SEXTON PROPERTY
EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
On Sunday, February 11th,
Grogan & Company conducted their annual mid-winter auction to a
standing room only crowd, grossing over 1.2 million in sales. The
auction was preceded by a four day exhibition and was comprised of
American and European Paintings, 18th, 19th
and 20th century Furniture and Decorative Works of Art,
Books, Silver and Oriental Rugs and Carpets.
The sale began at
12 noon with 78 book lots from the Eric H. L. Sexton Trust of
Rockport, Maine.
Highlighting
the collection was a lot of leather bound volumes that sold for
$20,700 against a $5,000-7,000 pre-sale estimate. Other
highlights from the Sexton Trust included a beautiful Continental
School Portrait of a Young Girl adorned with a Garland.
Estimated to bring $3,000-5,000, the painting sold over the phone
for $23,000. A Joseph Matineau George II Chiming Bracket Clock sold
for $19,550 to another phone bidder against a $3,000-5,000 estimate
and a Tiffany Studios Mosaic Disk brought $13,800 against a
$1,500-2,000 estimate. The Sexton Trust
Property results totaled more than a half million dollars and
represented 44% of the auction total.
Following the
Trust property, the sale continued with property from various owners
and featured Yacht Race in New York Harbor by 19th
century American Maritime painter James Buttersworth. Despite it’s
rather small size, the 7 x 13 inch oil on board commanded $115,000,
against a $50,000-10,000 estimate.
The sale included
several unusual and interesting items, including a
19th
century French Globe puzzle. Estimated to bring $400-600, the
puzzle soared to $5,462.50 due to aggressive bidding on E-bay
and the phones. A collection of Mocha Ware achieved strong results
across the board with the highest price being $9,775, achieved by
four Mocha Ware Pitchers estimated at $700-1,000.
The furniture highlight was an 18th century Hepplewhite
Mahogany Wine Cooler.
Purchased at an Antique Fair in London in 1969, the Cooler sold for
$7,475
against a $3,000-5,000 estimate.
Several lots of
Georgian Silver from a Kentucky Collection highlighted the silver
offerings and included a Set of Four
George
II Silver Candlesticks, c. 1758, by William Café, London. The set,
estimated at $5,000-7,000, brought $19,500 and was one of three
similar candlestick lots offered. A Paul Storr George III Silver
Platter, circa 1810, from the same collection also achieved a strong
price, selling for $16,100 against a $3,000-5,000 estimate.
The sale ended on
a high note when the last lot of the sale, a Persian Carpet signed
A.P.R.C., for the Anglo Persian Rug Company, sold for $23,000. The
17 foot x 10 foot 6 inch rug was expected to bring $3,000-5,000.
