Antiques & Auction News 070816

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Frank Feather Cane Sells For $6,900 At Gateway

FRIDAY JULY 8, 2016 • VOL. 47, NO. 28

Garth’s Early American Auction And 10th Annual Ohio Valley Session Regional Pottery And Glass Ruled The Day By Paul Locher Garth’s Auction marked a milestone on May 14 with its 10th annual edition of the Ohio Valley Session. The unique, and always much anticipated auction was designed to showcase antiques from the so-called Ohio Valley region, which encompasses not only the Buckeye State, but also western Pennsylvania, northern Kentucky and eastern Indiana. Prices reported are hammer prices and do not include buyers premiums. Since Garth’s (Delaware, Ohio) is an easy drive for many collectors in that region, most of the bidding typically takes place in the room, with Attributed to Joseph Sala, this Soap Hollow cherry chest of drawers retained its original red and black paint graining on the sides, although it had been cleaned from the front, along with some of the floral decoupage designs. It was hammered down for $2,800 (est. $2,000 to $4,000).

Here is one (front and back image) of a trio of important jars made by the H o m e r Laughlin Co. of East Liverpool, Ohio that were offered in the session. These finely crafted paste-on-paste porcelains were made by handpainting on successive layers of slip, the laborious process allowing the decorative images to retain their translucence. Auctioneer “Jeff” Jeffers pointed out that each of the pieces would have taken months to craft. None of the jars made it close to their low estimates. This one sold for $8,000 against an estimate of $12,000 to $14,000. The other two sold for $7,000 (est. $10,000 to $12,000) and $2,800 (est. $4,000 to $8,000). only a small percentage done on the internet. And the May 14 session was no exception, with about three-fourths of the seats in Garth’s sales room filled with collectors who generally knew one another, making for something of a reunion-type atmosphere. Auctioneer Amelia Jeffers said that 90 percent of the items in this year’s auction “came from deep, old collections,” which made the “milestone event” all the sweeter. Top money in the 188-lot session was brought by a Wayne County, Ohio, Continued on page 2

Carol Haven of Wooster, a leading collector of pieces produced by the Houghton Pottery in Dalton, Ohio, examines a small log cabin bank. It was part of a lot that also included a Houghton wren house and a small planter and realized a winning bid of $750 (est. $250 to $450).

The prize for the bid most out of sync with the pre-sale estimate had to go to this Pittsburgh diamond design cobalt footed master salt. Made in the mid 1800s, the three-inch-high specimen was made of flint glass with a broken pontil. It garnered a winning bid of $4,900, against an estimate of $200 to $400.

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The Frank Feather cane with hand rest and reading on the shaft “Charity, Faith, Trust in the Lord, Love, Give us this day our daily bread, God is our refuge, Hope, Jesus is the light of the world,Ye must be born again, Peace, Jan. 1941” sold for $6,900. Gateway Gallery Auction in Chambersburg, Pa., held a variety sale on May 30 highlighted by a Frank Feather cane selling for $6,900. Feathers (1877-1951) was an itinerant wood carver. He spent time during the first half of the 20th century on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line in Hagerstown and Thurmont, Md., and also Greencastle and Mercersburg, Pa., among other places. He is known mostly for his canes and spoons. He likely carved over 1,000 canes often incorporating themes such as patriotism or Biblical phrases. Gateway has a history of selling his work, which has a strong,

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This Native American squash blossom with turquoise insert necklace has eight half dollars and 96 dimes and is circa 1940. It sold for $650.

Roycroft Cabinet Sells For $15,950 At Hemingway Auction Kim Hemingway Auctions held its third auction for the estate of Elmer Heintz of Sumneytown, Pa. The Heintz collections filled the building and attracted close to 200 attendees on Saturday, June 11. The large sale was held in the “Treasure Barn” located at Jake’s Flea Market in Barto, Pa. The enthusiastic crowd was able to bid on items from the Heintz collection with two and sometimes three auctioneers selling consecutively. Items sold included antique tools and hardware, furniture, books and ephemera and a wide selection of general line antiques. There were 18 antique quilts, redware, stoneware, unusual kitchen items, weathervanes, bucket benches, country cupboards and many more items. The top seller of the day was a Roycroft book cabinet with original finish. The cabinet realized $15,950 (prices realized include buyer’s premium). A primitive wooden painted carving of a penguin, standing over 30 inches tall, sold for $522.50. Two top quilts of the day were an eight-pointed star pattern selling for $440 and a

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The Roycroft book cabinet with original finish realized $15,950.

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The glass Planters salted peanut jar with original label brought $165. A Stanley Bedrock #603 Flatside plane brought $143.

SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 8

FEATURED AUCTION: Cordier Auction & Appraisals - July 9 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Page 9

AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 12 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15


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