SEPTEMBER
AUCTION GROSSES OVER 1.2 MILLION
September 23, 2007 –
A crowded auction room, a bevy of phone bidders and over 500 Ebay live
auction bidders, all contributed to the success of our September
Antiques and Fine Art Auction. The auction grossed over 1.2 million and
was comprised of over 550 lots including American and European
Paintings, 18th through 20th century Furniture and
Decorative Works of Art, Silver, Jewelry and Oriental Rugs and Carpets
from local estates and collections.
“The sale included a number of high quality items from many local
estates,” commented auctioneer and President Michael Grogan, “which
resulted in strong prices across the board.”
The top lot,
a magnificent Ladies Yellow Diamond and Gold Brooch,
brought $39,100 against a $30,000-50,000 estimate and was comprised of
an 11.99 carat Pear shaped Brilliant cut Diamond in a star burst Yellow
Gold setting.
The silver offerings included an impressive Pair of George III Silver
Wine Coolers. Estimated to bring $8,000-12,000, the pair sold to an
Ebay liveauctions bidder for $18,400. A phone bidder achieved the
second highest silver price for a Paul Storr George III Silver Platter,
which fetched $17,250
against a
$6,000-8,000 estimate.
Highlighting the Fine Art offerings was an Impressionistic California
landscape by
venerated American artist, Robert Henri. 
Figures on
a Beach, LaJolla, California, a 9 x 10 oil on board sold over
the
phone for $37,375 against a $20,000-30,000 estimate. William Norton’s
Barque off Thatcher’s Island, Gloucester, a 16 x 24 inch oil on
canvas estimated to bring $10,000-15,000, sold
to a private
collector in the room for a record auction price of $26,450 for the
artist. One of the surprises of the
sale was Russian
painter
Alexander Hausch’s Venetian Moonlit Scene, which soared beyond
it’s $2,000-3,000 estimate to sell
to another
private collector in
the room for
$34,500.
Not to be
outdone, the Furniture and Decorative arts generated
significant presale interest from European buyers. French furniture
brought the strongest prices with a Louis XV Marquetry Inlaid Marble top
Ormolu Mounted Bombe Commode selling over the phone to a European
collector for $31,625, well above it’s $5,000-7,000 estimate and a Fine
Louis XVI style French Marble top Salon Table from a prominent Newport
Residence, fetching $29,900 against a $10,000-15,000 estimate. Two
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Sculptural Lamps depicting
Mosque’s, soared well above their $3,000-5,000 pre sale estimates to
sell over the phone to another European collector for $24,725 and
25,300.
What makes attending a live auction exciting, is the unexpected.
The decorative arts offerings had some nice surprises, including an
Unusual Chinese
Ex
port
Tureen and Under plate estimated in the
$1,000-3,000 range,
which sold to a phone
bidder for $14,950 and a Two Slip decorated Native American Pots with
$400-600 pre sale estimates, sold to an Ebay liveauctions bidder for
$4,313. An 18th century Continental Carved
Giltwood Mirror estimated to bring $500-700, sold for $3,450 and a Pair
of Large Ivory Ground Hispano Moresque style Lustreware Vases, estimated
to fetch $400-600, went for $4,600.
A collection of 19
works by artists from the Woodstock Art Colony, Woodstock, New York
featured Reginald Wilson’s Quitting Time, which brought $3,450
against a $600-900 estimate and Lucile Blanches Seated Woman
came in second with a result of $2,185 against a $2,000-3,000 estimate.
All prices include a buyer’s premium.
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
