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26-D Maine Antique Digest, April 2015
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A Tiffany Studios Favrile glass and
patinated bronze Tulip table lamp
with brown patina sold on the phone
for $112,500 (est. $60,000/90,000). The
lamp is 26½" x 17¾", and the shade
bears a “Tiffany Studios New York”
tag and its base is impressed “Tiffany
Studios/ New York/ 532.” Bonhams.
Greg Kuharic of Indiana is an
art consultant and studio potter.
He bought this 56½" tall Tiffany
Studios Favrile glass and pat-
inated bronze Floral Bouquet
chandelier for $197,000 (est.
$80,000/120,000). He was in the
salesrooms at all of the design
sales during the week and bought
several things. “I had a wonder-
ful week,” he said, noting that his
client, Richard Driehaus of Chi-
cago, “is a very active collector
because he loves it—that’s always
the best reason.” Bonhams.
These cameo glass perfume flasks
sold for $21,250, way above the
$1500/2000 estimate. The larger
flask at 9¼" long is a 14k gold-
mounted flask by Thomas Webb
& Sons with field mouse decora-
tion and Gorham & Co. mounts,
circa 1900. The other is a 4" long
gilt-metal mounted flask. Two
competing bidders, one on the
phone and one in the salesroom,
added some excitement to the dec-
orative arts sale. Beth Vilinsky, a
Bonhams specialist, prevailed for
her buyer on the phone. Bonhams.
The phones were busy for this
Tiffany Studios decorated Favrile
glass and patinated bronze three-
light table lamp. The lamp sold
for $20,000 (est. $8000/12,000).
The overall height of the lamp
is 17", with shade heights of 5".
Bonhams.
This American silver-plated metal and Catalin
four-piece tea set, produced by the Sheets-Rock-
ford Silver Company, Rockford, Illinois, circa
1928, sold for $10,625 (est. $1000/1500). The set
comprises a teapot, sugar bowl, creamer, and
conforming tray, each impressed “Rockford
SSC/ EPNS” and numbered. Bonhams.
The Tiffany Studios paperweight
vase with anemone blossoms,
circa 1909, sold on the phone for
$106,250 (est. $40,000/60,000).
The Favrile glass 7¾" high vase is
etched “L.C. Tiffany Favrile 8159
D.” It came from a private collec-
tion. Christie’s.
A Tiffany Studios Drophead Drag-
onfly table lamp, 29" x 22", circa
1910, from the collection of Sheila
and Edward Malakoff, sold to an
order bidder for $245,000 (est.
$150,000/200,000). Christie’s.
A Tiffany Studios Floral Bouquet chandelier, circa
1910, sold below the low estimate for $112,500 (est.
$120,000/180,000) to a man in the salesroom. It came
from a private collection and before that from the Mack-
lowe Gallery, New York City. Stamped “Tiffany Studios
New York 603-17,” its shade measures 28½" in diameter.
Christie’s.
This Allamanda chandelier was originally purchased
circa 1905 from Tiffany Studios and owned by Edward
Rice Bolton and Margaret Cameron Bolton of Waco,
Texas. It remained in the family for over three gen-
erations. Greg Kuharic, a studio potter, dealer, and
decorative and fine arts consultant, was in the sales-
room and bought the chandelier for $149,000 (est.
$120,000/180,000). The hanging shade is recorded in
Tiffany Studios 1906 price list as No. 601 and is 28½" in
diameter. Christie’s.
The cover lot in Christie’s 20/21 Design sale was this Eugene Printz (1889-1948) unique
asymmetrical palmwood sideboard, circa 1928, estimated at $300,000/500,000. It sold
to a buyer on the phone for $965,000. Part of a dining room suite in the Art Deco
collection of Marsha Miro, the Printz table and six chairs sold to a different buyer
on the phone for $173,000 (est. $120,000/180,000) and $56,250 (est. $40,000/60,000).
Designed in 2010, this sofa by Johnny Swing (b. 1961), named All the
King’s Men, is made of welded JFK half-dollars and stainless steel. It sold
for $155,000 to a buyer on the phone (est. $70,000/90,000). Swing is a Ver-
mont-based artist. The sofa is number two in an edition of ten (plus one
artist’s proof) and measures 28" x 97" x 52". Christie’s.
A studio model of Gen-
eral Motors’ Firebird
III, designed by Harley
J. Earl in 1957, sold on
the phone for $27,500
(est.
$20,000/30,000).
Sold with four photo-
graphs, one artist’s ren-
dering on foam core,
and four windshield
castings, the model is
lacquered in black over
cast resin and acrylic. The studio model was made one year before the concept car was built and came from
a private Detroit collection. Wright.
A Sonambient sculpture by Harry
Bertoia (1915-1978) sold for $134,500
(est. $30,000/50,000). The 40 7/8"
x 10" x 10" sculpture of beryllium
copper and bronze, circa 1970, was
acquired directly from the artist
by George and Rose Berman and
descended in the family. Phillips.