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Tahitian Stone Poi Pounder Sold for $10,600
Bronze Shiva Sculpture, India Sold for $16,250
Silk Dragon Robe, China, mid 19th c. Sold for $23,700
Ming Dynasty Buddha Sold for $17,000
Kota Reliquary Figure Sold for $8,750
Downsizing? Making changes? Dealing with an estate or inheritance? Are you sitting on valuable items you no longer use or need? Material Culture’s specialist and estate auctions reach the most affluent, knowledgeable, competitive buyers in the world.
Italian School (19th c.) The Colosseum, Sold for $11,250 Antique Russian Icon Sold for $6,800
Qiu Deshu (Chinese, 20th c.) Painting Antique Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddha Sold for $12,500 Sold for $20,000
Minton Pate-Sur-Pate Porcelain Plates Sold for $27,500
Swiss Armorial Stained Glass Windows Sold for $23,375
Antique Vargueno Spanish Cabinet Sold for $13,750
Wesner LaForest (Haitian, 1927-1965) Sold for $8,750 Ottoman Embroidery Sold for $12,000
Carved Marble Relief, India, 12th c. Sold for $6,500
Jack Smith (American, 1932-1989) The Beautiful Book, Sold for $6,250 Antique Louis Vuitton Hat Box Sold for $3,750
19th c Samuel Robb Cigar Store Statue Sold for $35,000
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Civil War Robbins and Lawrence “Mississippi” Rifle Sold for $3,625
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SEEKING QUALITY CONSIGNMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS, ESTATES, PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, BUSINESSES, TRUSTS, MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITIES Fine Art | Folk Art | | Asian Arts | Ancient & Ethnographic Arts Decorative Arts | Americana | Carpets & Textiles | Modern Design Books & Manuscripts | Jewelry & Timepieces | Silver & Objects de Vertu
With over three decades of experience in the fields of art, folk art, decorative arts, antiques and collectibles from around the world, Material Culture brings a discerning eye and a careful hand to the marketing and selling of your property at public auction. Whether you are an individual, estate, or business seeking to consign a single object or an entire collection, our specialists and experienced staff will provide you with individualized attention and service through the entire auction process, from pre-assessment inspection to post-auction payment. Material Culture’s regularly scheduled theme, specialist, general estate and single owner/estate auctions cover a vast and eclectic array of diverse types, media, periods, styles and price ranges. All auctions are accessible to an international audience through multiple online platforms that connect in real time with the live in-house auction sales. Our auctions regularly attract thousands of live and online bidders from 60+ countries, and we place the highest priority on achieving the best results by reaching a global audience. Material Culture provides auction consignors a transparent, no-surprises, low flat % rate which takes into account our shared goal of reaching the strongest, most competitive markets for your property; there are no additional charges or fees for photography, marketing, internet listings and insurance. Located in the historic landmark Atwater Kent Radio Factory, Material Culture’s 50,000 square foot exhibition spaces are among the finest in the country, and our central, convenient location in Philadelphia (just 11 minutes from the Philadelphia Art Museum, Center City and 30th Street Station) offers free, unlimited parking 7 days a week, including easy access loading and unloading for every size vehicle and truck.
CONSIGNING MADE EASY Auction Estimates: First, we need to learn about the items you wish to sell and provide you with an auction estimate. This assessment is free-of-charge and confidential. We can review your objects in a number of ways: Photos: An easy first step is to email or mail photographs to us. Please include any information you can give us regarding the dimensions, condition or markings, media, and provenance, which are often important factors in determining the object’s value. This will help us make our assessment, though our estimate may change on first-hand examination. Visit Us: Examining an object in person allows us to give you the most informed auction estimate. If you would like to make an appointment to meet with a specialist, email or call us with a date and time of your preference. Call Us: Please let the receptionist know that you have an item you would like to sell at auction, and you will be forwarded to the appropriate specialist. On-Site Visit: If you are seeking to auction off an entire estate, an extensive collection, or a large item with limited mobility, a specialist can be made available to travel to your location to make an assessment. Transportation: If you are unable to transport or ship the items yourself, we will work with you to find a solution. CONSIGNMENT QUERIES: EMAIL: expert@materialculture.com PHONE: 215-438-4700 MAIL: Material Culture Auctions 4700 Wissahickon Avenue, Suite 101, Philadelphia PA. 19144
The Glaxo Smith Kline Collection: 456 lots offered, 456 sold “Material Culture understands the unique challenges and opportunities of auctioning large single owner collections and estates. Where others may seek to cherry pick a limited group of high value items, we strive to see the bigger picture and tap its potential for making the whole greater than the sum of its parts.” —George Jevremovic, President, Material Culture
William Nichols (American b. 1942), “Late Summer Afternoon” Sold for $5,300
Sheila Hicks The Double Prayer Rug Sold for $28,750
Navajo Germantown Blanket Sold for $6,875
A New and Correct Map of the World, circa 1700s Sold for $4,060
Helena Hernmarck (Sweden, b.1941) Handwoven Silk and Wool Tapestry Sold for $7,500 Natkin, Bath Apollo, 1980, Sold for $8,875
Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture Sold for $53,125
Moe Brooker, Mixed Media, 1980 Sold for $5,000
Kataro Shirayamadani Rookwood Vase Sold for $6,250
Pierre Soulages, Abstract Lithograph Sold for $4,060
The Kristina Barbara Johnson Estate: 987 lots offered, 967 sold “I dealt with five auction houses when dismantling my mother’s enormous estate and wish I had just gone to Material Culture first…Their marketing is more creative, and technologically advanced than other auction houses…We sold a pair of foo dogs that had been sitting for as long as I can remember on my mother’s bathroom floor. Because of their location, they were passed over by other auction houses. Material Culture picked them out right away. In the end the dogs triggered one of the most spectacular bidding wars I have ever seen, finally going for over 140K!” —Jeniah “Kookie” Johnson
1950 Pontiac Chieftain Convertible Sold for $12,500 Pair of Chinese Jeweled Gilt Bronze Foo Dogs Sold for $143,750
Andy Warhol Drawing, circa 1954 Sold for $8,750
Antique American Wool Pictorial Hooked Rug Sold for $4,690
Antique Chinese Silk Embroidery Sold for $6,250
Raymond Coins (American, 1904-1994) Sold for $5,000
Pair Cast Iron Whippets, Possibly by J. W. Fiske, Sold for $5,000 18th C. Hudson Valley Pine Cupboard Sold for $11,250
Pair of Massive Natural Whale Jawbones Sold for $5,000
Sam Doyle (American, 1906-1985) Sold for $6,875
Clementine Hunter (American/Louisiana, 1886-1988) Sold for $4,375
George Washington’s 1797 Address Declining Sold for $2,625
The Jonathan Demme Collection of Self-Taught Art 1048 lots offered, 931 sold “I’m so grateful to Material Culture for conceiving of this auction as an exhibition, an event where anyone who shows up will get to see this ‘quirky’ collection in full display. Artists whose work I first encountered in the dusty attics of the Centre d’art or the Iron Market, both in Port-au-Prince, or in the Jacmel Artists Co-op, will now be in a show in Philadelphia!” —Jonathan Demme
Hector Hyppolite (Haitian/St. Marc, 1894-1948), Sold for $43,750
Philome Obin (Haitian/Cap-Haitien, 1892-1986), Sold for $32,500
Georges Liautaud (Haitian/Croix-des-Boquets, 1899-1992) Sold for $12,500
Peterson Laurent (Haitian/St. Marc, 1888-1958), Sold for $13,750
Leopard Bird House (American, 20th c.) Sold for $4,060
Jasmin Joseph (Haitian, 20th c.) Sold for $10,000
Hector Hyppolite (Haitian/St. Marc, 1894-1948) Sold for $25,000
Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Jacmel, 1923-2012), Sold for $11,875
Wesner LaForest (Haitian, 1927-1965) Sold for $12,500
The Bob Brand and Liz Werthan Collection 888 lots offered, 840 sold
Marisol Escobar (French, b. 1930) “Self-portrait with Hair”, 1981 Sold for $8,125
Frank Stella (American, b. 1936) “The Affidavit”, From the Moby Dick Series, 1993 Sold for $13,750
Chris Burden (American, 1946-2015) “The Atomic Alphabet”, 1980 Sold for $11,000
Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988) “Prevalence of Ritual Series”, 1974 Sold for $17,500
Sam Gilliam (American, b. 1933) “Two” Sold for $2,750 Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000) “Hiroshima”Series Sold for $10,000
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) “Criminal au Miller”, c. 1970 Sold for $5,250
Elizabeth Catlett (American, 1915-2012) “Blues”, 1983 Sold for $2,875
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000) “Builders Three” Sold for $4,060
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971) “Godspeed”, 1931 Sold for $4,060
Pedro Linares (1906-1992) Capitalist Walking Dog Sold for $2,750
Bill Liske Collection, Colorado 189 lots offered, 180 sold
14th-16th c. Tibetan Thangka of Vajra Varahui Sold for $47,500
Yuan Period Tibetan Thangka Sold for $5,000 Tibetan Tiger Rug Sold for $3,750
Tibetan Tiger Meander Rug Sold for $4,500
Red Buddhist Dharmapala Dance Mask Sold for $3,625
Antique Oriental Carpets: thousands offered, thousands sold
Antique Serapi Rug, Sold for $11,250
Antique Serapi Carpet, Sold for $22,500 Antique Serapi Carpet, Sold for $20,000
Antique Tabriz Rug, Sold for $18,750 Angora Oushak Carpet, Turkey Sold for $17,500
Antique Serapi Rug Sold for $8,125
Private Asian Textile Collection, New York 208 lots offered, 190 sold
Chinese Silk Dragon Robe, 18th/19th c. Sold for $3,250
19th c. Chinese Silk Kesi Tapestry Sold for $3,750
Antique Chinese Imperial Dragon Robe Sold for $28,750 Chinese Blue Dragon Robe Gold Thread Sold for $3,500
Kerman Pictorial Rug Sold for $9,375
Lori Pambak Kazak Rug Sold for $5,940
29 Antique Chinese Silk Embroidered Banner, 18th c., Sold for $5,940
Antique Sewan Kazak Rug Sold for $5,000
Antique Chinese Dragon Rug Sold for 5,625
Antique Bidjar Rug, Sold for $11,875 Mohtashem Kashan Carpet, Sold for $11,875 Camel Field Bakshaish Carpet, Sold for $16,250
The Silver Shop, Princeton, New Jersey: 1893 lots offered, 1821 sold
English Sterling Silver Art Deco Tea & Coffee Service, Sold for $8,750
Gorham Silver Candelabras Sterling and Ebony c. 1970, Sold for $5,625
Georg Jensen, Silver and Ebony Coffeepot, Sold for $5,625
Franz Hagenauer Weightlifter Sold for $3,125
Private Fine Art Collection: 889 lots offered, 860 sold
John Tunnard (British, 1900-1971), Sold for $23,750
Edward Hopper “Night Shadows”, 1921 Signed Etching , Sold for $22,500
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967) Original Sketchbook, Sold for $16,250
Private Collection of Self-Taught Art: 118 offered, 114 sold
Prince Twins Seven Seven (Nigeria, 1944-2011), Sold for $13,750
Anna Zemankova (Czech,1908-1986) “Trepetalky”, Sold for $6,875
Prince Twins Seven-Seven “The Dream of the Abiku Child” Sold for $7,500
Pennsylvania Collection: Purvis Young (American, 1943-2010)
Felipe Jesus Consalvos Mixed Media Guitar Sold for $7,300
Purvis Young, Sold for $25,000 Purvis Young , Sold for $13,750
Purvis Young , Sold for $12,500
Purvis Young , Sold for $9,375
George Anderson Collection 235 lots offered, 232 sold
Maxfield Parrish “Harvest�, c. 1905, Watercolor and Gouache , Sold for $12,500
Frances Hammell Gearhart Woodblock Print, Sold for $5,625
Choong Kam Kow (Malaysian, 20th c.) Sold for $4,100
Samuel Joseph Brown Sold for $4,100
Aaron Fine Estate 889 lots offered, 860 sold
Andrew Turner (American, 1944-2001), Sold for $2,125
Louisa Matthiasdottir (Icelandic-American, 1917-2000) , Sold for $9,375 Louisa Matthiasdottir (IcelandicAmerican, 1917-2000), Sold for $6,250
DeHoogh Gallery 414 offered, 414 sold
2 Japanese Meiji period MOP Inlaid Boxes, Sold for $4,685 Antique Chinese Scroll, Manner of Qiu Ying (1494-1552), Sold for $10,000
Chinese Lacquerware, Sold for $4,060
Milton Ginsburg Estate 110 offered, 104 sold
Joseph Csaky (French, 1888-1971) Bronze Sculpture, Sold for $10,625
Traditional English Sterling Silver Tea Service Sold for $4,375
Figured Tulipwood Turned Bowl Signed Moulthrop, Sold for $1,875
Mende Helmet Sold for $2,000
Tall African Baule Figure, Sold for $2,125
Chinese Black Laquer Sign, Sold for $7,500 Chinese Celadon Tripod Censer Sold for $4,375 Large Antique Chinese Cizhou Phoenix Jar with Stand, Sold for $4,060
Japanese Carved Stone Lantern, Meiji, 19th c. Sold for $4,690
Pair of Antique Chinese Hanging Calligraphy Scrolls Sold for $5,625
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Vase Sold for $12,500
18th c Persian or Indian Silk and Metal Thread Roundel Sold for $3,250
Patek Philippe & Cie 18K, Pocket Watch Sold for $4,375 Kovinatilliak ‘C’ Takpaungai (Cape Dorset, b. 1942) Sold for $3,250
Antique Chinese Red Porcelain Vase Sold for $8,125 Antique Silk Pictorial Judaica Kashan Rug Sold for $4,060
Group of Decorated Mexican Folk Pottery Sold for $4,690
Tibetan Thangka, 19th c., Sold for $5,940
Dale Chihuly Blue Seaform Vase Sold for $3,125
New Republic Portfolio 1924 Sold for $25,000
Jose Villegas y Cordero (Spanish, 1844-1921) The Young Prince Sold for $6,875
Francis Speight (Pennsylvania, 1896-1989) Sold for $8,750
19th C. Oil Painting by Carlo Pittara Sold for $7,500
Felipe Jesus Consalvos, Cuban-American, 1891-1960’s “Do Not Storm the System”, Sold for $5,000
Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936) Sold for $4,060 Ismael Gonzalez de la Serna (Spanish, 1897-1968) Sold for $6,875
Peterson Laurent (Haitian/St. Marc, 1888-1958), Sold for $7,500
Working Model of a 4-Sided Planer Machine, c. 1890 Sold for $3,500
French Patinated Bronze Bust of Saida Sold for $4,060
Harry Bertoia (Italy-USA, 1915-1978) Wheat Sheaves Sold for $11,250
Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds (Jamaican, 1911-1989), Sold for $9,375
Wilson Bigaud (Haitian/ Port-au-Prince, 1931-2010) Sold for $4,060
Kwame Akoto aka Almighty God (Ghanaian, b. 1950), Sold for $5,000
Fine Blue Fereghan Sarouk Carpet, Persia, circa 1900, Sold for $5,000
Fred Johnson (American, 1892-1990) Dope Show Banner, Sold for $5,300
Antique Chinese Hardwood Bench Sold for $9,375
Pair of Antique Chinese Summer Palace Chairs Sold for $20,000
Antique Tibetan Lama’s Ceremonial Robe Sold for $11,875
Antique Chinese Ivory Jar Sold for $4,375
Dong Gao (1740-1818) Chinese Landscape Scroll Sold for $31,250
Antique Chinese Desk Sold for $8,125
Pair of Antique Chinese Dragon Cups Sold for $3,750
Antique Chinese Jade and Nacre Screen Sold for $6,875
Judith Schaechter, Stained Glass Sold for $7,500 Sesquicentennial Souvenir Chinese Tea Box Sold for $5,900
1st Edition: Roll, Jordan, Roll, Sold for $5,625
Ben Enwonwu Bronze Sold for $10,000
Libbey “Embassy” Art Deco Stemware Sold for $5,940
The Lusiad, Luis de Camoens; Richard Fanshaw, 1655 Sold for $7,500
Antique Persian Silk Tapestry Panel Sold for $7,500
Francis Speight , Sold for $8,750
James Rosenquist Paper Clip Sold for $5,940
Greco Roman Style Carved Stone Stele Sold for $9,375
Pair Versace Louis XVI Style Bergeres Sold for $4,685
Joseph Solman, Sold for $10,625 Studio Made Memphis Style Brass Chair Sold for $8,125
Manuel Alverez Bravo, Sold for $3,375
James Castle, Sold for $4,250
Leonid Purygin, Sold for $8,750
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Philip Guston “Summer”, 1980 Sold for $4,680
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