Maine Antique Digest May 2015

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Maine Antique Digest, May 2015 5-C
At the preview on Friday night for Case’s January 24 auction, John
Case (center left) discussed the pair of Ralph E.W. Earl portraits with
a client, while a couple nearby examined a diminutive miniature side-
board. Albertson photo.
Later in the
sale, amid a
group of Native
American lots, a
large, 10¼" high
signed Acoma
olla decorated
with red and
black geometric
patterns sold
well beyond
its estimate for
$4484.
Born in Hungary, Maurice Braun (1877-1941) studied
and worked in New York before moving in 1909 to San
Diego, where he became an important artist in the Cal-
ifornia Impressionist movement. Competing bidders lit
up all the phones at Case; the modest $5000/8000 esti-
mate was quickly surpassed as the signed landscape rose
to $24,780.
Active in Alabama politics, Benajah
Smith Bibb (1796-1884) may have been
called “Sandy” or even “Ginger” by his
friends. His bright hair and blue eyes
were captured in this circa 1830 minia-
ture painted by English/American art-
ist Hugh Bridport (1794-1868), which
brought $3422 (est. $1200/1400).
Military archives from the Scales family, divided into several lots, dominated the historical
segment of the January sale. The depth of the material cannot be captured in a photograph,
but detailed catalog entries document the contents for future historians. First up was a pho-
tographic album archive belonging to Confederate naval officer Dabney Scales (1841-1920)
of Memphis, who was aboard the C.S.S. Shenandoah. This lot of images and documents,
which brought $19,470, will enter the permanent collection of the Tennessee State Museum
in Nashville.
- AUCTION -
CHURCH STREET GALLERIES
FINE ENGLISH & AMERICAN FURNISHINGS
FROM THE 18TH, 19TH and EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
EXCEPTIONAL ORIENTAL SCREENS AND ACCESSORIES
DON BAUCOM
2001 US 301 SOUTH
WILSON, NC 27893
CHURCH STREET GALLERIES
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Hog Island-style Brant in Swimming Position by
Cameron McIntyre, a Virginia artist and carver, circa 2014.