DEDHAM FIREBUCKETS SOAR AT THE SEPTEMBER AUCTION -
SALE 102
Dedham, MA –
On September 25th and 26th, Grogan & Company
opened the 2005-2006 season with a two-session auction that grossed over
one million dollars in sales.
The highlight of
Sunday’s session was a Pair of Early 19th century Painted
Dedham Fire Buckets, that soared above the pre-sale estimate of
$3,000-5,000 to sell for $14,375. The room erupted in applause when
auctioneer and President Michael Grogan announced that the buckets were
acquired by the Dedham Historical Society. According to Ron Frazier,
Executive Director and CEO of the Historical Society, the firebuckets,
dated 1827 and inscribed M. Gragg, were traced to the former Norfolk
Inn, a historic building located on Court Street once owned by Moses
Gragg.
The highlight of Monday’s
session was a painting by Modernist Spanish painter Antonio Saura.
Fele, an abstraction of black lines on a white canvas, attracted
international attention. Bidders from across the globe competed by
phone and on-line until the painting, finally sold for $80,500 against a
$5,000-10,000 pre-sale estimate. Other Contemporary and Modern
paintings from the Estate of John and Francois Clarens also faired well.
Lester Johnson’s, Broadway Portrait
of Jo, sold for $8,050 and Paul Jenkins Phenomena Saracen Banner,
sold for $10,350.
The audience applauded as
an early 18th century painting depicting a Biblical Scene
surprised everyone when it far exceeded it’s $1,500-2,000 estimate to
sell to a European phone bidder for $40,250. A Beach scene by American
Impressionist painter, Mabel May Woodward, brought a respectable $25,300
(pre-sale estimate of $20,000-30,000) and early 19th century
edition of Wilson’s Ornithology Plate Book, containing 76 color plates,
sold for $12,075 (pre-sale estimate $1,000-1,500).
Oriental Rugs and Carpets
included a Fine 19th century Serapi Carpet, estimated at
$15,000-25,000, which sold for $20,125 and a late 19th
century Fereghan Sarouk Carpet, estimated at $5,000-7,000, which sold
for $12,075.
Other items of interest
included a Piero Fornasetti Four Panel Wood Screen, circa 1950, a highly
sought after item sold for $10,062.50, well above the pre-sale estimate
of $1,000-1,500 and a Set of Four George III Silver Candlesticks,
estimated at $3,000-5,000, brought $13,800. Furniture highlights
included a French Provincial Two Drawer Commode, which sold for
$5,462.50 (pre-sale estimate: $2,000-3,000) and an 18th
century Queen Anne Upholstered Wing Chair, which brought $3,737.50
against a $1,000-1,500 estimate.
A Chinese Export Eagle
Decorated Porcelain Tea Set exceeded its $600-800 estimate to bring
$6,900 and a large Group of Blue and White Canton Porcelain sold for
$3,737.50, exceeding it’s $300-500 estimate. Asian works of art
highlights included a Collection of Jade, featuring a Turquoise
encrusted Elephant, which sold for $11,500 against a $1,500-2,000
estimate and Two Peking Glass Bowls, estimated at $300-500, brought
$3,220. A Pair of Massive Bronze Cranes, one of the most unusual lots
of the sale, sold for $11,500 (pre-sale estimate $10,000-15,000).
All
prices include a buyer’s premium.
To view our on-line catalogue with results choose the session below:
Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Monday, September 26th, 2005
Gallery Located:
22 Harris Street, Dedham, Massachusetts 02026
Telephone: 781-461-9500
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