual material, including samplings diligently curated by the lifelong focus of our consignors,” said Alex Fonarow of ACES Gallery.

“Beyond our headline items in the catalog, I feel there are also wonderful opportunities for the blossoming connoisseur to enrich their environs and build their collection at more-than-reasonable prices.”

The oil on board winter village scene attributed to Hendrick Avercamp is 18 by 30½ inches and is housed in a 38-by-25-inch frame. The work, an attribution, has an estimate of $5/10,000.

Avercamp worked during the Dutch Golden Age of painting. He was one of the early landscape painters of the Dutch school, specializing in scenes of the Netherlands in winter.

The oil on canvas by Paris Bordone is titled “L’Automne (Venus, Bacchus and Diana).”

It’s 42½ by 63 inches on the stretcher and 78 by 57½ inches as framed. It is expected to realize $15/25,000. Bordone was an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance who, despite training with Titian, maintained a strand of Mannerist complexity and provincial vigor.

Both the Bordone painting and the Avercamp attribution were inherited in the early 1900s by a woman named Johanna Ransahoff, who brought them with her to the United States in the early years of World War II. They have been descended through the family to the current owner, a lady in Somers, N.Y. A few other items in

A matched pair of early Twentieth Century Koken “round seat” barber chairs will be sold as individual lots, each with an estimate of $1/1,500. The chairs are 44 inches long by 28 inches wide.

the auction were also consigned by the same Somers lady.

The finely carved Wedderien, Inc., obsidian jeweled bear is depicted in the standing position and has a Wedderien label on one foot and is signed with cojoined initials (“WD”) on the opposite foot. It’s accompanied by a newspaper clipping showing a picture of the identical carving with the caption “Obsidian bear worth $500”. The 5¼-inch-tall bear should gavel for $500-$1,000.

The more than 50 lots of estate jewelry will feature an exquisite size nine diamond ring designed as a central Old European brilliant cut diamond boasting G-H color and VVS2 clarity, prong set in a 14K white gold ring with an openwork chevron pattern head. It should finish at $4/6,000.

A late Nineteenth Century German tankard by Carl Frey & Sohne (Breslau), 20 inches tall and weighing approximately 90 troy ounces, carries an estimate of $3/5,000. The tapering form tankard with a squat base and hinged lid mounting 27 antique silver coins is marked “Frey & So./800” at the base.

A matched pair of early Twentieth Century Koken “round seat” barber chairs will be sold as individual lots, each with an estimate of $1/$1,500. The chairs are 44 inches long by 28 inches wide by 47¾ inches tall. The original enamel finish on both functioning chairs is in excellent condition.

Two very different lots were pulled from the same estate in Rye, New York. One is a set of four late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century French side chairs by L. Alavoine & Cie. (a company that Armand-Abert Rateau was involved with early in his career). The chairs have a curved square backrest over tapering receded legs terminated in pointed feet, decorated with rosettes. The other lot is a Lion & Healy (American) Model 413 harp, 65 inches in height by 18 inches wide and regilded.

A vintage Piaget 18K gold tiger’s eye wristwatch having a quartz face with painted Roman numerals and spade hands on a conforming 18K gold Piaget flat woven bracelet is expected to achieve $2/$3,000. The marked and monogrammed watch comes with the original box.

A set of eight circa 2001 Stephen Swift ash and cherry highback dining armchairs, signed on the bottom, should fetch $4/6,000. The chairs were custom ordered for a Briarcliff, N.Y. lady.

A patinated bronze sculpture of a bull by Jean Baptiste Clesinger (French, 1814-1883), inscribed on the front of the base with the title (“Taureau Romain”), rendered in 1857, is expected to earn $800$1,200. The work was discovered in a storage unit, untouched for more than 30 years.

Asian items will include a Chinese silk embroidered robe, 41 by 60 inches ($500/700).

The large collection of dollhouse miniatures will feature a Pollie Simpson chinoiserie secretary desk, signed on verso and dated May 1980; a Natasha chinoiserie dollhouse card table; a group of three Mary McGrath hand-painted miniature display objects, including a bird display and two painted eggs, each piece signed and dated; a custom-made Japanese style Linda Wexler miniature dollhouse floor screen with overall black lacquer and gilt hand-painted decoration, signed on verso and dated 1980; and a dollhouse miniature vertical harpsichord signed on verso “Davey Jone” and dated 1981, hand-painted with papier mâché, with nylon strings behind a hinged door.

Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable and Druout. Previews will be held by appointment only, on Friday September 27 (noon to 5 pm), and Saturday September 28 (10 am to 5 pm) in ACES Gallery’s gallery and offices located at 85 Old Long Ridge Road, #A4. For an appointment, call 475500-7118; or send an email to gallery@ACES.net. All items will be on display prior to auction day, Sunday, September 29.

ACES (All Country Estate Services) was founded in 2020 by auctioneer and appraiser Alex Fonarow. The company was designed from the ground up to offer quality service to its clients, buyers and consignors. The firm has specialists in all areas of the estate process, including appraisals, traditional and online-only (timed) auctions, donations and whole-house cleanouts.

ACES Gallery is a focused subsidiary of ACES, a larger company that conducts more than 50 auctions each year, selling all manner of estate personal property on the website www.aces.net.

ACES Gallery is always seeking quality merchandise for future sales. To inquire about consigning a single piece, an estate or a collection, 475-5007118 or gallery@ACES.net. To learn more about ACES Gallery and the Fall Estates Auction on September 29, at 1 pm Eastern time, visit www.aces. net. Updates are posted often.

Oil on board winter village scene attributed to Hendrick Avercamp (Dutch, 1585-1634), 18 inches by 30½ inches and housed in a 38-by-25-inch frame ($5/10,000).

LITCHFIELD, CONN. — Any auctioneer will tell you they live for the phone to ring — or, more likely these days, an emailed query — to come look at collections full of desirable, salable things, whether rare antiques, artwork by blue-chip artists or the hottest collectible. These are the things that stock an auction after being carefully appraised, catalogued, photographed and exhibited. The things we write about follow a successful journey across the auction block.

What may not be immediately obvious to readers is there is often a lot of additional “stuff” that, out of necessity, comes along with the more valuable objects — the things the seller needs to get rid of; the bad, if you will, that comes along with the good. By “stuff,” I mean household furnishings, boxes of National Geographic back issues and yellowing paperbacks, kitchen implements, boxes of movies on VHS or DVDs that can’t be watched because the technology to do so has become outdated, weathered garden tools, old clothes discovered in trunks squirreled away in attics, toys rusting in a basement. The sort of things you’re likely to find spread out on a folding table at the end of a driveway in most neighborhood tag sales.

Auctioneers have creative ways to deal with this “stuff,” from sending salvageable and still-useful goods to charities and churches to partnering with companies that specialize in such modestly priced objects. In the case of Litchfield Auctions, they pitched a giant tent on their front lawn, priced things to sell, spread the word and held a multi-day tag sale open to anyone within driving distance.

Officially known as Litchfield County Auctions, the house has been a fixture in the county seat since the 1990s, when founder Weston Thorn, an appraiser, auctioneer and director of Sotheby’s PB-84,

Litchfield’s Annual Giant Tag Sale: A Not-To-Miss, Not-So-Local Affair

saw an opportunity for a regional auction house. From holding auctions at the American Legion Hall and the Litchfield Fire House to the firm’s current home in a 10,000-square-foot facility less than two miles from Litchfield’s historic town center, the auction house now conducts monthly or semi-monthly auc-

tions, offering hundreds of lots to clients around the world, not just those in their back yard.

The house is best known around the world for the sales it holds throughout the year, from single-owner collections and estates to auctions chockfull of objects consigned by dozens, if not hundreds, of sellers.

Nearly every possible collect-

“It was, by far, the best tag sale we’ve had since we started doing it as an annual event.”

Sue LaCourse

There was some good-natured disagreement about who arrived first but these four were at the front of the line. From left, they are Gordon Titcomb of Woodbury, Conn., Linda Ronalter of Torrington, Conn., Glenn Allard of Seymour, Conn., and John, no last name given, from Lyme, Conn.

Long-time staff photographer Gary Osborne, left, gave last minute instructions to the nearly 100 eager shoppers who were lined up before the sale opened. Staffers said it was the longest line they’d ever had for one of their tag sales.

The large tent housed furniture and tables with collectibles.

Litchfield Auctions’ founder Weston Thorn has retired but he made an appearance, spotted an umbrella to purchase and was snapped looking at a toboggan in the sale.

Sue LaCourse, seated at the far end of the table, is vice president and director of operations for Litchfield Auctions. Her daughter, Elise, next to her, and son, Joe, are both part of the regular staff. All were busy helping ring up sales for the long line of buyers waiting to check out.

There was an area of the tag sale where you could store your finds before paying for them while you looked for other things. Ben Russo was busy helping hold things for shoppers.

Litchfield Auctions owner and president Nick Thorn.

Review & Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring, Editor

Specialist Michelle Marcisz kept an eye on the section of linens.

Litchfield Auctions acquired a large collection of stretched, unframed canvases they have gradually been selling. The front hall offered stacks of unframed canvases, priced at $25 for one or $75 for four.

Each of these nearly life-sized cast cement garden goddesses were priced $5,500 but, if you like them, you’ll be happy to know they did not sell in the tag sale and will be in an one of Litchfield’s upcoming auctions.

ing category is represented, with five- and six-figure results achieved in each over the years.

The company has been holding tag sales for years. Initially five-day events, they were conducted simultaneously with semiannual auction previews where things were gradually discounted on the third, fourth and fifth day of the tag sales. As auctions became more frequent, tag sales became standalone events, until about five years ago when the tag sale became an annual event. Not only is it a “must-attend” for the local community, but it draws buyers — collectors, dealers and decorators — from hundreds of miles away. While most of the cars in the parking lot during the most recent tag sale — Friday and Saturday, August 23-24 — were from Connecticut, there was evidence of travel from New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania and at least one car from Florida.

“It’s grown into a really social event and has become very well received,” Susan “Sue” LaCourse said, when Antiques and The Arts Weekly spoke with her by phone after the event. “We start getting calls beginning as early as May or June from people wanting to know when we’re planning to have it. I overheard someone who came last weekend saying they scheduled their vacation around it.”

The bulk of the tag sale was sourced from two significant and luxurious properties: one in Southampton, N.Y., the other in Washington, Conn. Auction-worthy objects from both have been scattered through Litchfield’s auctions in previous months but the rest of the “stuff” — all of the highest quality and boasting name-brand cachet — didn’t warrant the time and effort of selling at auction.

“We had a few hundred people over the two days, and many people came back on the second day,” said LaCourse. “I’m not only extremely pleased

Shades of gray — and many other colors — were available in a range of sizes and styles.

Furniture, stacked to maximize space, in one part of the building.

Nationally ranked Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic recently purchased a large home in the area. He stopped by to see what he could score for his new digs.

The tag sale attracted shoppers from around the world. The buyer of this circular upholstered couch told Antiques and The Arts Weekly it will be shipped out of the country, to her other home on an island in the Caribbean.

The group of blue and white decorated pottery on the top shelf was priced $175; the shelf below it was marked $350.

Nick Thorn’s daughter, Esme.

Specialist Jay Pickering, right, oversaw law and order in the tent. We caught him during a comparatively quiet moment, talking to a shopper.

with the results but very happy with the number of things that people bought and took away. We will donate the residual things to some local charities, but it was, by far, the best tag sale we’ve had since we started doing it as an annual event.”

As with most small auction houses, it was a team effort by all involved, from the top down. LaCourse, the vice president and director of operations, works daily alongside her daughter, Elise, who doubles as an office manager, and son, Joe, who wears every hat possible, from cataloging to making deliveries and unpacking incoming consignments. The three manned the tag sale check-out table on the first day, writing receipts for the long line that formed within minutes of the door opening. By the end of the weekend, LaCourse estimated they’d written more than 400 receipts.

On a normal workday, Ben Russo is another jack-of-alltrades, providing hands-on support and muscle for whatever tasks the auction house needs; for the tag sale, he staffed the all-important “hold” table, where shoppers could leave purchases while they checked out or while they went back onto the saleroom floor to look for more treasures.

Specialists Jay Pickering and Michelle Marcisz are usually out and about, fielding appointments and house calls and cataloging auction-worthy property. Pickering established himself as the resident expert and overseer of the tent, where larger pieces were set out. Marcisz kept the linen area neat, constantly refolding and straightening towels, sheets and other boxed offerings.

Staff photographers Scott Nelson and Gary Osborne spent the first morning helping direct traffic in, around and out of the parking lot, which soon overflowed with shoppers.

Once the initial rush died down, they could be seen helping buyers load heavier things into vehicles and providing customer service as needed.

Both Weston and his son, Nick, were on hand the first day. Since Weston’s retirement a few years, ago, Nick has stepped into the role of president, a job he juggles with his duties as co-partner of Capsule, Litchfield’s sister auction house in New York City. For the tag sale, Nick brought both

his daughter, Esme, and niece, Audrey, to help provide extra pairs of eyes and hands to make sure the tag sale went smoothly. The scope of things in the sale ranged broadly but nearly everything was priced to sell. Kitchen, bedroom and bathroom linens — including some

by Frette, Schweitzer, Ralph Lauren and Sferra — were sold at a fraction of what they would have retailed for. Silver, ceramics and glass lined tables, bookcases and glass cabinets while bins of unframed artwork were placed next to pegboard walls hung with framed pieces. Though most things

Linens were priced to sell and, if you looked, there were some very good buys to be had.

could be had for less than $100, a few things had higher price tags, including a pair of cast cement garden goddesses from the Washington property. “We didn’t really have a place to store them during the tag sale, so we priced them high and they’ll be in an upcoming auction,” LaCourse said.

Litchfield Auctions’ next auction will be September 25. The date of their next annual tag sale has yet to be announced, but you can be sure it will be both big and well-attended. Litchfield Auctions is at 425 Bantam Road. For information, 860-567-4661 or www.litchfieldcountyauctions.com.

A very small fraction of the household goods tagged and ready to go to new homes.

Some of the pricier things were in glass cases, including art glass and silver.

A good-looking set of Midcentury Modern chairs got some attention.

With less than 15 minutes before the doors opened, the line was long and stretched through the parking lot.

The rush was on!

Staff photographer Scott Nelson helped show drivers where to park.

Audrey Thorn, Nick Thorn’s niece, in her post in the front hall where much of the fine art was assembled.

Celebrate Asia Week With Heritage: Tang Dynasty

Terracotta, Cloisonné, Original Paintings & Jade Lead The Auction House’s Asian Art Event September 24-25

DALLAS — Remarkable auctions are shaped by remarkable collections, and Heritage’s September 24 Fine & Decorative Asian Art Signature Auction is made up of works from more than a dozen distinguished USbased collections of significant objects from Japan, China and beyond. The collections boast collector names that keen-eyed connoisseurs notice when scouring a season’s auction schedule: Ruth Sylvia Nelkin, Princess Maria Romanoff, Dr John Ross, the Kestenband Collection and works from the collections of military commanders like James B. Linder and Lu Jingcun lead the fall auction with exquisite works in cloisonné, important ink paintings, jade and jadeite, Tang dynasty terracotta and more.

“With Heritage’s expansion, and the opening of our Tokyo headquarters, our Asian art category is growing rapidly,” says Moyun Niu, Heritage’s consignment director of Asian art. “And in conjunction with this fall’s nationwide Asia Week, we present Heritage’s Asia Week, starting with the extraordinary works in our September 24 auction, and again one day later in our September 25 Japanese Woodblock Prints from The Nelkin Collection Part Two Signature Auction.”

The collections represented during the September 25 event have been built over decades by enthusiasts with spectacular taste and a rich history of scholarship. “We are honored to handle these works and to discover the stories that came with them, as well as to conduct further research,” says Charlene Wang, of Heritage’s fine and decorative arts category. “We’re dedicated to the mission of helping our clients either downsize their collections as they move into a new chapter of their lives or acquire and build new collections.”

This exquisite Chinese cloisonné tripod censer from the estate of Ann Alter, dated to the midQing Dynasty, showcases the intricate and labor-intensive cloisonné technique. Its body displays the Eight Buddhist Emblems surrounded by lotus and scrolling foliage and its shoulders are flanked by a pair of gilt dragon-form handles, with each dragon meticulously crafted with five claws — a symbol reserved for the emperor;

the censer’s elegant form and luxurious materials reflect the high level of craftsmanship associated with imperial commissions. (A similar but slightly smaller example, with a pair of four-clawed dragon handles, can be found in the collection of the RISD Museum.) Ms Alter acquired this piece in 1975 from the famed Manheim Galleries in the French Quarter of New Orleans. “This exquisite example embodies the exceptional quality of cloisonné enamel,” says Wang.

Speaking of empires: Princess Maria “Mimi” Romanoff, a Sicilian princess married to a direct descendant of the Russian Imperial family and a noted New York socialite, had a keen eye and built a coveted collection that included a Seventeenth to Eighteenth Century Huanghuali Kangzhuo low table crafted from rare Huanghuali wood harvested in Hainan, China, and inset with a large pane of green Duan stone from Guangdong. The table features “water-stopping” edges above a narrow waist; the beaded aprons are adorned with a pair of dragons and the corners are embellished with vivid lion masks. The Princess used this table in her Fifth Avenue apartment’s living room as a coffee table.

The distinguished collection of Dr Milton C. Chang illustrates his particular focus on Chinese

antiques and his dedication to collecting and preserving exceptional pieces. “Dr Chang’s acquisitions span five decades and reflect his deep respect for China’s artistic traditions and his passion for preserving its cultural legacy,” says Wang. “Among his prized possessions is a Nineteenth Century Chinese silk Kesi panel, a masterpiece renowned for its intricate depiction of Daoist immortals offering birthday felicitations to Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West.” Chang’s collection in this auction is also represented by a remarkable array of Chinese jade carvings: Highlights include a Qing Dynasty white jade ruyi-scepter head plaque, remarkable for its color purity and exquisite carving; a finely carved celadon jade sutra plaque, notable for its delicate design and craftsmanship; and a Chinese spinach jade chrysanthemum dish.

Collectors Jack and Jane Chin also contribute important jade and jadeite to the September 24 auction, including a large Twentieth Century Chinese celadon jade Lingzhi and Bats vase with a carved pair of rabbits under lingzhi branches, with bats and a mythical beast on the reverse; and a Chinese carved green jade washer featuring an intricate carved dragon design.

The auction is also led by a stunning selection of Tang dynasty terracotta pieces, including a pair of large sancaiglazed Lokapalas that exemplify the era’s mastery of pottery. The guardian Lokapala figures were believed to guard and protect the spirits in an aristocratic tomb burial. The exquisite glaze, with its vibrant splashes of green and amber, highlights the intricate detail; the blend of form and color not only reflects the artistic innovation of the Tang dynasty but also serves as a testament to the cultural exchange and religious devotion of the period. And there are two notable Tang dynasty terracotta

horses: one — finely modeled and muscular with a poised head, alert ears and one leg raised — represents power, grace and vitality in its earthtoned body with traces of original pigment; the other is amberglazed and stands at attention in a sunburst of vibrant yellows and burnt oranges. And a large and exuberant Tang dynasty polychromed terracotta camel and rider joins them in the event.

On September 24, Heritage will offer important paintings by renowned artists, including a charming ink-on-paper work by the Chinese modernist artist Ou Haonian, who passed away this year. “Snail on Banana Leaf” was a gift from the artist to the former President of Taiwan, Chiang Ching-kuo, who later gifted it to Admiral James B. Linder, the last Commander of the US Taiwan Defense Command.

The event also offers two paintings attributed to the celebrated artist Zhang Daqian from the aforementioned Ruth Nelkin Collection. The ink and color on board “Day Lily, Jiachen” is dated 1964 and depicts a blooming day lily that represents best wishes to elder women and mothers, with a poem to the upper right in homage to the Qing dynasty painter Jin Nong. The ink on paper “Chrysanthemum” reflects the range of ink’s nuance at the hand of master, from the sharpest delineations of the flower and stem to its softest textures and angles.

On that note: Ruth Sylvia Nelkin of Stamford, Conn., and New York City was a collector known for her killer eye and exquisite taste in iconic Japanese prints, fine and antique jewelry, remarkable Fabergé and Russian works of art, virtuoso pieces of French art glass and a landscape-focused trove of American paintings. This year Heritage has introduced the various parts of her gracious

collection to the public in a handful of significant auctions, and last June held the first of three auctions dedicated to Nelkin’s exceptional collection of Japanese woodblock prints, including nearly 250 works by such masters of the form as Katsushika Hokusai, Takahashi Hiroaki, Yoshida Hiroshi and more. On September 25, the second auction of the series takes place, Japanese Woodblock Prints from The Nelkin Collection Part II Signature Auction, which features a carefully selected collection of surimono, including “Red, Raku Teabowl (Aka-Raku chawan)” by Kubo Shunman, from the series of “Five Colors of Tea Utensils (Chaki goshiki)” and Hokusai’s “A Bride Holding a Fan (Congratulatory Wedding Poem).”

This auction also presents a strong selection of shin-hanga prints from Kawase Hasui, Yoshida Hiroshi, Ito Shinsui, Yamamura Koka and many other iconic artists of the movement. And touring to Tokyo with the above highlights are gems from the final event in the Nelkin Woodblock series: Heritage’s March 21, 2025, Japanese Woodblock Prints from The Nelkin Collection Part III Signature Auction. The absolute star of that sale will be “Under the Wave off Kanagawa,” also widely known as “The Great Wave,” by Hokusai.

“Via both of our September Asian art auctions and again in the spring, by bringing these works back to the market, Heritage hopes they will continue to bring joy and appreciation to their new homes,” says Wang. Images and information about all lots in Heritage’s September 24 Fine and Decorative Asian Art Signature Auction can be found at www.ha.com/8177. Images and information about the September 25 Japanese Woodblock Prints from The Nelkin Collection Part II Signature Auction can be found at www. ha.com/8152.

Pair of sancai-glazed pottery figures of Lokapalas.

Large Chinese embroidered Kesi silk immortals “Birthday” hanging panel.

Chinese cloisonné enamel and gilt bronze tripod censer.

Green duan stone inset Huanghuali kangzhuo low table.

At Hudson Valley Auctioneers—

One-Owner Sale Features Folk Art, American Portraits & More

BEACON, N.Y. — Hudson Valley Auctioneers will present a one-owner antiques and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through LiveAuctioneers on Monday September 23, at 5 pm Eastern time featuring American portraits and paintings, folk art and signs from the estate of Alfred Selnick.

Selnick began his working career in a contractor’s office; after a year there, he spent the next eight years with an architectural-engineering firm, where he rose to the position of chief structural engineer.

In his long and distinguished career, Selnick was a consultant for a diversified array of structures, including hospitals, hotels, industrial use buildings, cargo buildings, airports, theaters, schools, libraries, museums, shopping malls and stores.

His interests extended to woodworking and he had built two large workshops in his Hillsdale, N.Y., home and showroom.

His particular interest was in turning bowls and creating useful objects for his family and friends.

Selnick’s interests in collecting folk art began after meeting Phyliss Solomon in the late 1960s. They shared an appreciation for the arts, and Phyliss began acquiring American portraiture.

She had become a volunteer at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City and her enthusiasm spurred Sel-

nick’s serious pursuit of objects that spoke to the connection every collector shares with

Historic Deerfield Opens New Exhibition

HISTORIC DEERFIELD,

MASS. — Through an array of paintings, pastels, photographs and material culture, “In Pursuit of the Picturesque: The Art of James Wells Champney” takes a fresh perspective on the New England artist, James Wells Champney (1843-1903) and how he played a pivotal role in shaping late Nineteenth Century perceptions of nostalgia and beauty. This exhibition explores how Champney drew upon different topics within American art, including sentimental genre scenes, paintings

of Colonial Revival motifs and pastels of idealized female models. While the artist was involved in several New York artistic communities, he also resided in Deerfield and continually returned to this New England setting for its bucolic scenes and landscapes. As he depicted the town and its colonial character, Champney would eventually become known as Deerfield’s resident Nineteenth Century artist. This exhibition reexamines Champney and his work, particularly his involvement with the

their personal passion

Their home and separate gallery on a mountainside in Hillsdale, designed by Selnick were perfectly suited to display both of the collections.

The auction has combined both collections for this public offering with a cataloged sale of artwork, folk art and signage, followed by an uncataloged session of various other items, all to be offered in person and on liveauctioneers.com.

Copies of the catalog may be ordered from the auction house.

Limited seating is available with advanced reservations.

Preview dates are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 18, 19 and 20 from 3 to 6 pm, Saturday, September 21, from 11 am to 3 pm, Sunday, September 22, from 1 to 5 pm, and on September 23, day of sale, from 2 to 4:30 pm

The gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday, September 24, from 10 am to 3 pm and daily that week, 9 am to 3:30 pm. Weekend appoint-

ments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid.

Hudson Valley Auctioneers is at 432 Main Street, For information, www.hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com, 845-480 -2381 or 914-489-2399.

picturesque. In the late Nineteenth Century, audiences gravitated toward images of old New England, ones that emphasized an ideal past and rural settings as an escape from the harsh realities of modern life. With subjects evoking the simplicity of a bygone era, Champney helped promote the Colonial Revival movement and a fascination with Eighteenth Century material culture. Importantly, Elizabeth Williams Champney is also incorporated into the narrative, a prolific young adult author whose collaborations with her husband have often been overlooked. The exhibition brings together a select group of Champney’s artwork and associated materials from the collections of Historic Deerfield, surrounding institutions and private collections. This rich assemblage provides a unique opportunity to explore the undercurrents that drove Champney’s artwork and delve into the aesthetic and cultural reasons behind his picturesque themes. “In Pursuit of the Picturesque: The Art of James Wells Champney” will be on view at the Flynt Center of Early New England Life, at Historic Deerfield, until February 23. The Flynt Center of Early New England Life is at 37 Old Main Street. For information, www.historic-deerfield.org or 413-774-5581.

James Wells Champney, “The Common and Street in Deerfield,” circa 1877, oil, canvas, wood, gilding, ink, crayon, Deerfield, Massachusetts, HD 80.029. Historic Deerfield.

A Golden Sunset On Summer At Over & Above

Auction Action In Timonium, Md.

Earning $3,321was this 18K yellow gold oval link necklace with a puffy heart pendant and dark cabochon stones, 16¾ inches long ($700-$1,000).

The highest price of the sale was for this ring: its approximately 2.25-carat round cut diamond, VS clarity and K color, was set in 14K yellow gold. The size 6 ring was won by a local Maryland buyer for $7,475 ($5/7,000).

This Civil War era percussion pocket revolver with walnut stocks by the Bacon Manufacturing Co., marked “#206” in two places, 9 inches long, made $748 ($400/600).

This 1962 Leica M3 camera body with its original leather case, body cap and papers, sold for $1,160 ($800-$1,200).

This Bolex H16 REX-3 Reflex movie camera and Kern Paillard Vario-Switar 86mm EE lens, with their papers and a specially designed carrying case, went out at $1,353 ($700/900).

TIMONIUM, MD. — Wrapping up the summer season on August 29, Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC, conducted its End of Summer Spectacular auction. The End of Summer sale presented 515 lots in categories including jewelry, handbags, fashion, cameras, tools, toys, holiday, porcelain, art glass, ephemera, lamps and clocks. According to Over & Above’s owner, Laura Gast, most of the items from the sale came from estates in the Baltimore and Washington, DC, area. Gast also noted, “The buyers were mostly online, bidding through LiveAuctioneers and BidSpirit. We had several absentee bidders and phone bidders as well.” Boasting a 99 percent sell-through rate, the auction realized $93,908.

Gold jewelry led the sale, claiming the top two spots, the highest price being awarded to a 14K yellow gold diamond ring. The abstract-form ring was set with a single 2.25-carat round cut diamond. With the stone rated VS for clarity and K for color, the size six ring was in good to very good condition, according to the auction catalog. A local Maryland buyer claimed the piece for $7,475, just exceeding its $7,000 high estimate.

Following the ring in price was an 18K yellow gold necklace. The necklace, a large oval link model with a toggle-style closure, had a puffy heart-shaped pendant set with a dark, round cabochon stone. Similar larger cabochons were embedded elsewhere on the necklace and additional round gold beaded accents were strung along the chain. Stamped “Italy 18 Kt” and “DAG,” the necklace more than tripled its high estimate, going for $3,321.

Review

by

Carly Timpson, Assistant Editor Photos Courtesy

Over & Above

Harry Houdini’s handwritten July 29, 1919, letter to Mr Philip Pesky and its envelope were in very good condition, driving bids to $2,091 ($1/1,500).

A four-volume set of Kyōsai’s Treatise on Painting by Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831-1889), woodblock printed polychrome illustrations in paper covers with stitched binding, 9-7/8 by 7 inches each, sold for $923 ($800-$1,200).

Another dominant category in the sale was vintage cameras, which were led by a Hasselblad 500C medium format camera. The Hasselblad was paired with several accessories including a Carl Zeiss Sonar 150mm f/4 lens with shade, film holder, chimney viewfinder, prism viewfinder, handgrip, strap and Hasselblad focus ring lever. Cataloged as being in very good to excellent condition, the camera and accessories sold together for $1,392.

A movie camera, the Bolex H16 REX-3 Reflex, was the secondhighest earner in the category. Sold with a custom carrying case, the camera, its Kern Paillard Vario-Switar 86mm EE lens and all original papers went out for $1,353. Also included in the lot were the lens cap and shade and a Rexofader fading device.

A Leica M3 camera body, without any lenses, brought $1,160. The 1962 single-stroke camera sold with its original leather case, body cap and two instructional books. Collectors of the popular brand may have also been interested in the Leitz Leica Elmar 50mm f/3.5 lens, which was being sold separately. Retaining its front cap and in very good condition, the lens sold for $800, far exceeding its $150 high estimate. Earning $2,091 was a letter written and signed by Harry Houdini (1874-1926), which was consigned by the recipient’s grandson. The July 1919 letter, written on stationery from the Santa Fe Railroad’s The California Limited, was addressed to a Mr Philip Pesky, the owner of Schulte’s Bookstore in New York City. Houdini’s brief note read, “Finished up in Calif. Will be back — in fact we are on our way back” and had an additional message, seemingly an afterthought, wedged beside his signature. This addition read, “Broke my wrist again, it almost OK now.” The catalog description mentioned that Houdini broke his wrist while filming a movie in California that year.

A four-volume set of Kawanabe Kyōsai’s woodblock printed books, Kyōsai gadan (Kyōsai’s Treatise on Painting), sold within estimate for $923. Each volume was bound with paper covers and included polychrome woodblock illustrations. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which houses a set in its Asian art collection, the books date to 1887, just two years before the artist’s death.

A Civil War era revolver made by the Bacon Manufacturing Company of Norwich, Conn., found its way to the sale highlights, selling for $748. The five-shot percussion pocket revolver was engraved on the cylinder and side plates, though the etchings are now worn and somewhat hard to decipher. According to the auction catalog, the gun had a four-inch hexagonal barrel, which was rifled, and walnut stocks. A note in the catalog mentioned that “the cylinder does not always revolve to next chamber, possibly needs cleaning.” Despite this and its wear from age, it was in good to very good condition and sold over estimate.

Prices quoted include the buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house. For additional information, www.overandaboveonline. com or 410-458-5768.

This Hasselblad 500C medium format camera and accessories including a Carl Zeiss lens was in very good or excellent condition. It shot to $1,392 ($600/800).

With 100 Dealers, There’s Something For Everyone At The Warren County Antiques Show

PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. —

Despite hot weather, the Warren County Antiques Show & Vintage Marketplace was the place to be on August 24 and 25. A long line of shoppers wove through the parking lot on Saturday morning, each eager to be among the first to assess the merchandise offered by 100 dealers in booths sprawled across the several buildings, pavilions and fields of the Warren County Fairgrounds. This year, the show welcomed several food vendors serving Portuguese barbecue, refreshing popsicles and kettle corn.

Following the show, co-manager Chris Beatty reported, “It’s our 18th year and there have been good years and not so good years. Melva (Sterlacci) and I have stuck with it because we love it! This year, attendance was off slightly, compared to last year. There were 100 antique dealers in attendance. The weather helps our show, and it turned out great this year. The dealers, attendees, workers and everyone involved in this show are very nice. It brings a great atmosphere to spend a day in the country. What drives us to do the show is the joy that is brought, customers finding the right treasure, vendors having the avenue to offer them... And just spending the day learning about history and collecting. The smiles are our best reward!”

One of the first booths guests found upon entering the show was that of Oxford Earthen Ware, Oxford, N.J. The urgency and excitement of the event was foretold by a small line forming with shoppers waiting to make purchases just a few minutes after the gates opened. Showgoers pored over earthenware crocks and jugs, quilts and mirrors and the proprietors were quick to busy themselves with fielding questions, wrapping objects and writing receipts.

Across the way was My Mother’s Stuff, Summit, N.J. Following the show, owner Nancy Percent, who said she has been exhibiting there “for years,” reported, “I hon-

estly believe this is one of the best and most well-attended antique shows in New Jersey. It has become a yearly tradition for the vendors and customers alike. I saw so many familiar faces! As you know, my booth was right by the entrance, and my husband and I had so much fun watching people walk out with their purchases! Small furniture and country baskets, old wooden forks and ladders, beautiful paintings, flowers, you name it, we saw it! It is always a wonderfully diverse, high-quality antiques show, and this year, the picture-perfect weather was icing on the cake.”

Next to her was Mary Donnelly of Sussex County, N.J. Donnelly brought an assortment of items

including sheet music, instruments — guitars, a violin, a banjo, etc. — flags, tools, books, holiday items and sports equipment.

Returning to the show for their second year, Frank and Ronni Stroessenreuther of Frank’s Rough Cut, Belvidere, N.J., brought their trailer camper, aesthetically stocked like a small boutique store, and filled the “campsite” with an assortment of vintage goods, including several embroidered works, chairs and baskets. Ronni said they had “A little bit of handmade, some vintage and we also carry candles from Easton Candle Co., which are made right over the river in Easton, Penn.”

When Doris Blankley of Finders

Ronni and Frank Stroessenreuther are Frank’s Rough Cut. Their sprawling and eclectic stand was anchored by a trailer, artfully set-up as a traveling shop. Belvidere, N.J.

Posing with her sports collectibles and comic books, Gypsy Garrett of Pennsylvania was back for her 13th year at the show.

Looking for a bicycle, a quilt or maybe even an oven? My Mother’s Stuff, Summit, N.J.

Impressively, many of these crates and sacks retained their original decoration. Stephen Jenkins, Point Pleasant, Penn.

Rae Tamashausky, Oxford Earthen Ware, Oxford, N.J.

Stephen and Marcela Gross trusted their pooch Rosie to keep watch over their booth (and any food that passed by). Mountain Ice Antiques, Warwick, N.Y.

Glenn and Judy McKenzie from Blairstown, N.J., had glass in a variety of forms — including vases, decanters and mosaic lamp shades — among other decorative objects.

Review & Onsite Photos by Carly Timpson, Assistant Editor

Specializing in vintage clothing, Vintage Goods to Go, Frenchtown, N.J., also filled their booth with accessories and smaller collectible objects.

Keepers Antiques, Washington, N.J., was asked about her booth, she replied, “I have everything — actually, I have two of everything!” What’s everything? Sets of dishes, silverware, cookware, figurines, lamps, glass, irons and furniture. Blankley has been a dealer at the Warren County show for 12 years and keeps coming back.

Blankley’s booth neighbor was Deborah Butler of Hampton, N.J. This was Butler’s second year and she reported, “It’s a great show, so I’m back. They get so many people here and the crowd is huge.” To satisfy that huge crowd, she brought paintings, posters, decoys, Pyrex and other cookware, furniture and baskets.

Several first-timers reported having good shows and are already looking forward to next year’s show. Sean Collison of Secaucus, N.J., brought books, flatware, magazines, games, collectibles, advertising and local ephemera. Though it was early in the day when we caught up with him, he said that people, both the organizers and the shoppers, were very nice. Joe Mevo, Ridgefield, N.J., works with a company that helps move people into independent living communities. The job includes helping them furnish their new homes, but some-

times not all of their well-loved items can fit in the space. Mevo said he buys these items and tries to find them a new home where they will be just as loved. Some of the examples he had with him were porcelain, wooden sculptures, paintings, dish sets and glassware.

CBGB Vintage Antiques, Scotch Plains, N.J., were also dealing for the first time. They said, “This morning’s been good. We’re very happy with the crowds!” About an hour into the show, they reported sales including a pair of wrought-iron planters, a Midcentury flower holder and some Murano glass mushrooms. Vintage clothing, jewelry, a pair of skis and an antique candy press from a local candy shop were also in their booth.

Susie from Vintage Goods to Go, Frenchtown, N.J., was also making her first appearance at the Warren County Antiques Show. While she focuses primarily on vintage clothing, she also offered an assortment of other vintage goods to help fill the space. What was selling the best? Art, tchotchkes, kitchen items and purses were hot items on Saturday morning.

Though it was Smalltown Antiques’ first show, they had no shortage of crowds or merchan-

dise. Just a few hours into the first day, the Flanders, N.J., dealers reported numerous successful transactions. Their offerings included advertising signs and objects, breweriana, trade figures, stained glass panels, sculptures, glass bottles, sewing machines, instruments, lighting fixtures, stoneware, mirrors and so much more.

Kevin Lawrence, who sells under the name The Southern Gent (Easton, Penn.), had one of the more aesthetically intriguing booths at the show, due in part to his botanical artistry and the lived-in feel of his setup. As he said himself, “I carry a very eclectic assortment of items. I’m not married to any one particular style or period, I simply buy things that I’d like to have in my own home, then style them in a way that customers can see how they might work in their own homes. My show stalls are set up with well curated vignettes and always feature really good lighting and backdrops, rugs and temporary walls, creating individual rooms and spaces.” He noted that the furniture in his booth is usually just for display, but it was “actually selling quite well.” In an email following the show, he reported, “I made several good sales. Some of my favorite items sold were an Eighteenth Century Queen Anne server, two Nineteenth Century Windsor chairs and a Nineteenth Century small occasional table. We also sold several pieces of antique pottery, some really nice antique silver pieces and dozens of our always popular fresh potted topiaries, as well as several bunches of our bespoke dried flowers.” It was his first time at Warren County Antiques Show, but he plans on returning.

Another stunning booth was that of The Redo by Colleen, Easton, Penn., and Belvidere, N.J. Set up outdoors under a large tent, the display combined Colleen Beviss’ love for antiques and interior design, with each item displayed stylishly to accentuate another. After the show, Beviss shared, “Saturday was a very good day for us, sales were way up from last year and everyone was so kind. Sunday was a slower day; I would say about the same as last year’s sales on Sunday.” She has been attending the show for three years now and considers it to be a “hidden gem with really great items and lovely dealers with a wealth of knowledge.” This year, she brought “a plethora of items, vintage leather trunks, furniture, crocks, ironstone, pictures, cement statues, vintage luggage — a little bit of everything!” Continuing, she added, “I always like to know the story behind the pieces I buy, they aren’t just items to me, they are a piece of history, so all of these pieces are very well-loved.” Most dealers bring a variety of merchandise, but some stick to their specialty. One such dealer was David Morua, Mount Arlington, N.J. His field? World War I trench art. That is not to say there is no variety in his offerings. While etched artillery shells were his dominant stock, he had other militaria relating to WWI, including medals, knives and helmets. According to Morua, these 100-year-old repurposed artworks were symbolic, with “different

flowers

First-time dealer Cindy Scher from Ottsville, Penn., found success, mostly with small items.

In her fifth year at the show, Jenelle Montilone of Blue Collar Salvage + Antiques said, “It’s always really exciting to come out, there’s great people and it’s the only show I do.” She focuses on “new age antiques,” saying that people are drawn to color. Bloomsbury, N.J.

Needlepoint samplers, miniature portraits and silhouettes filled one of the tables in Katherine Hallenborg’s booth. Summit, N.J.

Sharyn and George McClosky of Wantagh, N.Y., had “his and hers” booths across from each other. Sharyn manned this one, which had electronic clocks and objects, while George stood watch over the analog goods.

Halloween, Christmas and patriotic items were apparent favorites in the booth of Tori Hill, Chester, N.J.

Lions, breweriana and signage welcomed shoppers to the Smalltown Antiques booth. Flanders, N.J.

Kevin Lawrence, The Southern Gent, Easton, Penn.

signifying different units.”

While visiting Jacque Greene’s booth, a shopper chimed in: “She has fun things at very reasonable prices!” Greene thanked the shopper and commented, “I do get repeat customers, so it’s a fun challenge for me to have what they might be looking for.” The Branchville, N.J., dealer has been doing the show for 12 years and stocked her booth with a diverse mix, including baskets, a sled, glassware, porcelain, vinyl records, silver, quilts and books.

Stephen Jenkins of Point Pleasant, N.J., has been exhibiting here for “at least five years” and he said, “it’s a good show, there’s good people and a good variety of merchandise.” Some of the variety he offered included a substantial collection of cast iron cookware from Griswold and Wagner, vintage phones, several boxes of assorted keys, wooden crates, glassware and tin containers and other vintage packaging. While we were speaking, he paused to write up a receipt for a customer who beelined toward an iridescent frilled glass plate.

Plenty of dealers brought things for folks looking for novelty items and collectibles. Vic Lo Bue (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) and his booth neighbor Lucian Ciulla (Bergen County, N.J.) filled their spaces with collectibles from movie posters, John Deere toys and advertising products, collectible cars and trucks, dolls, novelty glassware, Precious Moments figurines, breweriana and plenty of iconic branded items such as a large Campbells soup can. Ciulla shared that he had been coming to the show for five years, saying, “It’s a good antiques show, I wish it happened more than once a year.”

VintageWhatnots, Milford, N.J., make most of their sales through online platforms like Etsy, but this is their second time setting up a booth at the Warren County show. They too filled their tables and shelves with novelty items and collectibles. Many small collectibles were in bins, including one bin entirely filled with Smurfs miniatures. Other merchandise included Trolls dolls, various products with film and television characters, vintage McDonald’s Happy Meal toys, children’s books, puzzles, soda advertising products and sheets of stickers. There were also some colorful kitchen items, as practical as they were fun. When asked about their experience at the show, they reported, “It’s our second year, we used to shop but now we set up a booth. Right now, people are drawn to holiday items, especially Halloween.”

Holiday items were also a prevalent theme in Tori Hill’s booth. The Chester, N.J., dealer appeared to have used the holidays as an organizational strategy in her booth, with Halloween and Christmas each having their own prominent space. Items from those categories sold well, but Hill reported that patriotic or Fourth of July-related objects were also getting attention. Non-holiday items in her booth included Staffordshire and Welsh porcelain, vegetable majolica and an assortment of small toys and figures.

Postcard collectors could find their treasures in the neighboring booths of Wolf Creek Paper Antiques (Madison, N.J.) and

Mountain Ice Antiques (Warwick, N.Y.). Michael and Benita Shor are Wolf Creek Paper Antiques. Like other dealers, they reported that items relating to Halloween were selling well at the show. Most of their postcards were carefully cataloged in labeled boxes to sift through, but a few selections were highlighted on upright racks. Each of these racks seemed to have a theme, including cats and dogs, pinup models and travel. Across the way, Mountain Ice Antiques was run by Stephen and Marcela Gross, who have been dealing at this show for 14 years. Along with them this year was their dog, Rosie who proved to be an excellent employee. Stephen shared, “It’s been great. People are coming out and they are spending money.” And what were they spending money on? “Postcards, bottles, Worlds Fair ephemera, breweriana…a little of everything actually!”

Glenn and Judy McKenzie were first time dealers, but they’re no strangers to the show. “We’ve been coming for years, though this is our first time setting up a booth. It’s been great this morning and we’ve seen a lot of people we know,” the Blairstown, N.J., dealers reported. Their booth was filled to the brim with a wide

range of goods such as weathervanes, windchimes, paintings, Beanie Babies, decoys, license plates, glass, fireplace items, ceramics and furniture.

Next to the McKenzies was Katherine Hallenborg of Georgian Interiors, Summit, N.J. A five- or six-year veteran of the show, her booth included a variety of framed art including small folk art pieces, silhouettes, paintings and needlepoint samplers. She also had a smaller assortment of ceramic animals, a few cowbells, animal boot scrapers and door stops, dishes and other small items.

Jeff and Linda Rubens, of Princeton, N.J., are Stone & Wares. They specialize in country and primitive works such as crates, baskets and buckets, weathervanes, chairs and tools — they even had a few teddy bears. Jeff, who said they had been dealing at this show for five years, shared “The weather has been great — sales too!” Then, gesturing to his booth, he added, “We have a passion for all of this and we love to share it with others.”

The date of the 2025 show has not yet been announced. For more information, www.warrencountyantiqueshow.com or 908343-5873.

These highly detailed World War I artillery shells were examples of what David Morua called “trench art.” Many had images of flowers or plants, which he said were symbolic, corresponding to different units. Mount Arlington, N.J.

The colorful coffee grinder to the left of this image was Jim Mercandante’s favorite item he brought to the show. The Denville, N.J., dealer has been coming to the show for about six years.

Mark Teller of Wallingford, Penn., offered a wide array of merchandise from tools to antlers to wooden buckets to children’s toys.

Much of this stoneware was made in New Jersey or Pennsylvania, not far from where the show takes place. Nancy Miede, Flemington, N.J.

VintageWhatnots, Milford, N.J.

This vintage candy press came from a store in Westfield, N.J., and the dealer purchased it from the store’s owner when it closed. CBGB Vintage Antiques, Scotch Plains, N.J.

The Redo by Colleen, Belvidere, N.J., and Easton, Penn.

INTERNATIONAL

Compiled By Antiques and The Arts Weekly

Carly Timpson

Hundreds Of Artworks By Local & International Artists Acquired By The Vancouver Art Gallery

VANCOUVER, BC — The Vancouver Art Gallery is expanding its permanent collection with an impressive 349 recent acquisitions, through purchases and donations, building on its collection of over 13,000 works by local and international artists. With the Gallery’s new building and a planned floor dedicated to presenting the permanent collection, the acquisitions represent the Gallery’s ongoing commitment to growing, diversifying and showcasing the collection. A number of notable acquisitions include a charcoal installation by New York-based artist Teresita Fernández; a remarkable suite of seventeen masks by renowned Kwakwaka’wakw carver and activist Beau Dick; a monumental text-based installation by Vancouver-based artist Ron Terada; and an installation of functional water works by Canadian artist Geoffrey Farmer. A number of significant works by contemporary artists Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Elizabeth McIntosh, Paul Wong and Caroline Monnet have also recently been acquired.

“The Gallery is pleased to add such a breadth of remarkable works to its collection due to support from Canadian and international donors in 2023 and 2024,” said Anthony Kiendl, CEO & executive director of the Vancouver Art Gallery. “The depth and diversity of these new acquisitions enhance the collection and represent an exciting step forward for the Vancouver Art Gallery to better tell the stories of art from British Columbia and beyond. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of a number of individuals, these works will be available to the people of Vancou-

ognized series within the artist’s practice of text-based works that have been exhibited internationally.

Supporting the Gallery’s strategic mission to grow its holdings of work by major international artists, a key acquisition to enter the collection in 2024 is “Island Universe 2” (2023) by American conceptual artist Teresita Fernández. Composed of sculpted pieces of charcoal arranged to resemble a map, Fernández’s panoramic work elegantly combines all of the earth’s landmasses, fusing them into one continuous, borderless terrain. Fernández’s large-scale installation speaks to themes of colonialism, land, migration and power.

ver and our city’s visitors from around the world, now and into the future.”

Dedicated space in the new Gallery will spotlight major acquisitions to the permanent collection, including the last work made by renowned Kwakwaka’wakw carver and activist Beau Dick (1955-2017).

Presented to much acclaim at documenta 14 in 2017, “Undersea Kingdom” (2016-17) encompasses some of the most imaginative and compelling masks ever produced by the artist. There are also plans to showcase works in the public spaces of the Gallery’s new building, including a major outdoor installation by internationally recognized artist Geoffrey Farmer. The installation, titled “Fountain,” is composed of several components — “Wounded Man” (2017), “Duvet” (2017), “Drinking Fountain” (2017) and “70 Planks” (2021), all of which were added to

the collection as gifts. In its original configuration, “Fountain” (2017-21) was an immersive environment filled with working water fountains and sculptures. Created for the artist’s celebrated solo presentation at the Venice Biennale in 2017, the installation penetrated the architecture and courts of the Canadian Pavilion in moving and imaginative ways. Major acquisitions by Vancouver-based artists include Elizabeth McIntosh’s striking new painting “Work Out” (2023) and Ron Terada’s epic installation “TL;DR” (2020-22). Internet slang for “too long; didn’t read,” Terada’s series of 325 text-based paintings speak to our shared sense of frustration when faced with the overwhelming experience of today’s news. The installation aims to archive fleeting, click-bait headlines that are momentarily visible within the digital realm and quickly replaced. “TL;DR” is a well-rec-

Acquired in 2024, “Rupert Lanes (after Wall)” (2019) is the first work by Montréal-based interdisciplinary artist Deanna Bowen to enter the Gallery’s collection. Composed as a picture within a picture, Bowen’s compelling photograph contrasts two views of an East Vancouver neighborhood where the artist grew up in the 1970s and 80s.

“Echoes from a Near Future” (2022) by Caroline Monnet, a large-scale color photograph recently exhibited at the Gallery in “Fashion Fictions,” also joined the collection in 2023. Drawing on Monnet’s knowledge of Indigenous textiles and design, the photograph presents three generations of women and girls adorned in brightly colored regalia created from unconventional materials used in the construction industry.

Several recent acquisitions can be seen in the Gallery’s summer exhibition “Black and White and Everything In Between: A Monochrome Journey.” New acquisi-

tions featured include Mina Totino’s oil paintings “September” (2019) and “October” (2019); Shannon Bool’s monumental tapestry “Crimes of the Future” (2020); and Wang Tiande’s intricate ink painting “Visiting the Temple in Lu Mountain” (2021). Also included in the exhibition is the never-before-exhibited series “Chinese Cafes - The Five Energies” (1997) by the groundbreaking Vancouver–based artist Paul Wong. Inspired by the Taoist system of “the five energies” and their corresponding colors, Wong’s print series was received as part of a major donation of 63 works by 16 artists gifted by Rick Erickson and Donna Partridge in 2023. Wong’s earliest neon work, “Windows 97” (1997), also entered the collection in this period. Composed of large-scale portraits of Chairman Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II and animated neon pieces representing the flags of China, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, this striking work was created by the artist in 1997, in the months leading up to the handover of Hong Kong.

“The Gallery’s curators have been working diligently to expand and diversify the Gallery’s collection, a collection that is committed to supporting our mission and reflecting our shared artistic culture,” says Eva Respini, deputy director and director of curatorial programs. “These acquisitions have been made with an eye to the future — where visitors will have more space and a bigger building to delve into our expanding collection of local, national and international artworks.”

The Vancouver Art Gallery is at 750 Hornby Street. For information, www.vanartgallery.bc.ca.

The Wiener Holocaust Library Reopens With Exhibition On German-Jewish Sculptor Fred Kormis

LONDON — A new exhibition is shining a light on the life and work of a little-known German-Jewish artist who fled Nazism; reuniting works from public and private collections across the UK, many of which have not been exhibited for decades.

A prolific sculptor as well as a printmaker, Fred Kormis was preoccupied with representing and memorializing the emotional impact of the upheavals of his time — even when he himself was at the eye of the storm. Kormis’ works bring to life experiences of human suffering in the first half of the Twentieth Century, with prints, sculptures and portrait medallions tracing his own experiences from a Prisoner of War camp in Siberia during the First World War, to the cultural crucible of Weimar Germany, to flight from the Nazis to London.

The Wiener Holocaust Library reopens its newly redesigned and renovated London exhibition with a display that surveys the life and career of this important émigré artist, featuring unique objects and documents from their archive, as well as artworks loaned from collections around the country. It will reunite some of the most important of his diverse works, from the woodcut prints he produced as a POW, to the medallions he made of leading figures in British life, as well as some of his larger sculptural works, including the first memorial in Brit-

ain to the victims of the Holocaust.

In Weimar Germany, Kormis was growing in popularity and renown — until, as the Nazis consolidated their power, his conscience drove him to reveal he was Jewish. Previously celebrated by the art establishment, his life was pulled from beneath him, his art-

work labeled “degenerate” and he was forced to flee the Nazis’ destructive racial and cultural policies.

Exiled in London from 1934, Kormis and his wife, Rachel Sender, made efforts to rebuild their life. While trying to avoid internment as an “enemy alien” and coping with the second loss of his work in the form of the bombing of his studio during the blitz, Kormis continued to create works confronting the anguish of human beings taken captive. His memories of camp captivity could not be suppressed in the wake of the ongoing imprisonment, enslavement and murder of Europe’s Jews.

The exhibition features key works from Kormis’ career, alongside carefully preserved personal records, correspondence and photographs documenting Kormis’ life and career from the Wiener Holocaust Library’s collection of refugee family papers — the largest of its kind in the country.

This exhibition brings an important Twentieth Century Jewish artist, who devoted his life to using art to make sense of the experience of being a captive, a refugee and an exile, back to public attention.

“Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century” is on view at the Wiener Holocaust Library through February 6. The Wiener Holocaust Library is at 29 Russell Square. For information, www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org.

Fred Kormis in his London studio, circa 1980s. Wiener Holocaust Library Collections.

“Echoes from a Near Future” by Caroline Monnet, 2022, inkjet print mounted on aluminum, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Audain Emerging Artists Acquisition Fund, Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery.

After A 16-Month Break, The Rieckhallen At Hamburger Bahnhof Is Open For Exhibitions

BERLIN — After a 16-month break, the Rieckhallen at Hamburger Bahnhof is open for exhibitions following the acquisition of the unique space by the state of Berlin in November 2022 and its permanent preservation for the public. The front section of the Rieckhallen will house temporary special exhibitions over an area of around 1,300 square meters, while the rear section will showcase works of contemporary art from the Nationalgalerie’s collection over an area of around 1,500 square meters.

The Hamburger Bahnhof’s collection presentations are thus complete, with art from 1989 to the present day alongside “Nationalgalerie: A Collection for the Twenty-First Century” in the west wing, “Joseph Beuys” in the Kleihueshalle and the site-specific artworks from the “Endless Exhibition” in the museum’s indoor and outdoor areas. The inaugural special exhibition in the new Rieckhallen is dedicated to the American artist Mark Bradford, whose first institutional solo exhibition in Germany presents expansive paintings and sculptures exploring themes including race, gender and economic inequality.

Mark Bradford’s (b 1961) first solo museum presentation in Germany, “Keep Walk-

ing,” inaugurates the reopening of the Rieckhallen. Spanning painting, sculpture, installation and video, the exhibition delves into societal issues such as violence and urban life. Bradford’s striking visual compositions, crafted through his signature large-scale paintings using found materials predominantly sourced from his native Los Angeles, serve as conduits of urban memory. His multifaceted practice offers poignant commentary on race, gender and economic disparities. Notable pieces include recent large-scale paintings reflecting on the Great Migration era in the United States, resonating with the museum’s historical legacy. Others function as sculptural installations, engaging visitors physically within the exhibition space. Sound and video pieces punctuate the experience, enriching the exhibition with Bradford’s diverse artistic voice. “Mark Bradford. Keep Walking” is on view through May 18.

The Hamburger Bahnhof is also reinaugurating the Rieckhallen with the collection presentation “Museum in Motion. A Collection for the Twenty-First Century,” which uses around 20 works from the last 25 years to pose questions about the future of a museum for contemporary art. The Nationalgalerie’s collection of contemporary art focuses on large-scale

An

sculptures and installations as well as media art; these works, along with new ones, will be presented to the public, researched, communicated and preserved for future generations in the space of the Rieckhallen, which were secured for the long term in 2022. On display will be sculptural works by Elmgreen & Dragset, Anne Imhof and Cevdet Erek as well as light and media artworks by Maurizio Nannucci and Jeremy Shaw.

The questions and perspectives through which art is viewed change from one decade to the next, from generation to generation. Just as the collection and the program of a museum change, so do expectations of the institution, with visitors of all ages and backgrounds coming to the museum every day. What should and what can a museum do in and for the Twenty-First Century? How do works of art negotiate cultural histories, art histories and societal developments? Who selects them and whose stories become visible? How does the museum open up to its neighborhood? What relevance does an art collection have for society? The exhibition, which spans around 1,500 square meters, builds on the collection exhibition “Nationalgalerie. A Collection for the Twenty-First Century,” which opened in Summer 2023

“Manifest Destiny” by Mark Bradford, 2023, mixed-media, dimensions variable. ©Mark Bradford. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth / Thomas Barratt.

and which focuses on the art and history of Berlin after the fall of the Wall. As in this presentation on display in the West Wing, works from the Federal Collection are also incorporated into the show in the Rieckhallen as part of a long-term cooperation.

Hamburger Bahnhof is at Am Hamburger bhf 4. For additional information, www.smb.museum/en.

Israeli Boy Who Broke An Ancient Jar Learns How The Museum Is Piecing It Back Together

By alexis triBoulard & Julia FranKel

HAIFA, ISRAEL (AP) — As her 4-year-old son perused the Israeli museum’s ancient artifacts, Anna Geller looked away for just a moment. Then a crash sounded, a rare 3,500-year-old jar was broken on the ground, and her son stood over it, aghast.

“It was just a distraction of a second,” said Geller, a mother of three from the northern Israeli town of Nahariya. “And the next thing I know, it’s a very big boom boom behind me.”

The Bronze Age jar that her son, Ariel Geller, broke last week, has been on display at the Hecht Museum in Haifa for 35 years. It was one of the only containers of its size and from that period still complete when it was discovered. It was likely used to hold wine or oil, and dates back to between 2200 and 1500 BCE.

What could be considered every parent’s worst nightmare became a learning experience Friday, August 30, as the Geller family returned to the museum, which is associated with Haifa University in northern Israel. Ariel gifted the museum a clay vase of his own and was met with forgiving staff and curators.

Alex Geller said Ariel — the youngest of his three children — is exceptionally curious, and that the moment he heard the crash last Friday, August 23, “please let that not be my child” was the first thought that raced through his head.

“I’m embarrassed,” said Anna Geller, who said she tried desperately to calm her son down after the vase shattered. “He told me he just wanted to see what was inside.”

The jar was one of many artifacts exhibited out in the open, part of the Hecht Museum’s vision of letting visitors explore history without glass barriers, said Inbar

Ariel Heller, 4, helps to glue a broken clay jar during a special tour with his family after he accidentally broke another jar at the Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel, Friday, August 30, 2024. The boy who accidentally broke a rare 3,500-year-old jar in an Israeli museum has been forgiven and invited back, as curators hope to turn the disaster into a teachable moment. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo).

Rivlin, the director of the museum.

She said she wanted to use the restoration as an educational opportunity and to make sure the Gellers — who curtailed their initial museum visit soon after Ariel broke the jar last week — felt welcome to return.

Nahariya, where the family lives, is in an area just south of Israel’s border with Lebanon that has come

under Hezbollah rocket fire for more than 10 months, in a conflict linked to the war in Gaza. The family has been visiting museums and taking day trips around Israel this summer to escape the tensions, Alex Geller said. There were a lot of kids at the museum that day, and he said when he heard the crash he prayed that the damage had been caused by someone else. When he turned around and saw it was his son, he was “in complete shock.”

He went over to the security guards to let them know what had happened in hopes that it was a model and not a real artifact. The father even offered to pay for the damage.

“But they called and said it was insured and after they checked the cameras and saw it wasn’t vandalism they invited us back for a make-up visit,” Alex Geller said. Experts were using 3D technology and high-resolution videos to restore the jar, which could be back on display as soon as next week.

“That’s what’s actually interesting for my older kids, this process of how they’re restoring it, and all the technology they’re using there,” Alex Geller said.

Roee Shafir, a restoration expert at the museum, said the repairs would be fairly simple, as the pieces were from a single, complete jar. Archaeologists often face the more daunting task of sifting through piles of shards from multiple objects and trying to piece them together.

Shafir, who was painstakingly reassembling the jar, said the artifacts should remain accessible to the public, even if accidents happen because touching an artifact can inspire a deeper interest in history and archaeology. “I like that people touch. Don’t break, but to touch things, it’s important,” he said.

Egypt Recovers Three Ancient Artifacts, Including A Mummified Head, Found In The Netherlands

By Fatma Khaled CAIRO

(AP) — Egypt recovered three ancient artifacts that were smuggled out of the country and found in the Netherlands, where two of the items were for sale in an antiques shop, Egyptian officials said Tuesday, August 27.

The items retrieved include a mummified head from the Hellenistic period, a ceramic funerary figurine dating to

Egypt’s New Kingdom era (664-332 BCE), and part of a wooden tomb bearing an inscription of the goddess Isis from 663-504 BCE, the Egyptian embassy in The Hague said in a statement. The head was found in good condition, showing remnants of teeth and hair.

Dutch police and the cultural heritage inspection unit retrieved the figurines and parts of the tomb after determining

that they were smuggled out of Egypt. A Dutch individual handed over the mummified head, which he had inherited from a family member, to local authorities.

The three artifacts are believed to have been stolen and smuggled after they were discovered through illegal excavation, according to Egyptian authorities. No details were provided about when those items were believed to have been

unearthed and smuggled.

Repatriation from the Netherlands is part of Egypt’s wider push to stop trafficking of stolen antiquities. More than 30,000 artifacts have been recovered since 2014. Last year, an ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after US authorities determined it was smuggled years ago.

Poulin’s Fine Arts & Antiques Sale Brings In $777,000

FAIRFIELD, MAINE — Nick Poulin, president of Poulin Antiques & Auctions, and Jim Julia, longtime Maine auctioneer and now consultant and advisor with the Poulin’s business, assembled more than 1,600 lots for the firm’s August 27 sale. The gross, $776,970, was well in excess of the low catalog estimate of $544,000. Poulin’s is a family-

run business, now in its third generation. The sale had an audience in the room and internet bidding was available on multiple platforms. It made for a long day of selling, but the offerings included a collection of four carousel animals and a selection of formal and country furniture with Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century examples as well as some Euro-

The sale’s highest price of $49,200 was earned by this Carmel & Borrelli jeweled and armored horse with old park paint. It was one of the four carousel animals in the sale, all of which came from one collection.

Almost 19-inches long, this French bronze signed by Louis Gossin was titled “The Infant Cupid in His Chariot.” It was cast and marked by Jollet & Cie and reached $10,800.

pean pieces. There were Native American artifacts, a collection of illustration art, folk art, advertising, movie posters, gold coins, toys and dolls, tall case clocks, weathervanes and Asian items. George Ohr pottery, a half-plate ambrotype of a clipper ship and even a large meteor were also on offer.

The four carousel figures were from a lifelong California collection; the provenance of two of them included Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif., the oldest theme park in the United States. One of the four carousel animals, a Carmel & Borrelli jeweled and armored horse, brought the highest price of the day, finishing at $49,200. Still retaining its old park paint, the 58-inchlong example had carved fishscale blankets with tassels and

jeweled armor, trappings and a brown saddle with leather reins. The horse had a raised foreleg, alert ears and brown glass eyes.

Another of the carousel figures, a restored Dentzel giraffe, stood almost 6½ feet tall and earned $11,400.

The sale’s second-highest price of $45,000 was realized for “Kachina Manna,” an acrylic on canvas signed by Fritz Scholder (American, Luiseno, 1937-2005).

The painting had been given to the consignor from the artist and was among 200 works of American and European art that started the sale. Spanning three centuries, the selections included marine paintings, American West subjects, sporting art and more.

Many of the paintings offered were from the collection of Mark

There were several pieces of George Ohr pottery in the sale. Although most had condition issues, prices were strong. Each of the signed bowls in this group of three had cracks, but the lot still reached $10,200.

“Kachina Manna,” an acrylic on canvas signed by Fritz Scholder, had been given to the consignor by the artist, and earned $45,000.

Each of the several gold coins in the sale was NGC certified and graded. This 1882CC Liberty Head $20 coin was graded AU 50 and sold for $5,400. According to the catalog, only 39,140 of these coins were struck.

Lane, a collector of firearms and Western memorabilia, as well as a long-time customer of both Julia and Poulin. “All Saint’s Day” by Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957), a circa 1951 gouache and watercolor on paper, realized $18,600.

The Lane collection included a watercolor on paper by John Alexander Harrington Bird (British, 1846-1936). It was a sunrise scene with four horses and a foal, which finished at $9,600. Marine paintings were topped at $6,600 by an unsigned oil on canvas by James Buttersworth (English, 1817-1894). It was titled “Frigate Entering Portsmouth” and depicted a three-masted frigate under full sail, with other ships and a lighthouse also in the scene; blacklight images were included with the catalog description. Two marine works by Antonio N.G. Jacobsen (Danish American, 1850-1921) were also included in the sale. His 1918 oil on board portrait of the fivemasted ship Seaborn sold for $4,200.

The sale’s third-highest price was a pleasant surprise. It was a large wooden advertising sign for Abercrombie & Fitch that measured more than 6 feet tall;

price for furniture in the sale: $9,900.

This pair of Irish carved rosewood, marbletopped pedestals stood more than 52 inches tall. Each depicted three winged lions; the pair earned $4,800.

This late Nineteenth Century Renaissance Revival carved and marble-topped hall rack made by Mitchell & Rammelsberg brought the highest

Miniature penguins carved in the Twentieth Century by Charles Hart of Gloucester, Mass., were perennial favorites. Hart carved these in different species and sizes; this 10-inch-tall pair realized $5,400.

Auction Action In Fairfield, Maine

Little was known about this iron meteorite. It weighed about eight pounds, but the collection site was unknown. It earned $2,400, doubling its high estimate.

Review & Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Contributing Editor Photos Courtesy Poulin Antiques & Auctions

This was the most expensive Windsor chair in the sale. Dating to the late Eighteenth Century, and probably from the mid-Atlantic states, it sold for $4,200.

The sale had several marine paintings, including this unsigned scene by James Buttersworth with a three-masted frigate entering Portsmouth Harbor. It finished at $6,600.

Depicting a shotgun, it promoted the firearms the company was selling. The sign, one of several in the sale, had a high estimate of $3,500, but sold for more than ten times that: $36,000. A 50-inchwide sign for the American Eagle Tobacco Works displayed a spread-winged eagle on the crest, fruit clusters and other details; it realized $10,800. Another large sign pictured a male lion and advertised Ker, Downey & Selby Safaris’ “Big Game and Photographic Safaris;” it brought $6,600. Other advertising lots included a lithographed folding gameboard for Blackwell’s Durham Smoking Tobacco that finished at $240. There was only one ambrotype in the sale, but it was a good one. The half-plate example in a gold leaf frame depicted a fully rigged wooden clipper ship. The ship, Oracle, was built in Thomaston, Maine, in 1853 and was the fastest clipper of its time. It was known as a temperance ship as all passengers signed a contract forbidding them to bring any liquor on board. This photograph was taken of a now-lost painting

of the ship and is believed to be the only known surviving image of the vessel; it realized $1,560. “Brown” furniture offerings were led by a late Nineteenth Century, marble-topped hall rack made by Mitchell & Rammelsberg, which was in business from 1846 to 1881 in Cincinnati, Ohio. This Renaissance Revival piece was deeply carved with a large elk’s head, oak branches, acorns and more; it sold for $9,900. Earlier furniture was led by a circa 1810 Flemington, N.J., tall case clock with an eight-day brass movement made by Joakim Hill, who was active from 1804 to 1820. Achieving $6,000, it had a painted iron moon-phase dial, a second hand and a calendar movement.

Windsor chairs were also in abundance. Topping the selection was a late Eighteenth Century knuckle-arm, fan-back armchair with seven spindles and an arched crest. Probably from the mid-Atlantic states, it realized $4,200. Leading the selection of European furniture was a Louis XV style slant-lid lady’s desk. Bidders liked its heavy ormolu

A poster for the movie Daniel Boone On The Trail depicted a mounted rider rescuing a woman from a band of hostile Native Americans. It sold for $1,920.

Doll and toy offerings included this bisque tête Jumeau musical and mechanical doll, in working condition. When the music box was wound, the head moved to sniff the bouquet of flowers as the left hand was raised. Signed “Tête Jumeau Depose S.G.D.C. 4,” it brought $2,640.

mounts and inlays of a variety of woods, including kingwood, rosewood and satinwood, taking it to $4,080.

The selection of Native American material from the Northwest coast, comprising of about 20 pieces, came from a collection that was, according to Julia, assembled as far back as the 1890s. A Nineteenth Century carved and painted Haida totem pole, 15 inches long, brought $5,100. There were other painted wooden objects, including a carved cedar Tlingit frog bowl that brought $1,560. A spoon made of goat horn with a carved handle depicting a deeply carved frog with abalone eyes, an otter, fish and a twisted narwhal tusk,

This large sign advertising Abercrombie & Fitch firearms brought an unexpected result of $36,000. It was about 6 feet tall and was one of several advertising signs in the sale.

Most of the selection of Northwest coast Native American items came from a Nineteenth Century collection. This 15-inch-tall Haida totem topped off at $5,100. This circa 1810, Flemington, N.J., tall case clock with an eight-day brass movement made by Joakim Hill earned $6,000.

scooped up a $1,920 finish. After the sale, Poulin’s comments were simple: “We had great stuff and bidding was strong. We’re gearing up for future sales.” Julia was pleased with the results from the Lane collection, explaining, “I’ve known Mark for years. He’s got a great eye and really loves Western themed art. We had a nice selection from his collection and he was very pleased with the results. I was also glad to see the carousel animals do as well as they did.

That armored horse, bringing over $40,000, was, to my knowledge, one of the highest prices in recent years for a carousel figure. It was good to see how the market responded to some of the unusual items we had in this sale.” Prices quoted include the buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house. For additional information, 207-453-2114 or www.poulinauctions.com.

Degikup by Louisa Keyser or Dat-so-la-Lee (Washoe, 1829-1925),1917-18, willow, redbud, and bracken fern root, 26 by 16¼ inches. Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Okla. Gift of Clark Field, 1942.14.1909.

Knowing THE WEST

CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART

BY LAURA BEACH BENTONVILLE, ARK. —

With the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence rapidly approaching, institutions across the United States are scrambling for approaches to celebrating that move beyond the tired tropes of the Bicentennial. While many will look for inspiration to the federal project America250 (www.america250. org), others may find a perfect paradigm in “Knowing the West.” Symphonic by design, this ambitious, imaginative and ultimately unifying presentation at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art brings diverse voices together to enunciate a new American truth, one that is both nuanced and broadly inclusive.

The project’s success owes much to the inspired vision and organizational talents of Mindy N. Besaw, Crystal Bridges’ curator of American art and director of research, fellowships and university partnerships, and Jami C. Powell (Osage),

associate director of curatorial affairs and curator of Indigenous art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

Deftly deploying more than 120 superlative examples of Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century textiles, baskets, paintings, pottery, sculpture, beadwork, saddles and prints by Native American and nonNative American artists, the curators unspool a complex tale, one juxtaposing themes of aggression, resistance and defiance against others of exchange, collaboration and union. More narrowly, organizers gently dismantle what one might call Occidentalism, in this instance the collection of myths and imagery born of the exoticization of North America’s original inhabitants by European Americans, who — guided by the tenets of Manifest Destiny — assumed that the American West was vast, unclaimed and theirs for the taking.

Co-curator of Crystal Bridge’s

landmark 2018-20 traveling exhibition “Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now,” Besaw began contemplating what would become “Knowing the West” more than a decade ago. Three years ago, she reached out to Powell, whose work on the 2022 Hood Museum display “This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World” Besaw admired. The Hood Museum, an important source for historic and contemporary Native American art, became a major lender to “Knowing the West.” Besaw and Powell assembled a curatorial advisory council to consult on every aspect of “Knowing the West.” Besaw reflects, “Because we wanted to talk across disciplines and traditional categories we sought advisors with varied expertise. For example, contributor Michael R. Grauer of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is an authority on saddles. As it turns out, the saddle is ideal for conveying some of our main ideas

Two-gallon jug by H. Wilson & Co., circa 1869-84, salt-glazed stoneware, 14½ by 9 inches in diameter. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Bayou Bend Collection; museum purchase funded by AIG American General in honor of Robert

Caballero saddle, artist once known, Mexican, 1820-1850, wood, rawhide, leather, glove leather, chamois, fabric, silver, cotton thread, 21 by 19 by 21 inches. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Okla.

“Desert Indian” by Dorothy Brett (American, born England, 1883-1977), 1932/1937. Oil on canvas, 40 by 40 inches. Tia Collection, Santa Fe, N.M. James Hart Photography.

Plateau women’s bag, Underwood family, likely Ellen (Wasco/Yakima, act. Nineteenth Century), circa 1890. Glass beads, cotton thread, Native-tanned leather, silk cloth, 10¾ by 7½ by ¼ inches. Collection of Gaylord Torrence.

“Upper Lyell Fork, Near Lyell Glacier” by Chiura Obata (American, b Japan, 18851975), from World Landscape Series “America,” circa 1930, color woodcut, 15¾ by 11 inches. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ark., 2023.34. Photography by Edward Robison, III.

Devlin at “One Great Night in November 2001,” B.2001.15. Photograph ©The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Thomas R. DuBrock.

Drum Jar (Débe hanne) by Maria Katitseor Saivutesta (Zuni Pueblo, circa 1871-1957), circa 1928. Clay and paint, 17 by 22 inches. Courtesy of the School for Advanced Research; Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection, 1929. Photography by Addison Doty.

Blackfeet doll with horse, dress and miniature cradleboard, artist once known, 187090, leather, beads, wool, sticks, horsehair, 6¼ by 6 inches. Courtesy of the Kansas City Museum and Union Station Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.

Osage wedding outfit, artist once known, circa 1900, wool, glass beads, leather, 88 by 26 by 26 inches. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Okla.; museum purchase with funds provided by Carol Dickinson.

about cultural interchange and influence because there is deep variation within the form.”

Zeroing in on the challenge at the heart of the current presentation, Powell asks, “How do you know the West? What does the West mean to you? Who gets to tell stories about the West? How have images shaped your view of the West?” She adds, “We are trying to tell really complicated histories and stories, but to also invite people to bring their own understandings into this experience and to engage them in a dialogue throughout the exhibition. We ask these questions multiple times as a way of layering on new meanings, understandings and visual experiences as visitors move through the galleries.”

The exhibition and its accompanying catalogue — the latter featuring essays by editors Besaw and Powell, plus 19 other contributors — are organized around the themes of “Origins,” “Authority,” “Persistence,” “Nation Building” and “Rethinking.”

In the show’s opening sequence, “Origins,” the curators abandon a conventional chronology of the American West, one usually tied to the expansion and completion of the transcontinental railroad. They feature instead an extraordinary watercolor, ink and crayon drawing on muslin by Joseph No Two Horns/He Nupa Wanica (Hunkpapa Lakota, Teton Sioux, 1852-1942).

Dating to circa 1922 and called a “winter count,” the 96-inchlong pictorial record documents the years 1785 to 1922 through Lakota eyes in a way that is “community-centered and relational,” as Besaw puts it.

“Winter Count” by Joseph No Two Hornsor He Nupa Wanica (Hunkpapa Lakota, Teton Sioux, 1852-1942), circa 1922, ink, watercolors, and crayon on muslin; 93 by 36 inches. Jo Anderson, Omaha, Neb.

Photo: Jeffrey Wells.

In “Authority,” the curators ask who speaks for the West, and, more pointedly, who defines its artistic hierarchies.

The monumental canvases of Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) — here represented by the transcendent “Sierra Nevada Morning” of 1870 — depicted the West in all its physical splendor. But as Tuscarora art historian, artist and curator Jolene Rickard has argued, “From an Indigenous perspective, the genre of landscape painting is one of the conceptual and visceral tools of colonization.”

If history favors the victors, then art history disproportionately affirms the privileged. The curators seek to redress inherent bias by revising labels to read “artist once known,” explaining, “There are many Indigenous artists in this exhibition who were well known in their communities, but whose names and identities are no longer known to us today because they were not recorded by those who acquired their artworks.”

The curators are likewise keen to spotlight overlooked women artists of all heritages. Visitors will marvel at the virtuosity of basket weavers Elizabeth Hickox (Karuk/Wiyot, 1875-1947) and Louise Hickox (Karuk [Karok], 1896-1967).

They may also admire “Desert Indian,” a 1932-37 oil on canvas by Taos, N.M., resident and D.H. Lawrence confidante Dorothy Brett (1883-1977). The work is both stylistically selfassured and emancipated from stereotype.

In “Persistence,” organizers explore themes of artistic adaptation and resilience as cultures collided on the North American continent. Visitors encounter not only Native American art of the post-con-

Hospitality” by Frederic

Lance case, artist once known, Apsáalooke (Crow), circa 1890, hide, wool, glass, paint, 51½ by 8 by 12¾ inches. Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyo.; museum purchase. NA.102.138.

Second phase chief’s blanket, artist once known, Diné (Navajo), circa 1864, wool, 56½ by 67½ inches. Stephen Lister, Santa Fe, N.M. Courtesy Shiprock Santa Fe.

“Shotgun

Remington (American, 1861-1909), 1908, oil on canvas, 27 by 40 inches. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, N.H.; gift of Judge Horace Russell, Class of 1865.

Portfolio of Spanish Colonial Design by E. Boyd (American, 1903-1973), circa 1938, woodblock prints, each page 14½ by 11-5/8 inches. Tia Collection, Santa Fe, N.M. James Hart Photography.

“Relics of the Past, The Buffalo Head” by A.D.M. Cooper (American, 1856-1924), before 1910, oil on canvas, 40 by 36 inches. Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyo.; bequest in memory of the Houx and Newell Families, 4.64.

“Madonna of the Prairie” by W.H.D. Koerner (American, 1878-1938), 1921, oil on canvas, 43½ by 35½ inches. Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyo.; museum purchase, 25.77.

“Huntress, A Self-Portrait” by Helen Greene Blumenshein (American, 1909-1989), 1930, oil on canvas, 71-5/8 by 36¾ inches. New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, N.M., gift of Shirley Greene Davis, 1992 (1992.54.8). Photography by Addison Doty.

“La Santisima Trinidad” by José Rafael Aragón (active present-day New Mexico, 1826-1855), circa 1826-55, wood, 22 by 16 by 8 inches. Tia Collection, Santa Fe, N.M. James Hart Photography.

tact era — Osage wedding attire fashioned from repurposed US military jackets and top hats is one fascinating example — but also consider work from other cultural groups. New Mexico’s vibrant santero tradition is reflected in “La Santisima Trinidad,” a devotional sculpture by José Rafael Aragón (active 1826-55).

A two-gallon jug by H. Wilson & Co., circa 1869-84, honors a pottery founded in Texas by three emancipated Black men. As Besaw and Powell explain, “Migration of peoples, ideas, goods and art forms shaped images of the American West.”

In “Nation Building,” organizers survey art, some of it commissioned by the US government, meant to foster visions of a heroic American landscape stretching from coast to coast.

The curators cite, among others, painter Thomas Moran (1837-1926), who accompanied the first US geological expedition to Yellowstone in 1871. In counterpoint, they offer depictions of America’s natural wonders by Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata (18851975), a UC Berkeley professor who spent three years incarcerated in government internment camps during World War II.

Nationhood means something altogether different for Native Americans, who maintain some governmental sovereignty. An array of beaded and quill-decorated cradleboards, for instance, speaks to the preservation of cultural traditions by successive generations of Indigenous people, members of tribal nations that are distinct from one another.

Infused with nationalistic ideas, as Madison BlueJacket Cáceres (Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma) writes, paintings such as W. H. D. Koerner’s (1878-1938) “Madonna of the Prairie,” published on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1922, depict the prototypical “pioneer woman” as a “figure of moral uprightness, of quiet sacrifice, and above all, of domesticity.” Paradoxically, such images helped whitewash the truth of US policies that forced Indigenous

families off their land and their children into boarding schools.

The exhibition’s concluding section, “Rethinking,” presses visitors to reconsider the American West, shown at Crystal Bridges in all its ambiguity. Besaw notes the skill with which Frederic Remington (1861-1909), working from props in his New York studio, depicted the West in ways that, while once admired for their realism, now invite question. Of “Shotgun Hospitality,” a 1908 canvas originally assumed to depict a cowboy warily accommodating three Native American interlopers, she writes, “If we examine Remington’s work within the legacies of colonialism and the realities of encounter and exchange on the Nineteenth Century western Plains, we can counter the painting’s previously prevailing narrative. Given the title, for example, one can ask: Who is hosting whom in this prairie encounter?” Assumptions persist, but as Besaw writes, “It is time to interrogate them.”

“Framers” for a new age, Besaw and Powell set the parameters for an updated history of American art that, departing from much recent museum practice, joins Native American and non-Native American art in one panoramic display. As Besaw notes, “Art of the West is so often presented in simplified and binary terms — such as ‘cowboys and Indians’ — which does little to embrace the multiplicity of artists and communities in the West.”

Powell reflects, “Our hope is that this exhibition can be an example of what is possible when we engage in really difficult conversations and push ourselves to look at historical works of art in new ways.”

“Knowing The West” travels to the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Fla., and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C., following its close at Crystal Bridges on January 27.

Crystal Bridges is at 600 Museum Way. For information, 479-418-5700 or visit www. crystalbridges.org.

“Sierra Nevada Morning” by Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830-1902), 1870, oil on canvas, 55¼ by 85½ inches. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Okla.

Bray To Offer New England Collections In September 21 Sale

dlers ice cream truck, Baltimore, circa 1925 ($3/5,000).

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — On September 21, Bray & Co. Auctions will offer a broad selection of American folk art, furniture, fine art, advertising, history and technology and more gathered from New England estates and private collections. Bidding for this event is live online and in person in the firm’s downtown gallery.

Leading the way is a small group of art pottery, sculpture and other fine art, including a newly discovered painting of a

Kittery, Maine, home by Russell Cheney (1881-1945). One of the seacoast’s most celebrated artists, Cheney’s work is currently the focus of an exhibition at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art. Early scientific instruments and related material collected over several decades will also cross the auction block. Among the many highlights is a rare mahogany and glass vacuum pump crafted in the 1860s by Boston Instrument makers E. Ritchie & Sons. Also included is

an elaborate model steam engine and copper burner made by Benjamin Shaw (1832-1890) in 1874. Shaw is best known for inventing the seamless stocking and for building Ossipee Mountain Park in New Hampshire.

Neon signs, colorful carved figures and other folk art and advertising round out the sale. Of special note is a large carved and painted figure of a kewpie that sat on the back of Hendlers ice cream truck in Baltimore in the 1920s. It is one of only a few known to exist.

Photography Exhibition Exploring The Unique Relationship Between Basketball & The American West

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. —

Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West announced today the opening of the upcoming exhibition “Rob Hammer: American Backcourts,” which is on view through April 13. This exhibition offers a fresh perspective on the New West by showcasing the distinctive relationship between basketball and the Western United States through the lens of acclaimed photographer Rob Hammer.

“American Backcourts” presents a stunning collection of images that capture the essence of basketball in the West — where the sport, though not traditionally associated with the region, embodies the pioneering spirit that defines the American West. Over 13 years and 300,000 miles, Hammer has traversed the Western United States, documenting rustic and makeshift basketball courts that tell the

stories of resilience, ingenuity and the enduring love of the game.

Inspired by a photograph of NBA legend Larry Bird’s childhood hoop in French Lick, Indiana, Hammer’s journey reveals how even the simplest setups can nurture greatness. His work showcases the raw beauty of handmade hoops crafted from whatever materials are at hand, placed in environments as diverse as the Western landscape itself — on dirt, grass, clay and gravel. These images reflect the love of basketball and the resourceful and indomitable spirit that has come to define the West.

This exhibition marks a significant milestone in Hammer’s career, as it is his first solo show and the first time his basketball hoop photography will be displayed in a museum. Hammer, a commercial and fine art photog-

rapher based in Denver, Colo., has built an impressive portfolio that captures cowboy culture, lifestyle photography, many of the world’s greatest athletes and more. His work often delves into thematic projects that tell intimate photographic stories taken off the beaten path, and “American Backcourts” is no exception. This exhibition at Western Spirit follows his recent participation in a group exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography near Boston.

“The Midwest may be basketball’s heartland, but ‘American Backcourts’ shows that the West is its frontier,” said Andrew Patrick Nelson, chief curator at Western Spirit. “Rob Hammer’s photography offers a captivating and unexpected vision of the modern West, where a lone basketball hoop can stand as a symbol of grit and community.”

Rob Hammer added, “This

Arts & Crafts Library Lamp Lights Up

Single-Owner Sale At Wiederseim Associates

PHOENIXVILLE, PENN. — A single-owner sale with no reserves is one not to be missed. Ted Wiederseim conducted such an auction on September 6, selling more than 300 lots of mostly early lighting, including great examples of Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, chandeliers, wall sconces, table lamps, student/bankers lamps, pendant lights and more. Many were produced by well-known makers such as Pairpoint, McKee, Tilley type, Edward Miller & Co., Bradley & Hubbard, Handel, Lightolier and others. The top

Additional highlights include historically significant photographs and paper ephemera. A rare 1860s CDV by Philadelphia photographer Charles Crane features a large electrostatic machine used by Benjamin Franklin during his experiments with electricity in the 1740s and 50s. The original machine is now in the collection of the Franklin Institute. Preview is September 18-20, from 9 am to 2 pm. Auction begins at 10 am Eastern time. Bray & Co. Auctions is at 55 Green Street. For information, 603-427-8281 or www.brayco.com.

project has truly been a labor of love, and I’m thrilled to share it with the world at Western Spirit. The basketball courts I’ve photographed are more than just places to play — they’re part of the fabric of the communities that built them. They represent the true, unfiltered

lighting, it compensated with an octagonal polished stone base, darkened brass body and green shadow shades. That simple beauty was reinforced by its final price of $1,625, including buyer’s premium, against a $300/400 presale estimate. It went to an online bidder on LiveAuctioneers, according to co-owner Ted Wiederseim. Each of the shades was signed "Imperial Austria," and the lamp’s measurements were 28½ by 31½ inches. Additional highlights from this sale will appear in a follow-on review.

essence of the West, where people make the most of what they have and find joy in the simplest things.”

Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is at 3830 North Marshall Way. For information, www.westernspirit.org or 480-686-9539.

Vacuum pump by E. S. Ritchie & Sons, Boston, circa 1867 ($300/500).

“Kittery Point Home” by Russell Cheney, circa 1930 ($1,5/2,500).

Carved kewpie from a Hen-

From “American Backcourts” by Rob Hammer. Courtesy Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West.

was a large Arts and Crafts library lamp with adjustable double arms. For “workhorse”

Transitions

THammer Museum, LACMA & MOCA Establish Joint Contemporary Los Angeles Art Collection

he Biggs Museum of American Art announced the appointment of Hassan Najjar as its new executive director. With a distinguished career in the arts and museum management, Najjar’s leadership marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the Biggs. Najjar joins the Biggs from the Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colo., where he served as executive director. His tenure at Foothills was marked by transformative initiatives that enhanced the center’s community engagement, expanded its programs and significantly increased its funding base. Under Najjar’s leadership, Foothills Art Center became a beacon of arts and culture in the region, with notable achievements in community-building efforts, responsive programming and using arts as driver of economic development.

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has appointed Dr Emily Friedman as the inaugural Allen and Kelli Questrom assistant curator of prints and drawings. In this role, Friedman will drive exhibitions, acquisitions and research of the DMA’s significant collection of works on paper, comprising almost 6,000 works. A specialist in the history of graphic arts, Friedman brings to the DMA her experience at several prominent arts and cultural institutions, including the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Musée des Arts décoratifs; the Vanderbilt University Museum of Art; and, most recently, the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

BLOS ANGELES — The directors of the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, announced he creation of a jointly owned and managed collection to be founded through the acquisition of 260 artworks from the collection of Los Angeles philanthropists

Jarl and Pamela Mohn. The Mohn collection, largely amassed over the last 19 years, comprises paintings, sculptures and mixed media works by Los Angelesbased artists. The initial gift of artworks seeds what will become a continually growing collection as the Mohns will additionally create an endowment for annual acquisitions in addition to expenses related to the ongoing care and storage of the collection.

The collaboration is being dubbed the Mohn Art Collective: Hammer, LACMA, MOCA, or MAC3 for short. On top of the Mohns’ gift, the Hammer Museum will enhance the MAC3 collection with 80 works previously acquired by the museum through its “Made in Los Angeles” biennials since 2012. Additionally, curators from all three institutions gathered to make the collection’s first joint acquisitions, when they unanimously selected 16 works from “Made in Los Angeles 2023: Acts of Living.” In total, the MAC3 collection amounts to 356 artworks.

The co-owned collection establishes a groundbreaking model for institutional collaboration and commitment to directly supporting the artist communities of Los Angeles. The gift will enable the three institutions to actively and

collectively acquire works by Los Angeles artists on an annual basis, with acquisitions chosen jointly by curatorial teams from all three museums. Every other year, those acquisitions will come directly out of future editions of the Hammer Museum’s “Made in Los Angeles” biennial. During the alternating, non-biennial years, curators from the three institutions will work together to identify works for acquisition by visiting studios, exhibitions and more to inform their ongoing discussions. The full collection will be available to each institution for display and will prioritize a lending program to encourage the works’ display at other museums around the world.

The existing Mohn Collection includes works by more than 125 Los Angelesbased artists, including many who have appeared in one of the six editions of “Made in Los Angeles” to date, such as Aria Dean, rafa esparza, Lauren Halsey, Luchita Hurtado, Arthur Jafa, Silke Otto-Knapp, Analia Saban, Martine Syms and Kandis Williams. The collection features numerous works by

artists above and beyond those included in past biennials, including important works by artists Karon Davis, Mark Grotjahn, Rodney McMillian, Cauleen Smith and more. Additionally, it is hoped that the collection will continue to grow with works of art by contemporary Los Angeles artists given by other collectors and donors, establishing a new category of collecting and preserving Los Angeles artists’ creative output through the collaboration of these three significant Los Angeles museums.

Jarl and Pamela Mohn are art collectors and philanthropists committed to supporting emerging Los Angeles artists. Professionally, Jarl Mohn is president emeritus of NPR, having served as president and chief executive officer from 2014 to 2019. Prior to that Mohn divided his time between being a corporate director and advisor to a number of media companies, making direct earlystage angel and seed investments in digital media/technology ventures and managing the Mohn Family Foundation — the philanthropic entity that he and his wife created in 2000.

Bellevue Arts Museum Closes Its Doors

ecoming the first female director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, Victoria Siddall takes over the position left by Nicholas Cullinan, who departed for the British Museum in June. Siddall has been a key figure in the arts for more than two decades, working mostly in the commercial sector. In 2012, she rose to prominence after launching Frieze Masters, going on to become global director of the contemporary art fair, which takes place in London every October, and has offshoots in New York and Los Angeles.

She was the chair of Studio Voltaire’s board and has been an advocate of sustainability in the art world, but this is her first position at a large, publicly funded arts institution. She takes over from the interim director, Michael Elliott, becoming only the 13th director in the NPG’s 168year history.

According to a recent press announcement, Le Monte G. Booker has been hired as the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Newfields, Indiana’s largest cultural organization. Booker, who previously served as the chief financial officer of the Field Museum in Chicago, will start his new role in October. He will oversee Newfields’ 152-acre campus, which includes the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), the Lilly House and the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park. Booker was hired following a six-month search led by a committee of seven members of the Newfields board of trustees. He will join Newfields just less than a year after the previous CEO, Colette Pierce Burnette, abruptly left her position.

BELLEVUE, WASH. — It is with deep regret that the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM) announces its closure to the public, effective Wednesday September 4. This marks the conclusion of an era for a cultural, educational and community cornerstone. The museum has a longstanding commitment to providing exhibitions, cross-cultural programming and events, including the iconic Bellevue Arts Fair. BAM leadership is committed to managing the Arts Fair in 2025, even though programs and exhibitions will cease. BAM, like most American museums, has been affected by revenue losses amid drops in attendance, fundraising and retail sales since the end of the pandemic. Despite the museum's best efforts to overcome significant financial challenges, BAM can no longer sustain its operations.

“BAM was established almost 50 years ago and was largely the product of volunteerism and a drive to give the Eastside community access to the arts year round. More than 23 years ago, the museum moved into the ambitious and now iconic Steven Holl building, constructed with the idea to ‘See, Explore, Make.’ Generations of Bellevueites have supported this museum and we are deeply proud of the exhibitions and programming we have produced. Unfortunately, the financial model in the new building has never been sustainable and it has relied too heavily on “onetime” big donors. We are caught in a cycle of financial instability that prevents us from reaching our potential. Still, I am incredibly grateful for the staff, the board, the docents, the advisory council, our members and everyone who has taken the time to visit or support our museum,” said Kate Casprowiak Scher, executive director of BAM.

As a not-for-profit organization, BAM relies heavily on grants, donations and the support of sponsors. However, the museum is not fully funded by these

means, and the combination of reduced donations, rising operational costs and a decline in visitor numbers post-pandemic has left BAM in an increasingly unsustainable position.

“Closing the museum is not a decision we take lightly,” said Scher. “We have explored many different paths to keep our doors open. We have reached out to government, corporate and community stakeholders but have consistently come up short. There is great hesitancy to invest in an institution with preexisting financial issues. I find it frustrating because I know we have immense potential to serve the public and build Bellevue’s cultural identity. This is not just a loss for the museum, but for the entire Bellevue community. We understand the disappointment and sadness this news will bring, and we share in those feelings.”

According to board president, Jay Pathy, “Kate has been a remarkable leader during these challenging times, tirelessly working to secure the future of BAM. Her dedication and creativity in the face of adversity have been nothing short of extraordinary. Kate has led efforts to increase fundraising, engage with the community and advocate for the importance of the arts in our region.

The financial realities left BAM with no other option but to close.”

Earlier this year, the museum launched the SAVE BAM campaign and successfully raised more than $350,000 in six weeks. Without the support of the community BAM would have closed much earlier. Unfortunately, this call for support did not successfully engage our community’s largest stakeholders. BAM is incredibly grateful to all who did contribute, their support enabled us to operate for several more months and to host the beloved Bellevue Arts Fair.

BAM is proud of being a vital part of the community, offering exceptional exhibitions and programs that have touched the lives of countless individuals. “The impact of our closure will be felt deeply by those who have come to rely on the museum as a place of learning, inspiration and connection. Schools, families and individuals who visit BAM regularly as part of their educational and personal journeys will feel this loss acutely,” stated Pathy.

As BAM closes its doors, the BAMFam remains hopeful that this might not be the end, but rather the beginning of a new chapter. The museum filed for receivership; leadership has determined this is the best path towards protecting our community’s asset and restructuring the institution. Receivership represents unchartered territory for BAM; however, it opens a chance of much needed reinvention and partnership. Bellevue Arts Museum will keep a small transitional staff to support a reorganization, run private events and manage Arts Fair 2025.

“We extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who has supported BAM over the years. Your belief in the power of art and culture has been our greatest strength, and we hope that, in time, we may find a way to bring that spirit back to life in a new and sustainable form”, said Pathy.

From left, Luchita Hurtado, untitled, 1971, oil on paper, 18 by 24 inches.; Arthur Jafa, “Bloods II,” 2020, Epson fine art print face-mounted to Diasec acrylic on aluminum panel, 26 by 40.375 inches.; Diedrick Brackens, “Nuclear Lovers,” 2020, cotton and acrylic yarn, 78 by 72 inches.

Bellevue Arts Museum closed its doors to the public on September

4. Image: Courtesy of the Bellevue Arts Museum

Calendar Of Advertising & Editorial Deadlines

September 2024

Sept6Aug15Aug22Aug23Aug26Aug27

October 2024

Oct25Oct3Oct10Oct11Oct14Oct15

November

2024

Nov1Oct10Oct17Oct18Oct21Oct22

Nov8Oct17Oct24Oct25Oct28Oct29

Nov15Oct24Oct31Nov1Nov4Nov5

Nov22Oct31Nov7Nov8Nov11Nov12 Nov29Nov7Nov14Nov15Nov18Nov19

Sotheby’s Launches Revamped Magazine

NEW YORK CITY — On September 3, Sotheby’s unveiled the first issue of Sotheby’s Magazine under editor in chief and head of Sotheby’s Media, Kristina O’Neill. The newly relaunched magazine is the flagship property of Sotheby’s Media, a new global initiative anchored by the magazine and related omnichannel content, including digital and special events.

The refreshed magazine has evolved from Sotheby’s auction-specific content into a broader exploration of the cultural zeitgeist, inviting collectors and readers an opportunity to engage with the wider art world and beyond. Alongside its print resurgence, Sotheby’s Magazine now offers a dedicated digital newsletter, delivering curated updates, exclusive content and timely insights directly

to subscribers’ inboxes. Since O’Neill’s appointment, the magazine has seen an increase in advertisers, reflecting its growing influence and appeal in the luxury market. This surge, supported by renowned brands like Bottega Veneta, Cartier, Chanel, Estée Lauder, Giorgio Armani, Tiffany and others, underscores the magazine’s expanding reach and its status as a premier platform for high-end advertisers.

Joining O’Neill on the editorial team are creative director Magnus Berger, editorial director Julie Coe, director of Editorial Operations

Rachel Bres Mahar, Visuals director Jennifer Pastore and executive editor James Haldane.

Gareth Jones, Sotheby’s chief marketing officer, commented: “We’re excited to usher in the new era of

Sotheby’s Magazine under Kristina’s leadership. Her vision and keen sense of what resonates across the culture ensure that the Magazine not only reflects the art world but also connects with broader conversations shaping today’s creative landscape. This evolution demonstrates our continued investment in meeting our clients where they are, deepening our connection with collectors and inviting new audiences to engage with Sotheby’s in fresh and meaningful ways.”

Prominent American artist Titus Kaphar graces the cover of the inaugural September/October issue and features in a profile by New York Times best-selling author Roxane Gay.

For additional information, www. sothebys.com.

ACES Gallery

Estates & Private Collections Auction...........16

Blanchard’s Auction Service

American Founding Document Auction 7

Bray & Co. Auctions

Art, Advertising, History, Technology & More 33

Brunk Auctions

Rare Signed Ratification Copy Of US Constitution 13

Coyle’s Auction Two-Session Estate Auction..................................5 Heritage Fine & Decorative Asian Art 20

Hudson Valley Auctioneers

One-Owner Antiques & Estate Auction 21

Iroquois Auctions

Eighteenth To Twentieth Century Antiques...............39

JMW Auction

Multi Estate Auction 9

Legare Auctions

Diverse Online Estate Sale......................................11

University Archives

Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia.........4

Woody Auction Art Glass, Lamps & More...3

Every Thurs goldengavel.com

Golden Gavel 54

Every Tues Coventry, CT Weston’s 60

Thru 18, Sept auctionninja.com Legare Auctions 54

15, Sept kimballsauction.com

Kimball’s Auction 48

15, Sept steenburgh.com Steenburgh Auctioneers 60

16. Sept michaans.com Michaan’s 46

17, Sept auctionninja.com SJD Auctions 56

17. Sept michaans.com Michaan’s 46

18, Sept eldreds.com Eldred’s 54

19, Sept bodnarsauction.com

Bodnar’s Auction 56

19-21, Sept clars.com Clars 43

19-25, Sept hecklerauction.com

Heckler Auction 48

20, Sept auctionzip.com Elmer Murry Auctioneers, Inc 44

20, Sept Jewett City, CT Leone’s Auction Gallery............2

20, Sept jmwauction.com JMW Auction 52

20, Sept Merrillsauction.com

Merrill’s Auction 51 20. Sept michaans.com Michaan’s 46 21, Sept agopb.com Auction Gallery of Palm Beach 54 21, Sept andrewsandandrews.com Andrews & Andrews 42 21, Sept brayco.com Bray & Co. 4C 21, Sept rolandauctions.com Roland Auctions 2

14, Sept Stormville, NY 16 21, Sept Portland, CT 33 21-22, Sept South Yarmouth, MA 13

21, Sept rolandauctions.com Roland Auctions 7 21, Sept rolandauctions.com Roland Auctions 44 21, Sept Wilton, NH Langdell Homestead Barn 58 21, Sept woodyauction.com Woody Auction 56 22, Sept americana-auction.com Americana Auction 46 22, Sept carlsengallery.com Carlsen Gallery Inc 6C-7C 22, Sept forsythesauctions.com Forsythe’s Auctions 60 22, Sept liveauctioneers.com Iroquois Auction 52 22, Sept liveauctioneers.com SJ Auctioneers 52 22, Sept peterboroughauctions.com Peterborough Auctions 56 22, Sept statelineauctions.com State Line 60 22, Sept treasureseekerauction.com...Treasureseeker Auctions LLC 57 23, Sept hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com...Hudson Valley Auctioneers 47 24, Sept bertgallerynow.com Bert Gallery 56 24, Sept coylsauction.com Coyle’s 49 24, Sept nadeausauction.com

2C 26, Sept groganco.com

Co

26, Sept stairgalleries.com

5C 27, Sept weschlers.com

27-28, Sept brunkauctions.com Brunk Auctions 3C 28, Sept estateofmind.biz Estate of Mind 50 28, Sept freedomauctions.com Freedom Auction Co 50 29, Sept aces.net All Country Estates 54 28-29, Sept fontainesauction.com Fontaine’s Auction 41 4, Oct Jewett City, CT Leone’s Auction Gallery............2 10-11, Oct newenglandauctions.com New England Auctions 53 12, Oct Thoscornellauctions.com Thos Cornell Galleries 2 22, Oct woodburyauction.com Schwenke Auctioneers 2 26, Oct woodyauction.com Woody Auction 56 27, Oct tremontauctions.com Tremont Auctions 52 8, Nov woodyauction.com Woody Auction 56 9, Nov woodyauction.com Woody Auction 56 13, Nov litchfieldcountyauctions.com ..Litchfield County Auctions 2 17, Nov butterscotchauction.com Butterscotch Auction 2 8, Dec tremontauctions.com Tremont Auctions 52

22, Sept Milford, NH............................3 28, Sept Brookfield, MA 21 28, Sept New Hartford, CT 5 5-6, Oct Allentown, PA 12 6, Oct Lawrenceburg, IN 16 6, Oct Milford, NH............................3 10-13, Oct Atlanta, GA 5 20, Oct Milford, NH............................3 24-27, Oct New York City 8C 30,Nov-1,Dev Columbus, OH 5 2025 1, Jan Glastonbury, CT 11 13, May.................Brimfield, MA..........................2 8, July Brimfield,

Schoharie 48th Annual Antique Show 9

Coby Foundation Appoints Margi Hofer New Executive Director

NEW YORK CITY — The Board of the Coby Foundation has named Margi Hofer as the Foundation’s second executive director, succeeding Ward L.E. Mintz, who is retiring after leading the Foundation for more than 20 years. Hofer will take over responsibilities on September 23.

An independent curator focusing on American decorative arts and material culture, Hofer served as Museum Director of the New-York Historical Society from 2015 to 2023 after more than two decades as its curator of decorative arts. She organized or co-organized dozens of important exhibitions at the NewYork Historical Society, among them “Black Dolls,” which explored handmade cloth dolls made primarily by African American women between 1850 and 1940 through the lens of race, gender and history (2022); “Making It Modern: The Folk Art Collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman” (2016), an examination of the pioneering folk art collection assembled by the early modern sculptor and his wife; and “A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls”, which revealed the critical contributions of women in the design and fabrication of Tif-

fany lamps (2007). She also played a leadership role in conceiving the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture, an open storage facility housing 40,000 objects.

“It’s an honor to build upon Ward’s outstanding work in expanding public appreciation of textiles and the needle arts,” noted Hofer. “Having organized several exhibitions funded by the Coby Foundation, I’m thrilled to lead the organization in its next chapter, encouraging innovative scholarship, engaging exhibitions and expanded access to this vital art form.”

The Coby Foundation, which is unique in focusing its resources solely on the field of fashion and textiles in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, was initiated through a bequest from Irene Zambelli Silverman (1916-1998). The Foundation funds projects for the public benefit in the arts and humanities, spanning the historical to the contemporary. Recent awards range from a grant to conserve and exhibit a 1901 costume worn by opera star Marcella Sembrich at the museum that honors her in Bolton Landing, New York to a major outdoor installation in Madison Square Park by artist Sheila

Willis Henry, Shaker Specialist & Auctioneer, 80

Pepe. Other funded projects include “Syrian Textiles Across Two Millennia” at the Katonah Museum of Art in New York and “Northern Threads,” a two-part exhibition at the Maine Historical Society exploring the history of fashion in the state. Along with a committed Board led by Dr Leslie Shanken, Mintz oversaw the distribution of nearly $10 million over his two decades of leadership. Current assets of the Coby Foundation total more than $20 million. The Foundation encourages grant applications through its website, www.cobyfoundation.org.

(Litchfield, Conn.) Litchfield’s Annual Giant Tag Sale: A Not-To-Miss, Not-So-Local Affair

(Phillipsburg, N.J.) There’s Something For

(Valatie, N.Y.) Autumn Closing In Auction Wraps Up Old Kinderhook’s Summer Sales 6 (Larchmont, N.Y.) Strong Bidding Takes Nakashima Double Dresser To The Top At Clarke

(Philadelphia) Dynamic Dual Sales Celebrate Art & Taste At Freeman’s | Hindman

(Timonium, Md.) A Golden Sunset On Summer At Over & Above

(Fairfield, Maine) Poulin’s Fine Arts & Antiques Sale Brings In $777,000

(Phoenixville, Penn.) Arts & Crafts Library Lamp Lights Up Single-Owner Sale At Wiederseim Associates

(Dallas) Pogonodon Fossil

(Doylestown, Penn.)

(Marion, Mass.) Banks Family Portrait Makes Bank For Marion

(Monmouth Junction, N.J.) Aztecs

All-Original Windup Seaplane Flies To Number One At Milestone

WILLOUGHBY, OHIO — On August 24, Milestone Auctions conducted its Premier Toy Sale, which consisted of 639 lots encompassing the collection of Winton “Wint” Johnson, a prominent toy enthusiast and collector from Minnesota. Offered in the sale were various Schuco toys, cars, airplanes, prototypes, boats, yesno figures and more. Leading

the sale was a French tin windup Hispano-Suiza “900” seaplane, which landed at $9,225 with buyer’s premium, over 15 times its estimate of $4/600. Listed as “impressive” and “unusual” in the auction catalog, the 19-inch plane was alloriginal with a functioning windup. Additional highlights from this auction will be featured in an upcoming issue.

Pogonodon Fossil Skeleton Claws Way To Number One For Heritage

DALLAS — Leading Heritage Auctions’ August 28 Nature & Science Signature Auction was a Pogonodon fossil skeleton, which slashed its way to a $75,000 finish, including buyer’s premium. The Pogonodon, often referred to as a “false saber-toothed cat” was an extinct carnivoran which roamed the White River Badlands — in what is now known as South Dakota — around 30 million years ago. Most likely a prolific hunter, this species was similar in size and form to mod-

Pennsylvania Impressionist Painting Warms To Number One At Gratz Gallery

DOYLESTOWN, PENN. — To ring in the fall season, Gratz Gallery conducted a 56-lot sale on September 8, featuring American Fine Art paintings and drawings, works by renowned Pennsylvania Impressionists and a small selection of European paintings. Local offerings included works from the New Hope School, the Pennsylvania

Academy of Fine Arts and The Philadelphia Ten. Leading the sale was a regional winter cityscape, titled “City Streets in Winter” by Walter Baum, a Pennsylvania Impressionist and member of the New Hope School. The 1952 oil on canvas was signed and dated “W E Baum 52” lower right and titled verso. Housed in a 22K gold reproduc-

Banks Family Portrait Makes Bank For Marion

MARION, MASS. — Marion Antique Auctions’ September Splendor auction on September 7 featured more than 550 lots, of which more than 97 percent sold successfully. One of the sale’s highest-earning lots was an Eighteenth Century portrait of a gentleman identified as Sir Joseph Banks, who had been painted by Francis Hayman (British, 1708-1776). Its period frame retained labels on the back that read “Thomas Agnew and Sons Fine Art Publishers to His Majesty, London” and measured 35 by 30½ inches. Nick Taradash, an associate at Marion Antique Auctions, confirmed it was acquired by a “prominent art gallery in the UK, for $10,880.” Watch for a review of additional auction highlights to appear in an upcoming issue. Prices quoted include the buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house.

ern varieties of the Felidae family such as lions, leopards and jaguars. This example, consisting of numerous individual pieces that come together, “represents a magnificent combination of fossilization and very talented preparation skills,” according to the auction catalog. The 60-inch-long skeleton was angled in a dynamic pose, thanks to a custom metal armature, and featured an outstanding skull, pronounced canines and talon-like claws.

tion frame, the painting measured 39 by 47 inches and was in excellent original condition, according to the auction catalog. With provenance to the estate of the artist and a private collection in Ottsville, Penn., the Impressionist work warmed up to $5,750. Additional highlights from this sale will be featured in an upcoming issue.

Assortments Of Coins Proved More Than Just Pocket Change At Roberson’s

PINE BUSH, N.Y. — Roberson’s Auctions was busy on August 31, auctioning 406 lots of estate antiques including stoneware, art, dolls, toys, tools, signage, furniture and collectibles. The surprising top price of the sale was a coin lot comprising two collections. One was a wooden board fitted with four Silver Dollars as well as 20 other domestic and foreign coins. However, the attention was drawn to the other set, 70 pennies in a frame that read “1848 Frank Tibbitt 1918” across the top and “Retired April 1st 1918 Penna RR Co.,” across the bottom. House coowner Del Roberson shared that

“It was a retirement gift to Frank Tibbitt but there was something about the pennies,” which were all from 1917. The online buyer pushed the coins past their $75-

$125 estimate to earn $3,000 with buyer's premium. The story of these pennies and more highlights from the sale will be in an upcoming issue.

Aztecs Take On Conquistadors In Playset That Tops Bodnar’s Online Auction

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. — Toy soldiers, war history playsets, miniatures, bird’s-eye views of battles carried out by armies of plastic, lead and cast iron combatants and weapons filled an August 29 auction at Bodnar’s Auction Sales. More than 300 lots crossing the block that day were thanks to a singleowner private collection of miniatures depicting war spanning two millennia that owner Joe Bodnar was able to acquire. These included Roman and Egyptian wars, the two world wars, US wars and other historic conflicts. Makers included Barzso, Schleich, Papo, Elite Command, Starlux, Marx, Britains, Revell and a host of others. The top lot in the sale was a Conquistadors & Aztecs playset by Barzso Playsets, which sold for $840, including buyer’s premium. The set included 23 Conquista-

dors and 26 Aztecs — four with broken weapons. Montezuma faced down Hernán Cortés in a playscape that included pyramids with temples, both medium and large, a sacrificial altar with accessories as well as a sacrificial preparation room, six Aztec trea-

sures, a cart, a Spanish cannon and other Conquistador camp and Aztec temple accessories. The set’s box had some water damage but all the pieces had their original bags. More results from the “white glove” auction will follow in a later review.

Onsite Antique & Real Estate Auction Of A Registered Historic Landmark 1838 Home On September 22

CAPE VINCENT, N.Y. — Only once in a lifetime does such an opportunity come along with a registered historic beautiful waterfront, secluded property in Cape Vincent in the Thousand Islands of New York State. The Uhlig family collected Eighteenth to Twentieth Century antiques for more than 60 years and lovingly cherishes this historic property.

Robert Uhlig was the first principal of the Thousand Island High School, and his wife Ruth was a teacher there. Ruth is also a noted local accomplished artist. Take a moment of your time to attend this exceptional lifetime collection of antiques and arts being sold to the highest bidder in a rare museum unreserved antiques auction.

The legal counsel to Nelson Rockefeller, governor of New York and owner of Deerlick

‘We

Farm, owned a great portion of the elite antiques and art that were purchased by the Uhlig Family.

The historic Lake Ontario — Thousand Islands property was owned by the Uhlig family for more than 60 years. You must see this property — 50 acres with a beautiful home and a studio apartment building with 450 feet of lake frontage and beautiful views.

The terms and conditions of the real estate portion of this auction will be handled exclusively by Mel Manasse & Son, 607-692-4540 or www.manasseauctions.com.

Personal property will be handled by Alex Lyon & Son. Please contact them at 315-633-2944 or www.lyonauction.com, with all questions concerning the real estate portion of this auction.

All antiques auction-related questions, please contact Iro-

“Portrait of a Quaker Lady” attributed to Charles Willson Peale, circa early 1800s. Sotheby’s catalog stated, “An old label on back attributes the painting to Charles Willson Peale and indicates that it was exhibited at the Peale Museum in Philadelphia.” This painting was purchased from Sotheby’s Parke Bernet Estate Auction on November 18, 1960, lot 430. Cleaned, restored, relined and inpainted. Frame has some gesso missing and some damage, 26½ by 23 inches.

quois Auctions: Gerald Petro, auctioneer and appraiser, 315561-9777, 315-657-1018 or iroquoisauction@gmail.com. The mailing address is PO Box 736

Live In Painting: The Nature Of Color In Mesoamerican Art’ At The Los

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents “We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art,” a groundbreaking exploration of the science, art and cosmology of color in Mesoamerica. Artists adorned the surfaces of buildings, clay vessels, textiles, bark-paper and deer hide pages and sculptures with color, to (re)create the world by transforming raw materials into art.

The power of color emerged from the materiality of its pigments, the skilled hands that

Angeles County Museum Of Art

crafted it and the communities whose knowledge imbued it with meaning. Just as dawn brings about life in color, and night transforms the world with darkness, artists use colors to express their understanding of life and time. Mesoamerican artists developed one of the most robust color traditions in the world, manufacturing stable and vibrant colors with minerals, flowers, tree barks and even insects. Color is thus a means of keeping this ancestral knowledge. However, histories of colonialism and industrialization

have long minimized the deep significance of color in the Indigenous Americas.

This exhibition is presented as part of PST ART: Art and Science Collide. Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returns in September 2024, presenting more than 70 exhibitions from organizations across the region exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art.

“We Live in Painting” is cocurated by Diana Magaloni, Deputy Director, Program Director and Dr Virginia Fields, Curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas, and Suzanne D. Booth and David G. Booth, Conservation Center Director, LACMA; Alyce de Carteret, Assistant Curator, Art of the

Eva Peréz Martínez, “Zacatlaxcalli Vignette,” 2023, Nahua, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, commissioned with funds provided by Lillian Weiner, ©Eva Peréz Martínez, photo ©Museum Associates/LACMA, by Javier Hinojosa.

Ancient Americas, LACMA; and guest curator Davide Domenici of the University of Bologna. The exhibition will travel to two additional venues following its presentation at LACMA.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is located at 5905 Wilshire Boulevard. For information, www.lacma.org or 323-857-6000.

Paintings, Prints, Statues & Asian Art

Online Art Galley www.georgebettongallery.com

WANTED

Antiques of all kinds. Will buy for cash or will sell on consignment –no lot too large or too small.

B & S Auction Service

Thomas Barrows P.O. Box 141

Portland, Conn. Tel 860-342-2540

Portrait of a woman by Ammi Phillips, circa 1830s, oil painting recently discovered, fresh to the market, first time offered, sight: 30 by 23¼ inches.

1899

Dablon Point Road, begins at 10 am on September 22 with a preview period beginning at 8 am. The real estate auction will begin at 11 am on the same day. Online bidding on the antiques and artwork begins at noon on Live Auctioneers.

For extensive photos, descriptions and to place bids, visit the Iroquois Auctions page on www. liveauctioneers.com.

Brewerton, N.Y. 13029.

The onsite auction at The Cottonwood Farm (1838), 27658

Circa

Altona Ottensen Polyphon disc player with 21 extra discs.

Historic Homes & Properties

National Park Service Awards $10 Million To Historic Sites & Structures In 9 States To Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary

WASHINGTON, DC, — The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded $10 million in funding from the Semiquincentennial Grant Program, an initiative commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.

Created by Congress in 2020 and funded through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), Semiquincentennial Grants fund projects that restore and preserve sites and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places that commemorate the founding of the nation. Grants from the program’s third year will support 19 historic preservation projects across nine states.

“Since its founding, our nation has been shaped by an exceptionally diverse collection of cultures, events and places,” said National Park Service director Chuck Sams. “The Semiquincentennial Grant Program supports our efforts to present a more complete telling of our country’s history as we approach its 250th anniversary in 2026, and beyond.”

Established in 1977 and administered by NPS, the HPF has provided more than $2 bil-

The Slarrow Sawmill was built in 1774 by Captain Joseph Slarrow, a lieutenant in the Continental Army and later captain in the Revolutionary War. The mill continued to operate as a sawmill until the early 1990s. Photo courtesy Friends of North Leverett Sawmill, Inc.

lion in historic preservation grants to states, Tribes, local governments and nonprofit organizations. HPF funds may be appropriated by Congress to support a variety of historic preservation projects to help preserve the nation’s cultural resources.

HPF grant programs managed by NPS fund preservation of America’s premier cultural resources and historic places in underrepresented communities, rural areas and at historically black colleges and universities, as well as sites key to the repre-

sentation of Tribal heritage, African American civil rights, the history of equal rights in America and the nation’s founding.

The HPF, which uses revenue from federal offshore oil and gas leases, supports this broad range of preservation projects without expending tax dollars. The intent behind the HPF is to mitigate the loss of nonrenewable resources through the preservation of other irreplaceable resources. Applications for next year’s round of Semiquincentennial Grants will open in the fall of

2024. Seven million dollars in funding will be available.

This year’s grants will support projects like:

Patronato San Xavier will use funds to rehabilitate San Xavier del Bac, a baroque mission church in the village of Wa:k in Tucson, Ariz., which was built between 1783 and 1797 and is one of just a few in the country still ministering to the descendants of the Indigenous community that built it. The church is one of the finest examples of Mexican baroque architecture in the United States and was one

of the first buildings to be named a National Historic Landmark. Structural and architectural rehabilitation of interior features as well as the ornate retablo facade at the entrance will help the church survive for another 200 years.

Friends of North Leverett Sawmill will use funds to rehabilitate and restore The Slarrow Sawmill’s original historic components and allow it to function as a cultural and industrial history museum. The sawmill was built 1774 in Leverett, Mass., by Captain Joseph Slarrow, a lieutenant in the Continental Army and later captain during the Revolutionary War. The mill is inextricably linked to the development of the historic hamlet of North Leverett. It was sold in 1779 to Major Richard Montague, who fought in the French and Indian Wars and later served under George Washington. Remarkably, the mill continued to operate until the early 1990s, including during World War II when it cut 45-foot timbers for the keels of Navy minesweepers.

View the full list of grant recipients, or more information, www. nps.gov.

Nicodemus National Historic Site Acquires Historic First Baptist Church

NICODEMUS, KAN. — Nicodemus

National Historic Site is proud to announce the successful acquisition of the historic First Baptist Church in Nicodemus, Kan.

This acquisition was only possible because of collaboration with the First Nicodemus Missionary Baptist Church congregation, the generous donation and dedicated work of the Trust for Public Lands (TPL) and the assistance of the National Park Foundation (NPF).

“Thank you to the congregation of the First Nicodemus Missionary Baptist Church, TPL and NPF,” said Cassie

Branstetter, superintendent of Nicodemus National Historic Site. “We rely on partnerships with the community, descendants of the Black settlers who established this historic town and park partners like TLP and NPF. Because of these partnerships, the First Baptist Church is now another physical piece of the Nicodemus story that can be protected and shared to ensure that the national contributions of Black Homesteaders are not lost.”

The First Baptist Church dates to 1907 and demonstrates the dedication to faith and religion that helped Nicodemus set-

National Park Service & Partner Agencies Award

$25.7 Million To Preserve Significant Historic

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Park Service (NPS) has announced $25.7 million in Save America’s Treasures grants to fund 59 projects that will preserve nationally significant sites and historic collections in 26 states and the District of Columbia.

“The Save America’s Treasures program began 25 years ago and continues to enable communities across the United States to preserve and conserve their nationally significant historic properties and collections,” said National Park Service director Chuck Sams. “It’s fitting to celebrate this milestone anniversary through a wide range of projects that help to pass the full history of America and its people down to future generations.”

Since 1999, the Save America’s Treasures program has provided

more than $405 million from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) to more than 1,400 projects to provide preservation and conservation work on nationally significant collections, artifacts, structures and sites. Previous awards have gone toward restoring the Park Inn Hotel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; the USS Intrepid, an Essex class carrier on display in Manhattan; and the In total, Launch Vehicle, a threestage rocket designed for a lunar landing mission.

The award of $25,705,000 will be matched by almost $50 million in private and public investment. NPS partners with the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Services to award the grants.

Established in 1977, the HPF

has provided more than $2 billion in historic preservation grants to states, Tribes, local governments and non-profit organizations.

Administered by NPS, HPF grant funds are appropriated by Congress annually to support a variety of historic preservation projects to help preserve the nation’s cultural and historic resources.

The HPF, which uses revenue from federal offshore oil and gas leases, supports a broad range of preservation projects without expending tax dollars. The intent behind the HPF is to mitigate the loss of nonrenewable resources through the preservation of other irreplaceable resources.

Applications for next year’s round of the Save America’s Treasures Grant Program will open in the fall of 2024. $25.5 million in funding will be available.

Examples of today’s awarded

Sites

tlers persevere. For over one hundred years, this building was the site of religious gatherings, baptisms, gospel choirs, community dinners and other events. The First Baptist Church is one of five historic structures identified in the site’s establishing legislation as fundamental to understanding the history of Nicodemus National Historic Site.

The National Park Service plans to rehabilitate the structure over the next few years before opening it up to the public for viewing.

For additional information, www.nps. gov/nico or 785-839-4233.

& Collections

grants include: Historic Hudson Valley will use grant funding to address water penetration and deteriorating masonry at the historic Ivy Cottage located at Sunnyside, the New York home of early American author Washington Irving. Irving lived at Sunnyside from 1835 until his death in 1859. As an author, Irving helped to build a truly American literary landscape; as a property, Sunnyside became one of the physical landmarks of the American Romantic movement. The grantee will provide $640,365 of matching funds.

The Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation will digitize 2,000 videotapes from their archival collections which document the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building, the largest domestic terrorist attack on US soil. This digitization will

update the outdated formats the collection currently consists of and will provide video stabilization work. The grantee will provide $89,428 in matching funds. Michigan Technological University will digitize and organize historic copper mining records. While mining on the Keweenaw Peninsula began at least 8,000 years ago, improved excavating technology and increased demand for copper wire in the 1800s drove thousands to northern Michigan to work in the mines. Improved access to mining records will make historic data from the late 1800s and early 1900s accessible to the public. The grantee will provide $118,898 in matching funds. For a full list of recipients and more information about NPS historic preservation programs and grants, www.nps.gov.

Compiled by madelia HiCkman Ring

First Baptist Church, Nicodemus, Kan. Photo courtesy National Park Service.

San Xavier del Bac Mission. Photo courtesy National Park Service.

Fontaine’s

Fine & Decorative Arts

September 28 & 29, 2024

Tiffany Studios “Flowering Bouquet” Chandelier

Tiffany Studios “Laburnum” Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Nasturtium” Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Nautilus” Desk Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Dragonfly” Trivet

Tiffany Studios “Dragonfly” Lamp Screen

Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co. “Nautilus” Desk Lamp

Louis C. Tiffany Pair Of Lanterns For The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion

Tiffany Studios “Peony Border” Lamp

Set of Four Tiffany Studios “Vine Border & Turtle-Back” Ceiling Lights

Tiffany Studios “Spider” Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Tulip” Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Pansy” Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Curtain Border” Lamp

Tiffany Studios Pair of Blown Glass Candlesticks

Tiffany Studios “Jeweled” Tripod Candlesticks

Friday, September 27 at 10am

Breitling Stainless Steel Automatic Chronograph Wristwatch, Bentley Motors Special Edition, $3,000-$5,000

Set of Four Elizabeth II Parcel Gilt Sterling Silver Brutalist Floriform Stem Goblets, Stuart Devlin, London, Circa 1976-1979, $800-$1,200

Pair of George III Sterling Silver Covered Sauce Tureens, Robert Makepeace and Richard Carter and Associated Maker, London, Circa 1774 and 1777, $1,000-$1,500

Edwardian Platinum and Diamond Ring, $20,000-$30,000

Platinum, Emerald and Diamond Ring, $10,000-$15,000

French Provincial Silver Oval Covered Soup Tureen on Plated Stand, Attr. to the Workshop of Antoine Dutemple, Bordeaux, Circa 1789, $2,000-$4,000

Bulgari 18-Karat Yellow-Gold and Diamond

of

and

Moved!

♦Online Only Bidding

♦Exhibition by appointment only: Monday-Wednesday, Sept 23-25, 10am to 4pm; Thursday, Sept 26, 10am to 2pm

♦To schedule a preview appointment, view the complete catalogue and register to bid, visit weschlers.com, invaluable. com or auctionzip.com

♦For more information on any lot in the sale, call 202-628-1281 or email info@weschlers.com

Introduced 1890, 156 pieces, $2,000-$3,000

Diamond Ring, $20,000-$30,000

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024 | 10am sharp! The Blue Goose Center on US Route 1 • Three Miles South of Belfast, Maine on US Route 1 PREVIEWS: Friday, September 20, 4-6pm & Saturday, September 21, 9-9:45am

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date

Yacht Master Yellow-Gold and Stainless Steel Automatic Wristwatch, $5,000-$7,000

Necklace, $30,000-$40,000

Platinum and Fancy Deep Yellow-Brown Diamond Ring, $8,000-$10,000

Art Deco Platinum and Diamond Cocktail Bracelet, $6,000-$8,000

Christofle French Silverplate Flat Table Service, Marley Pattern,

18-Karat White-Gold and

Pair

18-Karat Yellow-Gold, Ruby

Diamond Clip-Back Earrings, $1,000-$2,000

Silver and Decorative Arts

Live Auction · September 26

5 . William W. Gilbert Silver Covered Sugar Bowl, ca. 1770, $3,000–5,000 · 2 . Gorham Silver Fifteen Piece Swan-Form Table Set, $2,500–3,500 · 11 . William Spratling Silver Flatware Service for Twelve, $5,000–7,000 · 9 . Gorham Silver Proto-Martelé Covered Tankard, $2,000–3,000 · 78 . Pair of Continental Malachite, Porcelain, and Gilt Bronze Two-Light Jardinières, $1,500–2,500 · 110 . Chinese Porcelain Five Piece Garniture, $4,000–6,000 · 82 . Pair of French Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Cachepots, $2,000–3,000 · 88 . French Empire Gilt Bronze Chariot Clock, $1,500–2,500 · 168 . Akstafa Prayer Rug, last quarter 19th century, 5 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 1 in., $2,000–3,000 · 120 . Chinese Watercolor Scroll, 54 x 28 in., $800–1,200 · 122 . Wang Xuetao, Pair Watercolor and Ink Paintings, 40 x 10 in., $5,000–10,000 · 170 . Shirvan Karagashli Rug, ca. 1875, 5 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 5 in., $1,500–2,000.

September Gallery Auction

Friday, September 20th at 10 am Previews:

Sunday, September 15th, 10 am - 5 pm

Thursday, September 19th, 10 am - 5 pm

Friday, September 20th, 9am - end of auction

BASKIN

(American/NY/MA, 1922-2000), Dead Man

Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco.

September Annex Auction

Monday, September 16th; 9 am

Tuesday, September 17th; 9 am

Wednesday, September 18th; 9 am Previews:

Sunday, September 15th, 10 am - 5 pm

Monday, September 16th, 9 am - 5 pm

Tuesday, September 17th, 9 am - 5 pm

Wednesday, September 18th, 9 am - end of auction

To view a catalog, download Michaan’s app, and bid online visit bid.michaans.com.

www.michaans.com (800)380-9822 • (510) 740-0220 NEW Showroom: 2701 Monarch Street, Alameda, CA 94501

AMERICANA AUCTIONS

380 Winthrop Street, Rehoboth MA 02769 508-771-1722 • www.americana-auction.com

Splendid September Estates Auction!

Sunday Sept 22, 2024 at 11am

In-person sale in Rehoboth & Online via Liveauctioneers.com & Invaluable.com Featuring a Chatham nautical collection!

PREVIEW: Live in Rehoboth: Sept. 19-21 (Thurs/Fri/Sat.) from 10-4pm & Sunday from 9-11am Telephone & Absentee bids welcome! Private appts too!

ARTWORK: Marine art – A. Jacobsen 1900, C.H. Gifford 1889 – Fairhaven seaside village, John Sloane (attr), S.A. Mulholland, RS Gifford (attr), Clement Drew, Graham Flight – New Bedford harbor, Carl Evers, W.M. Post, Michael Keane, Edmund D. Lewis (2), Chinese Export harbor scene & portrait of A.G. Keying; Homer Ramsdell steamer, NYC harbor oil, Joe Hunt (2). Also: Herman D. Murphy; W.P. Phelps; J.B. Reid; J.A.S Monks; Roger Dennis; A. Lerren; Chris Jorgensen; Taro Yamamoto (3 abstract); Z. Steynovitz (2); JJ Pauplis (6); 1889 Burke Ale painted tin adv. sign w/baseball players; H.G. Laskey; British officer attr. Norman Macbeth; Cindy Brown; K. Fitzgerald - mermaids POSTERS, PRINTS & MAPS: 20+ Russian propaganda & pre-war posters incl. Kokorekin, V. Deni, D. Moor, K. Rotov, etc. 1920’s French travel posters, 4 by Roger Broders – Simplon Orient Express, Rome Express, Les Calanches de Piana & La Chaine du Mont-Blanc. Also: Touraine Chateau de Chambord by Tauzin; Le Lac Majeur by J. Lacaze; Metz by Thiry. Plus: Joan Miro original print “Beat” 1968; Jamie Wyeth 1979 litho of JFK in boat #45/300; S. Dali print “Miserable Flat” 1967; Ormsby engraving after Trumbull of Dec. of Independence; Donnelly copy of Dec. of Ind.; JJ Audubon “Californian Partridge”; ANTIQUE MAPS: Walling 1856 large map of Nantucket; 2 Peru maps 1719 & 1751; “New Map of S. America” by B. Cole for Duke of Gloucester; “De Vaste Kust van Chicora Tussen Florida & Virginie” 1706; Hand drawn “Europe” & “Africa” maps SILVER & JEWELRY: 8 flatware sets – Avalon & Prelude by Inter’l, Grand Baroque by Wallace, French Renaissance & Francis Ist by R&B, etc; Set 18 goblets, 103 ozt; Antique Tibetan silver amulets; 47 ozt Gucci modernist vase; 5 early French beakers by LJ Berger, S-R Rion, etc; Pr. Asprey bottle coasters; 100+ coin silver spoons; 1798 Georgian teapot; Russian 84 enamel cup w/genre; 2 large Judaic menorahs; F. Chiappe box - St. George & dragon; Many lots of holloware & flatware; Atocha 8 reale coin; Armadillo box attr. Los Castillos. JEWELRY: Several lots 1018K jewelry with gems - rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, etc; Ruby & diamond tennis bracelet ($7600 appraisal); Prs. of diamond earrings; Vict. gold & costume jewelry; Navajo squash blossom necklace; Cartier silver & Bucherer 18k gold lady’s watches; Wrist & pocket watches – Breitling & IWC Schaffhausen chrono’s NAUTICAL & SCRIMSHAW: Large, fine cased ship models on stands: Nantucket Lightship, USS Constitution, USS Essex; Iberia schooner by R. Matteson; 30” Vict. schooner model ; Antique floor binnacles & ship telegraph; 5 ft ship wheel on brass pedestal sgd. C. Dubbelman; (6) large scrimshaw whale’s teeth; Many sailor-made whalebone items incl. mini 8” hand saw w/sterling blade, 6 marbles, fids, crimper, etc; 2 scrimshaw cribbage boards; Eagle carved coconut rum cup w/names; Warren Shepard eagle plaque; Scarce tiled yacht stove; Scrimshaw bone globe; Whalebone dominoes; 9 old wood fish decoys & Black Hole Pulaski NY fish sign; Bone carved

sphere w/Greek poet Anacreon; Bronze naval cannon; Harpoon cannon; Sculler ship’s line-throwing cannon; 2 seashell valentines; 3 Beckenhaupt plaques – whale, shark, porpoise; Edson yacht wheel pub table; Oberwerk long-range observation binoculars on tripod; 3 Telescopes on tripods; USCG bronze bell on stand; 6 Nantucket baskets incl. purse w/whale sgd. R. Reyes

ASIAN ITEMS & PORCELAIN: Chinese includes: Pr. superb 24” Famille Rose temple jars, 17” chartreuse vase, Pr. 14” cache pots, Qianlong Export items, 17” signed planter, Canton & Rose Medallion, Chinese jade archer ring & bracelet, 12 ft. painted silk screen, silk robe & table cover with embroidered flags & eagle; 27” Japanese Imari vase; Cloisonne vases; Meiji Shibiyama ivory inlaid vase; Tibetan Thangkas & silver amulets

MILITARIA & CANES: Antique Colt 44 pistol; 2 silver inlaid Yemen Jambiya daggers; Antique Cannons – bronze naval, harpoon cannon, & iron rope-throw; Civil War swords – Ames M1852 naval officer, naval cutlass M1860, & saber M1812; C.W. era wool frock coat from Co. E of Minn. & rare Cavalry boots; War 1812 S.C. flintlock musket by E. Stillman; WWII flags - UK & New Zealand Air Force & French Resistance; WWII uniform & photos for Sergeant Wm. E. Halliday; WWII rangefinder; Air warfare prints w/pilot signatures; WWII photos by A. Lanza; German M1916 helmet & field gear; CANES: Antique Captain’s whale bone & Indian head signed Remington 1862; Figural & animal; Gadget canes – umbrella, flask, horse Measure, & seat cane

FURNITURE & CLOCKS / LAMPS: 2 antique tall clocks – Timothy Chandler NH & John Holt, Rochdale; Rare Seth Thomas bronze Montauk mantle clock; Chelsea ship’s clock/barometer set; 14” Chelsea 1900 ship’s wheel clock; Howard Miller Focal Point 9 tube wall clock (retail $12K); Tiffany Studios 424 bronze desk lamp; FURN: Tiger maple stands; Period furniture incl. English Chipp game table, No. Shore card table & bachelor chest; 2 king size beds – Leonard’s 4 post & rococco carved; Drexel block front chest; 6 ft inlaid Heppl. Sideboard; Handcrafted tall chair signed Circa

MISC. & RUGS: Oberwerk long-range observation binoculars on tripod 6525-40 WYJ; Selsi E. Vion, Paris telescope & English scope, both on stands; Fine coromandel lap desk sgd Tiffany & Betjemann’s London; Antique baseball glove & Wilson AC shirt; Robert Elliston decoy, F. Adams shore bird & others; Antique German porcelain dolls, doll trunk, clothing; Nantucket baskets incl.

ft. long Ch. Lindberg framed tapestry; Antique photography – Large

Convention 1912, E. Villella ballet dancer

&

“Howe”;

antique

Old Bar

&

J. Lindquist; Wood

C.

LEONARD

WILLIAM KEITH (American/CA, 1838-1911) Pastoral Landscape.

Chinese Imperial Dragon Robe. All lots to be offered in our Friday, September 20th Gallery Auction.

18th Century American Mahogany Chest on Chest.

Edward Eberle Porcelain Terra Sigillata Teapot. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco.

Emerald, Diamond, 14k Yellow Gold Necklace.

1970s Old Weller The Original 107 Proof, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

Reyes; 5

Repub.

by

trade signs for Pinkerton’s

Saddlery;

Harbor

Ogunquit signs; 19th

wood coat of arms

Horse drawn buggy copper weathervane. RUGS: About 20 old &

Oriental rugs in all sizes

Tim Chandler of NH tall clock

Collection of fish decoys Ship’s binnacle

Several large ship models Ruby & diamond bracelet Chinese Export painting

Seashell Valentine (1 of 2) Large scrimshaw whale teeth

C.H. Gifford painting

Huge ship wheel French travel posters (7) Antonio Jacobsen painting

Burke Ale painting Large Chinese vases Antique cannons (3)

Over 20 Russian posters

Estate Folk Art and Americana Auction

Monday, September 23rd at 5 pm

Featuring the collections of Alfred and Phyliss Selnick with select additions of portraiture, extensive collection of antique and vintage trade signs purchased from the early 1990s through the early 2000s from New York City auction houses and renowned dealers of the like.

Premier Online Auction of Early American Glass, Fine Tableware, Historical Flasks & Bottles. Auction begins September 19th & closes September 25th, 10pm Eastern Time.

KIMBALL’S ANTIQUE AUCTION

EGYPIAN REVIVAL DAYBED, ROSEWOOD SWAN TABLE, MISSION MANTLE , CHINESE CABINETS, MORE. ACCESSORIES: CIVIL WAR SABRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, , ICONS, PERFUME BOTTLESTREENWARE, SEWING ITEMS, VINTAGE TOYS, STONEWARE, FLIP CUPS, MINTON’S COCKATRICE SERVICE, MOSER ENAMELED EWER, GOBLET, CANTAGALI CHARGER, F BARBEDIENNE BRONZE, DAGUERREOTYPE COLLECTION, MORE ARTWORK: PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM CALCOTTE KNELLCARLTON A. SMITH, JANET SCOTT PERRY, ARTHUR DOVE, FEREDINAND KELLER, DAVID SCOTTAND 10+ WATERCOLOR SCROLLS .PRINTS BY BETTY WALDO PARRISH, FERDINAND SPRINGER, FREDERICK WHITAKER, 10+JAPANESE WOODBLOCKS CHINESE ANTIQUES : BRONZE FIGURES AND VASES, PORCELAINS, CARVINGS FROM WOOD , BONE AND IVORY, 4 TIBETAN TANKAS, ANTIQUE ROBES AND PANELS, JADE FOO DOGS WITH FITTED STANDS, CINNABAR, 3 PIECES QING BAI CINNABAR, TOMB FIGURES, JEWELRY, MORE BOOKS/EPHEMERA: EARLY BIBLES INCLUDE THE GENEVA BIBLE, 1861 HARVARD YEARBOOK, HARVARD SCRAPBOOK WITH NUMEROUS 1800S YALE VS HARVARD FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL TICKETS, 2 HIGHLY IMPORTANT ORIGINAL BOOK GALLEYS BY BY RENOWNED FIELD GEOLOGIST KATHARINE FOWLER BILLINGS FROM THE 1920S INCLUDE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES, HANDWRITTEN NOTES AND MORE.

TWO SESSION SEPTEMBER ESTATES AUCTION

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

VFW Hall, 123 Holliston St., Medway, MA

Session 1 – 2:30 PM Rugs and Curiosities

Session 2 – 5:00 PM Estates Auction

PREVIEWS

Open! Mon. Sept. 23rd - 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Tues., Sept. 24th - 9:00 AM to ½ hr. before sales

Coyle’s Auction is pleased to open the Fall Auction Season with a fine live Two Session Antique Estates Auction in Medway, MA on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. The auction will include an eclectic mix of furniture ranging from 17th C Spanish furniture, early American Furniture, to MCM offerings in addition to fine artwork, porcelain, silver bronzes etc. and much more drawn from Fox Hill Village Estate, together with Wayland, Brookline, Winchester and Mashpee homes with selected additions. Hundreds of fresh to the market offerings will be offered with no reserves and no internet bidding.

Phone and absentee bids always accepted and welcome. Reasonable 15% Buyer’s Premium. Seat Reservations are Recommended. Call or text 774-571-8263 or coylesauction@verizon.net

Visit www.coylesauction.com and link to Auction Zip for photos and descriptions.

SESSION 1 AT 2:30 PM RUGS AND CURIOSITIES: Session 1 Rugs and Curiosities auction begins at 2:30 PM and will include selection of oriental rugs, several nice book lots including marine books, Bryant’s Picturesque America, antique documents and other interesting estate lots.

SESSION 2 AT 5:00 PM -- FURNITURE: Handsome, fresh to the market from local estate very early antique Spanish Baroque walnut Vargueno with elaborate interior and fine shell carvings with elaborate ironwork, Early antique Spanish trestle table, antique American 2 part bonnet top double fan carved highboy, several nice lots of MCM including Herman Miller chairs, walnut credenza attr. Founders, and lg lot of Lightolier MCM lighting in boxes as well as original Risom and Miller catalogues, antq Mass. Sideboard, inlaid carved paw Federal work table with lift top, unusual lg RI curly maple QA dropleaf table, great ornately carved oak cabinet and server attributed to Horner, NY, Round oak carved table and 6 lion head chairs, English Regency and early American pieces, 18thC Continental cabinet, Mission oak furn incl L&JG day bed, a

Mission oak day bed, settle, etc., Antique American inlaid bowfront chest, RI antique bracket base chest, antique carved North Shore 4 post acanthus carved bed with fruit basket headboard, 18thC Continental walnut slant desk, sm antique inlaid Sheraton server, antique English small inlaid spice chest, antique gilt carved mirror, Regency style armchairs, pr antique child armchairs, and much more. ACCESSORIES: 38” antique carved and polychrome religious figure with glass eyes, English dressing box for 2 Sheffield silver London, eclectic collection of various carved antique figures, antique Phoenix gilt/mah mirror, Asian porcelain incl Imari collection and pottery, bronzes, fine porcelain, art glass collection including Kosta Boda, Murano, Applebaum, etc. nice lots of carved Asian carriers, and more. SILVER and Jewelry: Sterling flatware sets, several nice sterling lots some with Tiffany pieces, fine gold jewelry etc., ARTWORK: artwork including portrait of “Aunt Hattie” o/c by Margaret Fernald Dole AAPL Gold Medal Award Grand Nat’l Exhibit 1964 in wonderful signed Thulin 1923 frame, oil on canvas of English merchant gentleman (label John Purnel 1761-1821), Hayley Lever oil on board (6 ½” x 8”), oval portrait

watercolor of woman in lace bonnet and collar (label Minneapolis Gallery Label Elizabeth Gregory 1794-1866), portrait of American vessel attributed Egidus Linnig 1854, several marine paintings with contemporary artists (D. Tayler, Norma Ruben, RW Young etc.), antique portraits of young Massachusetts ladies, several Japanese and Chinese woodblock prints, signed and unsigned art, and other art

TERMS: M. Coyle Auction Lic 2369, Cash/check/MC&Visa 508-733-6868, No Food will be offered 15% Buyer’s Premium – ABSENTEE AND PHONE BIDS WELCOME, just call 774571-8263 to arrange. No Online Bidding. www.coylesauction.com

DIRECTIONS: Sale held at the VFW Post 1526, 123 Holliston St., Medway, MA off Route 109 Email: coylesauction@ verizon.net www.coylesauction.com

Early antique Spanish Baroque walnut Vargueno with elaborate interior, ironwork and ne shell carvings

Early antique Spanish trestle table

Antique American inlaid bowfront chest

38” antique carved and polychrome religious gure with glass eyes

Oil on canvas portrait of English merchant gentleman (label John Purnel 1761-1821)

Portrait of American vessel attributed Egidus Linnig 1854

18thC Continental walnut slant desk

Antique American 2 part bonnet top double fan carved highboy

RI antique bracket base chest

Antique watercolor with gures and ruins

Antique English spice chest

Rosewood antique inlaid dropleaf Hepplewhite table

Portrait of Olive Willetts oil on canvas

Portrait of “Aunt Hattie” o/c by Margaret Fernald Dole AAPL Gold Medal Award Grand Nat’l Exhibit 1964 in wonderful signed Thulin 1923 frame

Selection of antique chairs

Antique Phoenix mirror

Oval portrait watercolor of woman in lace bonnet and collar (label Minneapolis Gallery Label Elizabeth Gregory 1794-1866

Antique gilt heavily carved mirror

Large Rhode Island curly maple Queen Anne dropleaf table

Hayley Lever oil on board (6 ½” x 8”)

Ornate inlaid lift top cabinet

Heavily carved server and china cabinet with winged cherub crests (attributed to Horner, NY)

Vintage Herman Miller chairs

Inlaid carved paw Federal work table with lift top

Gorham Sterling Buttercup Pattern Service For (8) w/Extras Incl. Serving Pieces, C. 1940/50, W. 53.5 oz. (w/o Knives) 11 Butter, 11 Dinner

Large Lots of Antique Christmas Ornaments, 19/20th C.

The Charles Parker Painted Cast Iron Coffee Mill, 19th C., H. 14”, W. 11”

Fantastic Red, White & Blue Painted Pine Game Wheel, 19th C., H. 32”, W. 21”, D. Base 15”

Deco 14kt Yellow Gold Necklace w/Roman Kosan Coin 54 BC MS, L. 18”, W. 20.6 DWT

1925 Buick 4 Door Sedan, VIN #1345673

Rare Japanese Woodblock Print “Snow Mountain” Signed Azechi Umetaro (1902-1999 Japan) C. 1961, Sheet 24” x 17 3/8”, Edition 1/20

Danish Modern Teakwood Mushroom Form Table Lamp w/Glass Shade, C. 1960, H. 12”, D. 13”

(13) Assorted Baseball Exhibit Cards, C. 1950’S Incl. Mickey Mantle, 5 1/2” x 3 1/2”

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES ESTATE AUCTION

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th, 2024 MERRILL’S AUCTION GALLERY

JAMES BROWN DRIVE, WILLISTON, VERMONT

Merrills Auctioneers and Appraisers September auction is an interesting mix of antiques and collectibles, including an extremely rare set of 4 Sabra Field prints “Round Barn Quartet”, 10 other Sabra Field prints, including “Stowe- Summer”, as well as works by other Vermont artists, a large collection of original and reproduction glass Gasoline Globes, other Petroliana, Victorian Oak, and Country Store Furniture, Signs, & Advertising, Toys including Marx Tractors in original boxes, Model Speedboats including steam, gas, electric, Dolls, Pedal Cars, a large hoard of US silver coins, a large group of Stowe, VT Moriarty hats including Grateful Dead, Glass & China including a large collection of Syrup Pitchers, a large collection of Hummels, Gold & Silver Jewelry. 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle. Preview in person THURSDAY, September 19th from 1 to 6 pm, & FRIDAY, September 20th from 8 am until 9:30 am sale time, or by prior appointment. Please review our catalog through

& Auction

14k, natural ruby, & dia earrings

Howe RR Track Scale sign

International Harvester pedal tractor

Frank Wallace (Stowe, VT 1918-2003) painting archive

J F Holley Adirondacks photo album

Sabra Field (Vt 1935- ) The Round Barn Quartet

Sabra Field (Vt 1935- ) Stowe Summer

Sinclair Oils embossed gasoline globe

Ethyl gasoline globe

sign

Gargoyle reproduction gasoline globe

ca 1930 gas-powered model speed boat

Keystone Watertower Fire Truck

US silver quarter dollars (400 pcs)

ca 1920 Boucher steam powered model boat

ONSITE Antique & Real Estate Auction

Registered Historic Landmark 1838 Home, The Robert (92) & Ruth (93) Uhlig Family Sunday, September 22, 2024, 10am • Preview 8am to 10am at The Cottonwood Farm (1838) • 27658 Dablon Point Rd, Cape Vincent, NY 13618

1000 Islands Historic Real Estate sells at 11am • Preview to be announced (400 feet on Wilson’s Bay, 2 homes + 50 acres) LiveAuctioneers.com Online bidding beginning at 12noon. For extensive antique photos & descriptions, visit LiveAuctioneers.com

Iroquois Auction

PO Box 736, Brewerton, NY 13029 iroquoisauction@gmail.com • 315-561-9777 Gerald A. Petro, Auctioneer and Appraiser

Security: Live Police Officer On Site Sale Days. 24-hour Sentra Closed-Circuit TV system. No Gold, Coins, or Firearms stored on Property. All statements made on sale day take precedence over printed material. Catered under tents, chairs provided. All items sold as-is with no guarantees or warranties.

27th

Fine Arts & Antiques December 8th Asian Fine Arts & Antiques

Auction from SJ Auctioneers

Online Auction Starts September 22, 6pm edt Pre-bidding is available now at LiveAuctioneers.com www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/340003_superluxury-jewelry-silverware-toys-and-decor/ Contact Us Today To Consign www.tremontauctions.com Fall 2024 Auction Schedule

Ammi

THURSDAY

OCTOBER 2ND-4TH & 7TH-8TH 9:30AM - 3:30PM OCTOBER 9TH 9:30 AM - 2:00PM

FALL GALLERY AUCTION

Agnes Martin

John Prentiss Benson

Thomas Chambers, attributedJohn Ross Key Samuel Lancaster Gerry

Clam digger weathervane

Joseph H. Davis Civil War ledgers

William Matthew Prior

Semper Eadem pewter

Massachusetts redware pot Massachusetts weathervane Connecticut redware crock

Samuel Danforth pewter

New England chestNew Hampshire

Peterborough Auctions

Dorsey, Leon Huber, Calves, and Brunel De Neuville. Our collection also features Art Nouveau vases, Goldscheider masks, several English cameo pieces,

bronze sculptures by Gerome, Chinese erotica figures, a pair of Pietra Dura plaques, and a Tiffany four-piece repousse tea set. Additionally, explore monumental silver Judaica Megillahs, a rare Mephisto nightlight by Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821-1909), a large malachite chest with bronze mounts, an attributed Alphonse Mucha “Portrait of a Beauty,” and a large Amphora Art Nouveau figural piece. With over 300 exceptional items, this is a sale you won’t want to miss!

William Dorsey (1942-2019 Ojai, CA) Coastal

Steuben Blue Aurene Glass Tree Trunk Vase

Paul Schouten (1860-1922) Cows Drinking Painting

Michel Beguine (1855-1929) Nymph & Serpent

Mephistofeles Rare Aladdin Luxe Perfume Lamp

Jules Gustave Leroy (1856-1921) Cats Painting

Tiffany Studios Blue Favrile Bowl

Important Large Lement Massier Vase

Goldscheider Bacchus & Satyr Masks c.1900

Clement Massier (1844-1917) Swan Neck Vase

Loetz Sterling Silver Overlay Vase Le Verre Francais Scarabees Beetle Lamp Base

Large Signed Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase Galle Ceramic Cat with Glass Eyes

Cornelis Raaphorst (1875-1954) 3 Kittens Playing Cold Painted Austrian Bruno Zach Bronze Lamp

Attrb. Alphonse Mucha Portrait of a Beauty

Solid Silver Judaica Megillah Case

Rare Zsolnay Lady Pitcher w/Coin Mark

Marcel Chauffriasse Art Deco Enamel Vase Huge Robert Pfeffer (1885-1954) 26 1/2 inch Art Nouveau Figural Vase

George Nemethy (American, b. 1952) Sailboats

Clement Massier (1844-1917) Monumental Floor Vase

English Cameo Glass Collection

Original Louis Icart Carriage Ride Painting

Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821-1909) White Spitz

Francois Martin Kavel (1861-1931) A Beauty

English Cameo Vase Decorated with Acorns

Art Nouveau Gustavo Obiols Delgado Idylle Marble & Bronze Figural

Art Glass Collection

Museum Quality Tiffany & Co. Sterling Tea Set

Malachite Jewelry Chest with Dore Bronze mounts

Jean-Leon Gerome (18241904) Bacchante w/Grapes

Gabriel Beauvais for Kaza Editions 3 Cats

Albert De Gesne (1864-1903) Hunting Dogs at Rest

Early Fall Estates Auction

Fabulous Firearms Collection, Antiques, Swords, Military, Toys, Automotive & Firearms Library, Art & Much More at The Langdell Homestead Barn

697 Isaac Frye Highway Wilton, N. H. (Isaac Frye Highway is North off Route 101 opposite Brookside Gas Station)

Saturday September

21st 10am

If you saw our ad in last week’s “BEE”, here are a few more photos. Auction highlights include a fabulous collection of 90+ antique and modern firearms, from a lifelong collector, including rifles, revolvers, pistols, and ammunition with many Winchesters, Marlins, Colts & more. Additional items of interest: collection of Toy Guns (Hubley, Mattel, Nichols etc.); Powder Horns; Civil War and other Swords; Military items; Paintings & Prints; two prints by M. Gamy; 3 Large Folio C&Is; Swayne Robinson & Co 15” bell; Regina & other Music Boxes; Children’s Guitars & Banjo; Ukuleles; Bronze & Iron statues; Pipes & Tobacco Jars; extensive collection of Automotive and Firearms books & magazines; Jewelry & much more! Come join us for another fun-filled auction!

Arrangements are being made with a local licensed federal firearms dealer for required background checks and transfers. Cost of transfers to be borne by the buyers.

For additional information, please see our ad and photos at AuctionZip.com ID# 26648

Previews: Friday Sept. 20th 10AM-4PM and Day of the Sale 8AM-10AM Earlier previews by appointment

450+ Lot Sale

Featuring:

425 Pair sneaker collection highlighted by a number of rare pieces including four pairs of Adidas men’s Muhammed Ali Classics, retail price $10K+ per pair, Adidas men’s Adicolor Hi R12, retail price 3K+, men’s Nike Dunk High Premium Papa Bear Three Bears, Bathing Apes (Bapes), 30+ NBA themed Adidas sneakers, 20+ Adidas Star Wars themed sneakers, along with dozens of pairs of both men’s women’s sneakers by Nike, Reebok, Puma, Greedy Genius, etc.

Collection of 100+ Hermes silk scarves, 20+ lots of handbags/purses highlighted by three leather Hermes bags, 7 Judith Leiber pieces, 14 Louis Vuitton pieces, Fendi, Prada, Barry Keiselstein, Gucci, etc.

100+ lots of clothing highlighted by 8 lots of Loro Piana, including chinchilla and cashmere pieces, women’s and men’s suit jackets, etc, Chanel women’s blazers and shawls, Christian Dior, Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Brooks

Givenchy, Eskandar, Georgio Armani, along with a dozen lots of women’s fur coats, etc.

50+ lots of High End Women’s Footwear highlighted by

Brothers,

Alaia Paris, Stuart Weitzman, Salvatore Ferragamo, Helene Arpels, Bruno Magli, Ara, etc.

Hermes, 1 of 3

Vicky Teal, never worn

Coco Chanel, 1 of many

Loro Piana, 1 of 8 lots

Louis Vuitton, 1 of 7 lots

Hermes Clemence Roulis

Part of 100+ Lot Hermes Silk Scarf Collection

Adidas Adicolor Hi B12

Pair of Alaia Paris Women’s Shoes 1 of 50 lots of Women’s High-End Shoes

Dunk Bueller

Bape 2 of Many

Cashmere Sweaters 5 of 100

Loro Piana Lot 1 of 50+ shawls

4 of 30 Pairs of NBA Sneakers

Men Nike Dunks 1 of 420+ Pairs

1 of 20 Tablecloths

Two of Many Women’s Fur Coats

1 of 4 Pairs Adidas Muhammed Ali

Judith Leiber, 1 of 4 lots

cana collection of Pat and Ruthanne Conley of Ft. Thomas, Kentucky. They were avid collectors of early Americana. Pat was especially fond of his boxes, from a small sliding lid box to his blanket chests, he loved his boxes. Both Pat’s and Ruthanne’s childhood homes were in Pennsylvania. Every chance they had, they traveled to Pennsylvania to visit her parents’ home in Somerset County and purchase early Americana antiques. This auction includes boxes, lanterns, blue decorated stoneware, spice chests, candle boxes, primitives, early lighting, treenware, furniture, etc.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Cash, check, Visa and MasterCard w/proper ID. 18% Buyers Premium in house. 24% for phone and absentee bidding. 3% convenience fee for credit cards. You may bid live in person, by absentee, by telephone, or by internet - Please check out our website at www.forsythesauctions.com for

10:00 am: Sterling,Jewelry,Coins&Gold 12:00 pm: Furniture,Smalls&Artwork,Wholesale &Re-SellersOnly 2:30 pm: Lp’s,VideoGames,Tools,Vintage Computers,TableLots,BoxLots,45’s, StereoItems.

Saturdays9am-12pm,Mondays10am-1pm orbyAppointment