Lot 56: Alex Katz, Tiger Lilies, sold for $106,375
Lot 57: Masaaki Kusumoto oil sold for $12,650
Lot 257: Tiffany
Lamp sold for $18,400
Lot 102: Nine bound
volumes, Gazette du Bon Ton,
sold for $20,700
Lot 396: Miriam
Haskell Necklace and Earrings
sold for $3,738
Sunday,
March 2nd
Lot 565: Abbott Fuller
Graves, Spring Flowers
Bathed in Sunlight, sold for $109,250
Lot 562: Aiden Lassell
Ripley, The Pond Cover, sold for $80,500
Lot 725: Tiffany Marble & Ormolu
Mantle Clock,
sold for $26,450
Lot 704: A.Elmer Crowell
Yellow Leg, sold for $24,150
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY AUCTION
GROSSES OVER 2.5 MILLION
Dedham, MA – Grogan &
Company celebrated our 20th
Anniversary on March 1st and 2nd in high style
with a two day Auction which featured an impressive selection of Fine
Art, Decorations and Couture from the estate of D.D. Ryan in Session I
and American and
European
Fine Art, 18th and 19th century Decorative Works
of Art, Furniture, Silver, Jewelry and Oriental Rugs from several
prominent estates and collections in Session II. “We achieved over 2.5
million, our highest grossing sale to date,” commented founder Michael
Grogan, “I’d like to thank my colleagues and all our wonderful clients
for making the 20th Anniversary not just a sale, but a
celebration.”
Session I was devoted entirely to
Property from the Estate of D.D. Ryan, the fashionable and well-known
New York socialite. The top lot was an oil on canvas by Alex Katz
titled Tiger Lilies, which sold for $106,375, within it’s
$100,000-150,000
presale estimate. Pablo Picasso’s Francios, a lithograph
estimated at $30,000-50,000, sold for $57,500 and Andy Warhol’s
Dollar Sign, a color serigraph brought $43,125, well above it’s
$15,000-20,000 estimate. Two surprises of the sale included abstract
paintings, one by Japanese artist Masaaki Kusumoto, which sold for
$12,650, to a phone bidder, well above it’s $500-700 presale estimate;
and the other, an oil by Larry Zox, which sold
for $16,100 against a $1,000-1,500 estimate.
Competitive bidding by overseas
collectors and internet buyers helped Ryan’s large collection of
decorative
items achieve strong prices. A Pair of Silver Mounted Chagrin Perfume
Boxes sold over the phone for $27,600 against a $5,000-7,000 estimate
and a Set of Four Impressive Gold and Bloodstone Seals, exceeded their
$15,000-20,000 estimate to sell for $23,000. A Tiffany Studios
‘Nautilus Shell’ Desk Lamp, estimated at $5,000-7,000, soared to
$18,400 and a Set of 9 Leather bound volumes of Gazette du Bon Ton,
achieved $20,700 against a $10,000-15,000 estimate. The top lot from
her snuffbox collection was a Georgian Silver Mounted Tortoise Shell
example, which exceeded its $800-1,200 estimate to sell for $4,877; a
Pair of Victorian Silver and Tortoise Shell Footed Card Dishes also
exceeded their $500-700 estimate to sell for $4,888;and Three Millefiore
Paperweights sold for $5,750, against a $300-500 estimate.
The session
ended with D.D. Ryan’s personal collection of Couture and Accessories.
D.D. Ryan, described as “a fashion original whose inventiveness was an
inspiration to many of America’s top designers”, had a large collection
of
Costume Jewelry which sold for surprisingly high prices. The 42 lots
sold over estimate for a combined total of over $60,835 and featured a
Miriam Haskell Necklace and Earring Set, which sold for $3,738 against a
$400-600 estimate and Two Chanel Brooches, which sold for $2,300,
against a $200-300 estimate. The designor clothing also did very well,
with the 87 lots bringing in over $49,000. Highlights included Two
Zandra Rhodes Coats, which sold for $3,450 (pre-sale estimate $400-600)
and a Four Piece Beaded Halston Ensemble, which sold for $3,738 to a New
York Institution.
The highlight of Session II was
Sunlit Basket of Spring Flowers by Boston painter, Abbott
Fuller Graves. The painting sold to a gentleman in the room for
$109,250 (pre sale estimate: $100,000-150,000). The second
highest price in this session, $97,750, was achieved by Maxfield
Parrish’s Sheep Pasture, an oil on board from the Estate
of Byzantine Scholar Carrol Wales (pre-sale estimate $70,000-10,000);
and coming in at the third highest price was The Pond Cover, by
Aiden Lassell Ripley, which brought $80,500 (pre-sale estimate
$40,000-60,000).
Furniture
and Decorative Works of Art highlights included a Fine Louis XV style
Coiffeuse from
a Rhode Island collector, which brought the highest furniture price at
$35,650 (pre-sale estimate $20,000-40,000) and a Tiffany & Co. Carved
Marble Ormolu Mounted Mantle Clock, which sold over the phone for
$26,450 (pre-sale estimate: $10,000-15,000).
Yellow
Leg, a bird carving by A. Elmer Crowell achieved a
respectable $24,150
(estimate: 15,000-25,000), but it was an Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold and
Diamond Bar Pin, estimated at $3,000-5,000, that drew audience applause
when phone bidders drove the price to $25,300. An E. Howard Gallery
Clock, estimated at $2,000-4,000, also surprised the audience when it
soared to $25,300. The top rug lot, a 15’ x 10’10” Serapi Carpet,
sold for $17,250 against a $10,000-15,000 estimate.
For more
information regarding results or future consignments, contact the
gallery at 781-461-9500.
The auction attracted a full house
with a standing room only crowd, in addition to a record 202 registered
Absentee Bidders, 285 registered Phone Bidders and 1026 Registered Internet Bidders.
European
Fine Art, 18th and 19th century Decorative Works
of Art, Furniture, Silver, Jewelry and Oriental Rugs from several
prominent estates and collections in Session II. “We achieved over 2.5
million, our highest grossing sale to date,” commented founder Michael
Grogan, “I’d like to thank my colleagues and all our wonderful clients
for making the 20th Anniversary not just a sale, but a
celebration.”
presale estimate. Pablo Picasso’s Francios, a lithograph
estimated at $30,000-50,000, sold for $57,500 and Andy Warhol’s
Dollar Sign, a color serigraph brought $43,125, well above it’s
$15,000-20,000 estimate. Two surprises of the sale included abstract
paintings, one by Japanese artist Masaaki Kusumoto, which sold for
$12,650, to a phone bidder, well above it’s $500-700 presale estimate
decorative
items achieve strong prices. A Pair of Silver Mounted Chagrin Perfume
Boxes sold over the phone for $27,600 against a $5,000-7,000 estimate
and a Set of Four Impressive Gold and Bloodstone Seals, exceeded their
$15,000-20,000 estimate to sell for $23,000. A Tiffany Studios
‘Nautilus Shell’ Desk Lamp, estimated at $5,000-7,000, soared to
$18,400 and a Set of 9 Leather bound volumes of Gazette du Bon Ton,
achieved $20,700 against a $10,000-15,000 estimate. The top lot from
her snuffbox collection was a Georgian Silver Mounted Tortoise Shell
example, which exceeded its $800-1,200 estimate to sell for $4,877; a
Pair of Victorian Silver and Tortoise Shell Footed Card Dishes also
exceeded their $500-700 estimate to sell for $4,888;
fashion original whose inventiveness was an
inspiration to many of America’s top designers”, had a large collection
of
Costume Jewelry which sold for surprisingly high prices. The 42 lots
sold over estimate for a combined total of over $60,835 and featured a
Miriam Haskell Necklace and Earring Set, which sold for $3,738 against a
$400-600 estimate and Two Chanel Brooches, which sold for $2,300,
against a $200-300 estimate. The designor clothing also did very well,
with the 87 lots bringing in over $49,000. Highlights included Two
Zandra Rhodes Coats, which sold for $3,450 (pre-sale estimate $400-600)
and a Four Piece Beaded Halston Ensemble, which sold for $3,738 to a New
York Institution. 
highest price in this session, $97,750, was achieved by Maxfield
Parrish’s Sheep Pasture, an oil on board from the Estate
of Byzantine Scholar Carrol Wales (pre-sale estimate $70,000-10,000);
and coming in at the third highest price was The Pond Cover, by
Aiden Lassell Ripley, which brought $80,500 (pre-sale estimate
$40,000-60,000). 
stimated at $3,000-5,000, that drew audience applause
when phone bidders drove the price to $25,300. An E. Howard Gallery
Clock, estimated at $2,000-4,000, also surprised the audience when it
soared to $25,300. The top rug lot, a 15’ x 10’10” Serapi Carpet,
sold for $17,250 against a $10,000-15,000 estimate. 