Sothebys-Important Americana - Jan 19-21 1996. Sale#OTIS-6800.
Auction catalog includes ~938 lots
with detailed descriptions, auction estimate, color or black&white pictures, provenance, where exhibited or literature, if available.
The order of sale:
Session 1: American Silver, American Gold, Miniatures
Session 2: American Historical, Topographical and Decorative Prints
Session 3: American Folk Art, Folk Painting, and 20th Century Outsider Art
Session 4: Property from the Collection of Mrs. Frank O. Larson, Furniture, Decorations, Clocks and Mirrors
The auction included:
- American Silver Seven-Piece Tea and Coffee Set with Matching Two-Handled Tray, tiffany & Co, New York, 1902-07 - Estimated sale at $30000-40000.
- Rare American Gothic Revival Partially Gilded Silver and Enamel Chalice and Paten, Francis W Cooper & Richard Fisher, New York, 1855 - Estimated sale at $10000-15000.
- Miniature of Samuel Downer Sr, Edward G. Malbone, c 1805- Estimated sale at $4000-6000.
- Massard (Engraver), 'Washington Et Rochambeau Donnant Les Derniers Ordres Pour L'Attaque D'Yorck-Town' - Estimated sale at $3000-4000.
- John Carwitham, 'A View of Fort George with the City of New Work From the SW' - Estimated sale at $7000-10000.
- N. Currier (Publisher), 'American Farm Scenes: No1, No2, No3, No4' - Estimated sale at $14000-18000.
- John James Audubon (After), 'Ruby-Throated Hummingbird' - Estimated sale at $8000-12000.
- Fine Molded Copper American Eagle Weathervane, American, 3rd Qtr 19C - Estimated sale at $4000-6000.
- Sheldon Peck, 'Portrait of Phebe Fitts of Salisbury, Vermont' - Estimated sale at $40000-60000.
- Fine Carved and Painted Pine Ship's Figurehead, American, 3rd Qtr 19C - Estimated sale at $20000-30000.
- Ammi Phillips, 'Portrait of Harriet Simmons Hasbrouck' - Estimated sale at $30000-50000.
- Rare Panelled Walnut Hutch Cupboard, Pennsylvania, 1750-80 - Estimated sale at $25000-35000.
- Very Fine Queen Anne Burl Maple-Veneered Diminutive Flat-Top Highboy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1720-50 - Estimated sale at $30000-50000.
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