Maine Antique Digest April 2015

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8-B Maine Antique Digest, April 2015
Top lot forpaintingswas aportrait of Lady JaneGrey, England’s
famous Nine Day Queen. The 41½" x 35½" oil on canvas in the
manner ofHansHolbein theYoungerhas hername at the bottom
of the frame and “Beheaded Feby 12 1554” at the top.An on-site
bidder claimed the portrait for $3840 (est. $2000/3000).
Independent jeweler Charles Prudhomme of Fort Mill,
South Carolina, used his loupe to examine a blue sapphire
and diamond ring in a 14k gold setting. The ring was first
passed but was resurrected at a $500 (est. $1000/1500)
opening bid. No one answered, and it sold to the floor for
$600 with buyer’s premium. Prudhomme was the success-
ful bidder on a 19-piece collection of vintage jewelry (not
shown) that cost him $1140 (est. $500/1000). Prunkl photo.
Anita DiMauro of Honolulu, Hawaii, not only
admired this Art Deco gold and sapphire
bracelet, she also bought it. By Allsopp & All-
sopp, circa 1920, the custom-designed square-
link bracelet went to DiMauro for $1320
($1500/2000).
David and Katrina Stachel of Knoxville, Tennessee, are
longtime Rookwood collectors. They liked the dated
(1903) and signed (“JS” for Jeanette Swing) Rookwood
covered jar in the Standard glaze from the McConnell
collection. The 6½" tall jar sold to the phones for $960
(est. $300/500). Prunkl photo.
Donna Saleeby of Columbia,
South Carolina, fancies herself
a jewelry person. She used her
phone to take a photo of herself
wearing a ring with a 2.01-carat
pear-shaped natural yellow dia-
mond in a platinum setting sur-
rounded with colorless small
round diamonds. It was a quick
battle between an on-site bid-
der versus an Internet bidder
for the ring, with the floor bid-
der capturing it for $12,600
($12,000/18,000).
This 14.5-carat oval emer-
ald is surrounded by round
diamonds in an 18k white
gold setting. The ring
was among the sale’s top
ten prices at $13,200 (est.
$14,000/18,000).
This circa 1930 Art Deco diamond
and platinum ring with a round
3.16-carat brilliant-cut diamond and
small diamonds was the top jewelry
lot of the sale. It sold for $43,200 (est.
$20,000/40,000) to a phone bidder.
The 199 pieces in this French silver flat-
ware service, 1887-1911, by Andre Aucoc
will almost serve 12. One unlucky diner
will have to go without a demitasse spoon.
The set was the top silver lot of the sale. It
sold for $8400 (est. $6000/9000).
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