BUTTERSWORTH'S SAIL AT
OCTOBER AUCTION
Sale 107 -
On Sunday, October 15th,
Grogan & Company conducted their 107th auction comprised of
450 lots of American and European Paintings, 18th and 19th
century Furniture and Decorative Works of Art, Silver and Oriental Rugs
and Carpets. The sale, held in our Dedham
gallery, grossed over 1.6 million and was well attended.
“The fine art offerings did exceptionally well,” commented
Michael Grogan, President of Grogan & Company. “Although the painting
lots only made up 38% of the offerings, they resulted in 66% of the sale
total.” Two fine paintings by venerated 19th century marine
painter James E. Buttersworth brought the highest prices. The first
Buttersworth to sell was an oil on canvas depicting the schooner
Halcyon. The painting sailed well beyond it’s $60,000-90,000
pre-sale estimate to sell for $230,000 to a phone bidder. Next,
Atalanta Rounding Buoy 8 ½ sold to the same bidder for $264,500,
well beyond it’s $80,000-120,000 estimate. Both paintings were in
excellent condition and came from a prominent New England family.
A rare Venetian Scene, estimated to bring $150,000-200,000,
by American
Impressionist Guy Rose sold over the phone for
$161,000.
The small oil
on canvas is thought to have been painted in the mid 1890’s, when Rose
was embracing the French impressionist movement and producing plein air
sketches.
A selection of Modern art from a prominent collection with connections
to Arthur Steiglitz’s 291 Modern Gallery in New York did very well.
Fourteen issues of “291”, a magazine published by the 291 Modern
Gallery, exceeded their $300-500 estimate to sell for $5,750 and an
Abstract American School painting inscribed Williams and dated 1914,
soared to $11,500, well beyond it’s $300-500 estimate.
European offerings included Henri Le Sidaner’s Maison dans la
dune,
a 21 x 26 inch oil on canvas landscape, which sold for $60,375, just
within the $60,000-80,000 estimate. The second highest price for
European art was $34,500, achieved by an Italian School Venetian Canal
Scene. Bought by a gentleman in the room, the oil on canvas attracted
international pre-sale attention despite it’s low $1,000-1,500
estimate. Gohanna with Mr. Thomas Bird, an oil on canvas by
English artist John Boultbee, estimated to bring $8,000-12,000, sold for
$14,950 and an old master painting of a Bearded Man estimated to sell in
the $300-500 range, surprised everyone when the painting sold to a
European phone bidder for $8,625.
In addition to the fine art offerings, the auction included a
large selection of 17th, 18th and 19th
century Continental and English Furniture, Decorative Works of Art and
Silver. The highlight of the decorative arts section was a Rare Tiffany
& Company Silver and Enamel Floral Decorated Bud Vase. The vase,
estimated to bring $600-800, sold for an astounding $42,550. As it
turned out, the vase was one of the pieces exhibited by Tiffany &
Company at the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, the
whereabouts of the vase has been unknown until now.
Other highlights included a Louis Solon Pate Sur Pate
Mythological Plaque, estimated at $20,000-30,000, which sold for $31,625
and a Newcombe Arts and Crafts Pottery Vase, which sold for $8,912.50
against a $1,500-2,000 pre-sale estimate. The top furniture lot was an
Elizabethan Carved Oak and Inlaid Three Tier Court Cupboard, estimated
at $5,000-7,000. The cupboard, just one item from a large estate
collection of early English furniture, sold over the phone for $10,925.
The silver offerings included a Set of Four George III
Candlesticks which sold for $7,475 against a $6,000-8,000 estimate and
the rug highlight was a 19th century Serapi Carpet that
fetched $20,700 against a $10,000-15,000 pre-sale estimate.
All prices include a buyer’s premium. For more information
regarding results, upcoming auctions and appraisal services, contact the
gallery at 781-461-9500.
Click below to access
our Illustrated on-line catalogue with prices realized
Gallery Located:
22 Harris Street, Dedham, Massachusetts 02026
Telephone: 781-461-9500 Toll Free: 1-800-823-1020
Fax: 781-461-9625
contact us at: Grogans@Groganco.com
