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Maine Antique Digest, March 2015 17-C
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Modernist and collage artist
Joe Brainard (1942-1994)
produced this set of four
watercolor and gouaches on
paper, each 13¼" x 10¼"
(sight size),
Poppies
,
Cheese
,
Puppy Party
, and
Exposure
,
all dated in the 1970s. They
sold for $9775. Thomaston
Place photo.
The fully detailed whalebone prisoner-of-war
ship model sold for $17,250.
This is an oil on paper attributed to Dutch/Belgian
artist Martinus Nellius (1621-1680), known for
his crisp, highly realistic still lifes. This one shows
oranges and cherries in a blue kraak Chinese export
porcelain bowl from the Ming Dynasty, Wanli
period, and it sold for $4025.
England-born Philadelphia artist Thomas Sully
(1783-1872) did this 24¾" x 30" (sight size) oil on
canvas study for his 1856 painting titled
The Nereid
Doto
. The final version of the painting now hangs in
the Portland (Maine) Museum of Art. Doto is one of
the sea nymphs or Nereids, who bestow safe voyages
or generous catches. The painting appeared to have
sold well above the $4000/6000 estimate for $11,500,
but for an undisclosed reason, the deal was canceled.
The 18th-century stacking cabinet in
pine with written inscriptions linking
it to the Reverend J. B. Condit and
Colonel Solomon Warriner sold for
$3737.50 (est. $2000/3000).
Not extremely old, but this has flash and style. The 20th-century carved and
gilded eagle plaque with two birds facing one another around two shields
with stars and stripes and a map of North America brought $6325, well
over the $1000/1500 estimate. Thomaston Place photo.
It’s too bad this historic English
powder horn didn’t sell. Virtually
every square centimeter of it was
thoroughly covered in scrimshaw commemorating the 1603 coro-
nation of King James I (also ruling as James VI of Scotland from
his tender age of one year). It depicted various events in his life
including the burial of Queen Elizabeth I (also symbolized with
a Tudor rose) and his coronation as the first King of Great Brit-
ain, along with depictions of Biblical and mythological scenes and
creatures, such as a serpent and a unicorn. The reserve and the
expectation of $15,000/20,000 proved too high.
A Winchester model 21 side-by-side 16-gauge
shotgun, serial number 7353 (dating it to 1937),
brought $5750. Thomaston Place photo.
This is a Chippendale period three-seat hall bench with
elaborate shell crests and scrolling ribbon splats around
three diamond shapes forming the back. Note the two
unusual split legs in the back. Bidding ended shy of the
high estimate of $5000 at $4600. Thomaston Place photo.
Painter and author
Joe Andoe (b. 1955)
of New York and
Oklahoma is best
known for creating
simple, monochro-
matic earth tone renditions, often of horses, cattle, buffalo, and
wild vegetation. This untitled 46" x 36" oil on linen of a mare
and her foal carried a label from the Allene Lapides Gallery of
Santa Fe, New Mexico. It sold for $8625.
A fine pair of early
19th-century Chinese
reverse paintings on
glass, each 23½" x
18" and each show-
ing a well-dressed
courtesan leaning on
a balcony railing with
a red and gilt drape
in the background,
brought $7475. One
had a crack in the
glass, but the pair still
topped the estimate of
$4000/6000. Thomas-
ton Place photos.
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