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VOL. 45, NO. 20 FRIDAY MAY 16, 2014
Cordier’s Spring Antique & Fine Art Catalog Auction Is Set For May 17 And 18
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and a folk art Boston James Fennimore Cooper’s “Leather Tea Party diorama. Stocking Tales” is estimated to bring Over 50 lots of $800-$1,000. Other offerings will silver will be sold include Sevres and tramp art. including flatSunday’s session will begin with ware, tea furniture, followed by rugs, sets, and ethnographic material, Asian pitchers. A material, art, lighting, and clocks. tureen in One of the highlights is a 1930s sinDanish silver gle-owner print collection. The colby Carl M. Cohr lection of Mary Emerson Lovejoy carries an estiOlds, consigned by her great-grandmate of $1,500 daughter, was amassed mainly to $2,000. Also through the Boston firms of of note is a fiveGoodman-Walker, Godspeed’s Book piece Whiting Shop, and Holman’s Print Shop durSterling tea set ing the 1930s and early 1940s. The (estimate $3,500 collection includes Albrecht Durer’s to $5,000). “St. Anthony Reading” (estimate Silver will be $3,000 to $5,000) and “Bay followed by Windows” by Martin Lewis fine jewelry (estimate $6,000 and watches, to $8,000). including diamond More than 60 and gemstone rings, lots of furniture and 18th-century Dutch rugs will be offered, Native American The Baroque marquetry talljewelry, antique case clock is estimated at including a mid-century watches, and more. A $6,000-$8,000. modern dining table by Skovby. 2.61 ctw diamond Other pieces of note include a ring in platinum, estimated at $6,000- Philadelphia Empire sofa, probably $10,000, is certain to shine. Twenty three from the shop of Anthony Querville lots of Native American jewelry will (estimate $700 to $1,000), and a include a bear claw necklace and multiple Qing Dynasty Chinese cuff bracelets. carved rosewood parlor Saturday’s session will contable (estimate $1,500 to clude with decorative arts, $3,000). More than 25 porcelain, and glass. lots of rugs will be Highlights offered. include a More than 100 lots of selection of ethnographic and Asian Roseville and arts are included in Sunday’s Weller art pottery. session, among them a pair A 68-inch of large Famille Verte 100 Venetian lacDeer vases (estimate $3,000 quered and to $5,000). Asian arts will polychrome also feature Chinese and p a i n t e d Japanese porcelain, cloisonBlackamoor figure né, ivory, and woodblocks. has an estimate of Ethnographic arts will feature $3,000 to $5,000. Native American pieces, A girandole garincluding a 19th-century The pair of Chinese Famille Verte 100 deer vases is estimated niture set depictat $3,000-$5,000. This Aesthetic Move-ment brass and glass ing figures from ordier Auctions will hold their Spring Antique & Fine Art auction in Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18. Highlights of the sale include a pair of Famille Verte 100 Deer vases, a Philadelphia Empire sofa, and an ornate Dutch baroque marquetry tallcase clock. The sale will also feature a single-owner print collection, as well as a 2.61 ctw diamond and platinum ring, in addition to fine art, sterling, furniture, rugs, collectibles, and Asian art. The auction will be held in the company’s auction house located at 1500 Paxton St. Saturday’s session will include coins, paper and photography, collectibles, silver, and jewelry and watches, among a variety of decorative arts. The coin category will feature foreign coins such as a 1986 Switzerland-Helvetia Gold four-piece proof set (estimate $2,000 to $3,000). A highlight in the paper and photography category will be a Felice Beato Second Opium War album (estimate $5,000 to $10,000). Felice Beato is credited as being one of the first photographers to document a military campaign when he accompanied the British Army into China in 1860. Collectibles will offer a wide selection of items, from folk art to instruments and juke boxes. A Rock-Ola series F model 1422 jukebox (estimate $1,500 to $3,000) is sure to get the crowd moving. Also offered will be barber chairs, two made by Koken,
Hopi kachina doll (estimate $300 to $600). Sunday’s auction will conclude with clocks and lighting. Ten tall-case clocks will be offered, including a heavily inlaid 18th-century Dutch baroque The 2.61 ctw diamond and platinum ring is estimated at $6,000-$10,000.
marquetry tall-case clock by Jacob Hasius (estimate $6,000 to $8,000) and an American Gothic Revival clock topped with stepped spires (estimate $3,000 to $5,000). Of note in lighting will be an Aesthetic movement bronze and glass hall light (estimate $500 to $1,000). For additional information on this twoday catalog sale, call 717-731-8662 or visit www.CordierAuction.com. Images courtesy Cordier Auctions.
A Chinese rosewood carved table is estimated at $1,500$3,000.
hanging light is estimated at $500-$1,000.
The Carl M. Cohr Danish silver covered soup tureen is estimated at $1,500-$2,000.
The Felice Beato Second Opium War photograph album holds an estimate of $5,000-$10,000. Beato is credited as being one of the first photographers to document a military campaign A late-19th-century Hopi Kachina doll is esti- This Martin Lewis (American 1881-1962) mated at $300-$600. print is estimated at $6,000-$8,000. when he accompanied the British Army into China in 1860.