Inaugural Sale of Fine Art & Antiques

March 25, 2023

Presenting our first curated sale of fine art and antiques.

Drawing from diverse and exciting collections in Boston, New York and the Catskills, highlights included a work by the painter John Walker, a folio of serigraphs by Jean Leppien, fine art of Asia including works in jade and bronze and a fantastic group of indigenous art from Africa and Oceania.

Of local interest were two lots of special rarity: a blue and white coverlet dated 1851 and woven by one of the three famed Delhi (NY) weavers AND a hand-drawn and painted map of the globe dated 1828 and made by a member of the Village of Franklin’s founding family.

Preview / inspection

In-person by appointment, March 10–24, 2023.

Bidding

Bidding begins February 25th and ends in a live event on March 25th. 

Bids can be placed in either of two ways: 1) in advance or live via the LiveAuctioneers platform, or 2) absentee during an in-person preview appointment. 

In order to participate online, bidders must be registered with LiveAuctioneers AND for the auction itself by noon EST one day prior.

Inaugural Sale of Fine Art & Antiques

March 25, 2023

Presenting our first curated sale of fine art and antiques.

Drawing from diverse and exciting collections in Boston, New York and the Catskills, highlights included a work by the painter John Walker, a folio of serigraphs by Jean Leppien, fine art of Asia including works in jade and bronze and a fantastic group of indigenous art from Africa and Oceania.

Of local interest were two lots of special rarity: a blue and white coverlet dated 1851 and woven by one of the three famed Delhi (NY) weavers AND a hand-drawn and painted map of the globe dated 1828 and made by a member of the Village of Franklin’s founding family.

Preview

In-person by appointment, March 10–24, 2023.

Online Bidding

Bidding begins February 25th and ends in a live event on March 25th. 

Bids can be placed in either of two ways: 1) in advance or live via the LiveAuctioneers platform, or 2) absentee during an in-person preview appointment. 

In order to participate online, bidders must be registered with LiveAuctioneers AND for the auction itself by noon EST one day prior.

lots by category:

Lot #001

Helmet Mask (Bundu/Bondo), Mende People, Sierra Leone
Estimate: $300-500

Lot #002

Miniature Figure, Songye People, Democratic Republic of Congo
Estimate: $500-750
Result $937.50

Lot #003

Pair of Ibeji Twin Figures, Yoruba people, Nigeria
Estimate: $600-800
Result $1252.00

Lot #004

Walking Staff with Figural Top, Tanzania
Estimate: $800-1200
Result $1375.00

Lot #005

Decorated Storage Gourd with Woven Lid, Tutsi People, Rwanda
Estimate: $300-400
Result $562.50

Lot #006

Fragmentary Terracotta Head, Bura Culture, Niger
Estimate: $150-250
Result $100.00

Lot #007

Pair of Knife-Form Staffs, Possibly Losso People, Ghana / Togo
Estimate: $300-500
Result $87.50

Lot #008

Hairpin, Kwere People, Tanzania
Estimate: $250-350
Result $343.75

Lot #009

Snuff Bottle, Zaramo or Kwere People, Tanzania
Estimate: $150-250
Result $125.00

Lot #010

Male Lü Me Figure, Zlan of Béléwalé, Dan People, Liberia
Estimate: $3000-4000

Lot #011

Beaded Bodice (Alual), Dinka People, South Sudan
Estimate: $1000-2000
Result $500.00

Lot #012

Anthropomorphic Carved Stone Figure, Bura Culture, Niger
Estimate: $400-600
Result $218.75

Lot #013

Large Copper Anklet Currency, Mbole People, Democratic Republic of Congo on Stand
Estimate: $300-400
Result $343.75

Lot #014

Amulet, Dayak People, Borneo, Indonesia
Estimate: $250-500
Result $687.50

Lot #015

Cassowary Bone Dagger, Asmat People, Papua New Guinea
Estimate: $400-600
Result $343.75

Lot #016

Karaut Figure, Abelam People, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Estimate: $600-800
Result $937.50

Lot #017

Kero (Qiro) Drinking Vessel, Quechua Culture, Peru
Estimate: $400-600
Result $562.50

Lot #018

Etched Bamboo Walking Stick, Kanak People, New Caledonia
Estimate: $1200-1500
Result $1625.00

Lot #019

Pectoral Breast Plate, West Timor, Indonesia
Estimate: $200-300
Result $187.50

Lot #020

Carved Wood Architectural Ornament in the form of a Lion, India
Estimate: $300-500
Result $562.50

Lot #021

Silver Repoussé and Chased Votive Mask of Nandi, India
Estimate: $2000-3000

Lot #022

Bone Hairpin, Li People, Guangdong Province, China
Estimate: $300-500
Result $437.50

Lot #023

South East Asian Bronze Hand of Buddha
Estimate: $800-1200
Result $375

Lot #024

Chinese Zitan Quatrefoil Form Box
Estimate: $700-900
Result $250.00

Lot #025

A Group of Six Chinese Bronzes
Estimate: $800-1200
Result $562.50

Lot #026

Chinese Carved Wood Seated Official
Estimate: $200-300
Result $281.25

Lot #027

Chinese Carved Wood Seated Guanyin
Estimate: $150-250
Result $500.00

Lot #028

Chinese Celadon Glazed Porcelain Vase, Qianlong mark
Estimate: $800-1200
Result $5875.00

Lot #029

Chinese Famille Rose Glazed and Gilt Porcelain Vase
Estimate: $400-600
Result $375.00

Lot #030

Four Chinese Famille Rose Glazed Porcelain Panels
Estimate: $400-600

Lot #031

Chinese Light Celadon Jade Figure of a Meiren
Estimate: $800-1200
Result $812.50

Lot #032

Chinese Spinach Jade Brushwasher
Estimate: $500-700
Result $812.50

Lot #033

Japanese Arita Porcelain Teapot
Estimate: $300-500
Result $62.50

Lot #034

Japanese Cloissone Vase
Estimate: $200-300
Result $343.75

Lot #035

Japanese Bronze Vase
Estimate: $600-800
Result $250.00

Lot #036

Japanese Lacquer Box
Estimate: $100-150
Result $562.50

Lot #037

A Japanese Zushi and Buddhist Sculpture
Estimate: $600-800
Result $562.50

Lot #038

Two Japanese Zushi (Traveling Shrines)
Estimate: $600-800
Result $625.00

Lot #039

Japanese School Painting of Samurai, possibly by Kano Tanshin Morimichi (1785-1835)
Estimate: $300-500
Result $125.00

Lot #040

Magic - De La Mano Illustrated Broadside
Estimate: $400-600
Result $125.00

Lot #041

Fauvist Oil on Board Painting Signed "J. W. Gregory, 1928"
Estimate: $200-300
Result $750.00

Lot #042

Walter Douglas Painting, (1868-1948) Impressionist Summer Landscape
Estimate: $400-600
Result $343.75

Lot #043

Tonalist Nightscape Painting, “Horizon” Hudson M. Kitchell c. 1917
Estimate: $600-800
Result $1062.50

Lot #044

Schoolgirl Map of the World, Hannah Edgerton, Franklin, New York dated 1828
Estimate: $2500-3500
Result $2250.00

Lot #045

Woven Coverlet: Asahel Amora Phelps, Delhi, New York Dated 1851
Estimate: $1500-1800
Result $2500.00

Lot #046

“Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota”, 1874
Estimate: $300-500
Result $312.50

Lot #047

Atlas: “Mitchell’s New General Atlas,” Augustus Mitchell, 1864
Estimate: $250-350
Result $562.50

Lot #048

Sterling Silver Chocolate Pot, Reino Martin (1923-2007)
Estimate: $500-700
Result $687.50

Lot #049

A Large American Patinated Bronze Table Lamp, by Edward F. Caldwell & Co., New York, Circa 1910
Estimate: $300-500
Result $812.50

Lot #050

Photograph: “Third Story Arches, Fort Point” Mark Citret, 1998
Estimate: $200-300
Result $75.00

Lot #051

Painting: “Bingo Card No. 22,” John Walker, 2005
Estimate: $4000-6000

Lot #052

Pair of 19th Century Inlaid Gaucho Spurs, Argentina
Estimate: $300-500
Result $562.50

Lot #053

French Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Lamp, 20th century, Possibly Baccarat
Estimate: $300-500
Result $625.00

Lot #054

Withdrawn

Lot #055

Large Wooden Effigy of Christ (Corpus Christi), German School, 18th Century
Estimate: $4000-6000
Result $2625.00

Lot #056

Two European Hand Colored Lithographs of Samples of Sevres Porcelain
Estimate: $300-500
Result $62.50

Lot #057

Engraving: “Lezard Volant,” Francois Nicolas Martinet (1755-1804)
Estimate: $100-200

Lot #058

Reverse Glass Painting of a Seated Woman, probably Chinese
Estimate: $400-600
Result $343.75

Lot #059

Miniature Portrait of a Woman, Inscribed “Sir Francis Grant, PRA”
Estimate: $150-250
Result $218.75

Lot #060

Aquatint: “Deuxième suite de Chevaux, d'après Carle et Horace Vernet, No. 19”
Estimate: $200-400

Lot #061

Engraving: “Insuber” (Northern Italian Horse) c. 1579, Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) after Jan Van Der Straet (1523-1605)
Estimate: $1000-1500
Result $625.00

Lot #062

Two Prints: "Cours D'Hippiatrique, ou Traite Complet de la Médecine des Chevaux," Lafosse, Philippe Etienne and "Squelette du Cheval and Regions Extérieures du Cheval" Alp. Camille jeune
Estimate: $400-600
Result $75.00

Lot #063

Group of Six Etchings, Emile Boilvin, (1845-1899)
Estimate: $300-400

Lot #064

Portfolio of Seven Large Geometric Abstract Serigraphs, Jean Leppien, 1971
Estimate: $1200-1800
Result $1125.00

Lot #065

Painting: European School Portrait of a Contemplative Man
Estimate: $800-1200
Result $687.50

Lot #066

Painting: "A Moonlit River Landscape" School of Aert van der Neer, Amsterdam (1603-1677)
Estimate: $1500-2000
Result $1875.00

Selected highlights

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