* _____ Lancaster Farming Mojolica, Tile Auction A First For David Rago Auctions LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. David Rago Auctions launched two new auction series on Sun day, October 6, in their Lambert ville, New Jersey galleries. Nick Dawes and Suzanne Perrault, both regular appraisers appear ing on the popular PBS series, Antiques Road Show, each curat ed their own sale in Victorian Majolica and Art Tiles, respec tively. The in-room crowd was joined by telephone participants from across the nation, numerous ab sentee bidders, and a host of reg istered players on eßay’s I-Col lector. More than 250 people participated in the event. Of the collection of more than 100 pieces of Majolica, among the most notable pieces include a particularly good Portuguese Pal issy Ware cabbage-leaf coffeepot, circa 1880, which sold for $3,737. Another piece of Portuguese Pal issy Ware, an unusual Portu guese Palissy Ware coffee pot, circa 1900, modeled as a rustic tree stump with lizard handle and spout and a woodpecker flni al, fetched $2,070. Also of note is a richly decorated Delphin Mas sier Majolica Art Nouveau ewer, circa 1910. which sold for over $1,300. In addition, a French Choisy-Le-Roi Majolica conser vatory stool, circa 1880, sold for double its estimate at $1,610. Dawes, author of the standard work Majolica, and a former vice-president ot Sotheby’s, said of the sale: “I'm already looking forward to next year’s auction which we hope to hold next spring. We are accepting con signments of Victorian Majolica in good condition.’’ Mr. Dawes ALL ABOARD FOR CHRISTMAS! PUBLIC AUCTION TRAINS FOR UNDER THE TREE DEPT. 56 DICKENS VILLAGE BUILDINGS 10 A M. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2002 EXHIBITION: 7-9 P.M. FRIDAY AND FROM 8 A.M. SATURDAY (THE EXHIBITION WILL CLOSE AT 10 A.M. WHEN THE SALE COMMENCES.) RIDGE FIRE COMPANY ALONG RT. 23, BETWEEN PHOENIXVILLE, PA & RT. 100 Garden Trains in The Pavilion: Wide variety of new, used & custom built “G” gage trains for indoor/outdoor layouts. Numerous locos and boxed sets. Many collectible freight cars. All kinds of buildings and accessories. Nice selection of new, old & slightly used Lionel trains, accessories and track In The Blue Room. Buy now at your price for that enlarged Christmas display or Putz. Or maybe you need a gift for that train nut on your list. You will be amazed at our two halls full of great trains! can be contacted directly at 212-473-5111 or HYPERLINK “mailto:nmdawes@aol.com” nmdawes@aol.com. The all-tile session started with a stunning group of majolica tiles, seven rare Art Nouveau panels hand-painted by Carl Luber at the firm of Johann von Schwarz ca. 1900. All but one sold within the estimates. This was followed by a group of fine German and Belgian Art Nou veau tiles in multiple friezes, which also did very well. Two Villeroy & Boch tiles with fish brought $B6O, and a single fish tile by Ernst Teichert sold for $520. The majolica theme contin ued with American and Europe an embossed panels in single color glazes, several of which had been modeled by the sculptor Isaac Broome. Several important hand-paint ed plaques were then offered, in cluding a rare Rookwood Stan dard Glaze image by Grace Young ($3,737), and two barbo tine-painted by Charles Volkmar, the first of which brought $8,625, a record for this artist, and the second $4,600. A handful of hand-painted 6” Dutch tiles by Rozenburg and Distel followed, all of which did well, in particu lar two snow scenes after du Chattel ($837) and Anton Mauve ($862). The Arts and Crafts selection overall brought excellent prices, with two rare Grueby oak tree tiles selling for over $5,000 apiece. By the same token, an im pressive architectural faience fountain by the same maker rep resenting Bacchus, and covered in a spectacular matte green 10% Buyer’s Premium will be applied TED MAURER (AU-000593-L) Successful Auction Management 1003 Brookwood Drive Pottstown, PA 19464 Phones: 610-323-1573 OR 610-367-5024 Also Fridays & Saturdays at 610-495-5504 Visit our website at www.maurerail.com glaze, bought-in at $6OOO. Rook wood offerings met a mixed fate, with a variety of trivets and six inch tiles selling in the $3OO range, while a couple of large cuenca scenics and several archi tectural pieces failed to attract buyers. Other architectural fait ence fared better, with a rare of fering of tiles designed by George Elmslie in the 1930 s for Indiana schools selling during (2) and after (1) the sale. A stark Satur day Evening Girls trivet brought a surprising $575. California tiles were very suc cessful in general, with Claycraft, Batchelder, and Gladding Mcßean fetching high prices: a pair of Claycraft tall and narrow landscape panels brought over $2,000, and a Gladding Mcßean four-tile panel sold for $l5OO. Tile-top tables covered with Cali fornia tiles from the 1920 s and 1930 s also proved popular, espe cially a six-tile table by the Tay lor Tilery featuring Spanish dancers, which brought over $B6O. This period was also repre sented by a great variety of mak ers, both from here and abroad. A rare North Dakota School of Mines trivet with rabbits sold for over $l2OO, and a pair of San Jose bookends went for almost $750. The popular Dutch maker De Porceleyne Fles was thor oughly represented with ___ small and large tiles of ani mals, local costumes, and ships, going from $250 for a pair of 4 Vi” tiles, to $630 for a panel with fish. A second grouping of Art Nouveau tiles did not fare as well as the first, with several lots of stencil- or squeezebag-decorated panels fail ing to sell. Tile-collecting has grown steadily in this country during the last decade, from being a minor part of arts and crafts or art pottery collections, to a seri ous field in and of itself, with Blanket Relegated To Attic Fetches $35,200 OTEGO, N.Y. - An early 19th century Indian blanket found in an Oneonta, N.Y., attic brought $35,200 at Hesse Galleries’ No vember 2 auction. The blanket was found among a group of ordinary quilts that had long ago been relegated to the attic. In worn condition, the blanket had been almost thrown away by the owners. Advertised by Hesse Galleries as an impor tant American Indian item, it drew wide attention from collec tors and dealers across the coun try. After spirited bidding from both audience and phone bid ders, it sold to a prominent collector/dealer in Colorado. Included in the auction was a Transitional child’s wearing Hoffman Family of Emmitsburg, Maryland COMPLETE MILKING HERD DISPERSAL On the farm located on Grimes Road. Emmitsburg, Fiedenck Co. MD, Fiom Route 15 take Route 76 East, 2 miles straight onto Four Points load, go appioximately 1 mile, turn right on Sixes Bridge Road, at the next T, turn left on Grimes Road, first farm on right. Approx 8 miles from PA Line TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 10:30 A.M. 70 _ HOLSTEIN COWS SELL 70 30 Registered - 40 Grades - 5 heifer calves sell 38 are in Ist or 2nd lactation -14 in 3rd. AI Sired and AI Bred - Oct. SCC avg. 290 22 Iresh less than 90 days - Good group with 1 st calf 10 due within 40 days - DHIA sheets on each cow Catalogs with sires and dams records sale day. NO BST EVER USED - CLOSED HERD FOR 7 YEARS Held averaging 60 lbs per day with recent tiesh cows Oct buttei tat test paid tor 4 14% Nov Test-ME 20. 170 4.14% 816 Also Selling For CRUMLAND FARMS, LLC 34 Holstein Bred Heifers (with Hoffman Dispersal, Emmitsburg, MD) Bred 5 Mos or more, a few fresh now Piegnancy Examined with Correct Mos Announced Some Are Sire I.D , Tested foi Interstate Shipment, Vac with Triangle Nine on 11-22-02 Owners: Crumland Farms LLC-Ph: 301-898-1445 Tested for Interstate Shipment - Pregnancy Examined. Vac. with triangle nine on 11-20-02 - Feet Trimmed on 10-20-02 Terms: ID required for bidder’s no. Cash or good check on sale day. Nothing moved until settled for. Need receipt upon load ing. Sale in tent with heat - Lunch available. Not responsible for accidents. Auctioneer: Chris Hill 301-829-9451 Sale Manager /A CATTLE CO. \m> Norman Hill 15905 Union Chapel Rd Woodbine, Maryland (410) 489-7121 Bred Heifers Will Sell Throughout the Sale Full Line of Farm Equipment Sell Feb. 8, 2003 (zesrtes^ more than a dozen books pub lished during that time. For more information, contact Suzanne Perrault at the Perrault- Rago Gallery of David Rago Auctions, 333 N. Main St., Lam bertville, NJ 08530, or telephone at (609) 397-1802. blanket that sold for $4,180. A large offering of antique fire arms were also sold. Leading this category was a presentation pis tol dated 1861 and presented to Second Lt. Gen W. Wildrick, hammered down at $6,050. A Winchester 1866 Yellow Boy rifle brought $6,710; a Revo lutionary War Brown Bess mus ket sold for $3,080; a bayonet that fit the Brown Bess was sold separately for $247; and a 1766 Charlesville musket with original flint hammered out at $2,640. A variety of other related ob jects complemented the sale, in cluding period trunks, edged weapons, cutlery, canteen, and powder horns. Owner: Mike and Kathy Hoffman & family 15005 Grimes Rd., Emmitsburg, MD. Ph: 301-447-6578
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