Maine Antique Digest March 2015

Maine Antique Digest, March 2015 7-D

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This unsigned 24½" x 35" oil on board depict-

ing an American Indian painting an animal

skin stretched on an easel of branches while a

youth looks on realized $1610. Direct Auction

Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, November 18, 2014.

This 20" x 39"

19th-century oil on

canvas by Fritz Fig

depicted a pastoral

scene with a group

of children flying

a kite. It brought

$1093. Direct Auc-

tion

Galleries,

Chicago,

Illinois,

November 18, 2014.

This ornately

carved throne

chair with a

gold

uphol-

stered

seat

sold for $1265.

Direct Auction

Galleries, Chi-

cago, Illinois,

November 18,

2014.

This distinctive mesh

over satin dress from

Alexander McQueen’s

collection “The Hun-

ger” was made for a

show with a vampire

theme. A zippered mask

completely encapsulated

the head, most likely

to protect the wearer

from vampires. From

the collection of Miguel

Adrover, the dress real-

ized $22,800. Charles

A. Whitaker Auction

Company, New Hope,

Pennsylvania, October

31-November 1, 2014.

This circa 1889 Worth evening dress, worn by former first lady Har-

riet Lane at the Court of St. James’s, was exhibited at the Metropol-

itan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute

Dance

exhibit and gala ball,

1986-87. With provenance from the Harriet Lane Johnston family, it

brought $15,600. Charles A. Whitaker Auction Company, New Hope,

Pennsylvania, October 31-November 1, 2014.

This one-of-a-kind gold metallic leather

body art piece, made of a series of hon-

eycomb shapes suspended on gold-tone

chains, was exhibited at the Burning

Man festival. The unsigned piece real-

ized $1140. Charles A. Whitaker Auc-

tion Company, New Hope, Pennsylva-

nia, October 31-November 1, 2014.

This white leather Moschino

deadstock handbag in the shape

of an iron fetched $720. Charles

A. Whitaker Auction Company,

New Hope, Pennsylvania, October

31-November 1, 2014.

This set of four PK9-style

dining chairs, each measur-

ing 30" x 21½" x 18", was

attributed to Poul Kjaerholm

and sold for $7500. Kaminski

Auctions, Beverly, Massachu-

setts, January 4.

This Leon Bakst (1866-1924) signed watercolor and pastel on

paper, dated 1921, 10½" x 17½" (16½" x 23½" framed), realized

$10,000. Kaminski Auctions, Beverly, Massachusetts, January 4.

This 43½" tall Red Wing

60-gallon stoneware water

cooler, in very good to excel-

lent condition (with an old

hairline crack), sold for

$3300

Rich Penn Auctions,

Des Moines, Iowa, October

31-November 2, 2014.

A 15" tall Fowler’s

Cherry Smash soda

fountain syrup dis-

penser,

complete

with

Cherry

S m a s h

pump, in

near-mint

condition,

sold for

$ 3 7 0 0 .

R i c h

Penn Auc-

tions, Des

M o i n e s ,

Iowa, October

31-November

2, 2014.

This 11" long ice cream scoop invented by John Manos had a

heart-shaped bowl made of nickel-plated brass and a wood han-

dle. It was stamped “Patented Nov. 1925” on the inside plate and

was in excellent working condition. It sold for $4000. Rich Penn

Auctions, Des Moines, Iowa, October 31-November 2, 2014.

This 1957 Chrys-

ler Saratoga two-door

hardtop with an all-original

body, in the “Forward Look”

design by Virgil Exner, had 285

horsepower with a 354 Spitfire V8

engine. With an older repaint in

maroon and white, it sold for $8000.

Rich Penn Auctions, Des Moines,

Iowa, October 31-November 2, 2014.

A Zhang Daqian (1899-

1983) hanging scroll,

Horse

, an unusual image

for Daqian, one of the

most celebrated Chinese

painters of the 20th cen-

tury, realized $236,000.

Michaan’s

Auctions,

Alameda,

California,

December 15, 2014.

This pair of 32" tall bronze urns with cherub and lion figures

realized $1265. Direct Auction Galleries, Chicago, Illinois,

November 18, 2014.

The Purple Heart awarded to Cpl. Joseph E. Oleskiewicz, a mem-

ber of the “Filthy 13” in World War II, brought $5100. The

Filthy

were members of the demolition section of the

5 0 6 t h

Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Air-

b o r n e

Division, and were nicknamed the “Filthy

1 3 ”

because while training in England they

washed and shaved once a week and

never cleaned their uniforms.

Mohawk Arms, Bouckville,

New

York, December 6, 2014.