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Maine Antique Digest, May 2015 11-D
- AUCTION -
This John Emms (British, 1843-1912) oil painting,
A Bitch by Her
Kennel
, sold in the room to a couple from Ohio who flew to New
York City for the sale. The buyers prevailed over an Internet bid-
der, paying $25,000 (est. $8000/12,000) for the 15¼" x 20¾" signed
painting.
This pair of John Sargent Noble (British, 1848-1896) oil paintings sold to a
buyer on the phone for $12,500 (est. $3000/5000).
Gone to Ground
and
The
Day’s Bag
, each 8¼" x 14¼", are titled, inscribed “copyright reserved,” and
signed “J.S. Noble” on the reverse, according to the salesroom notice.
A private client perused
the offerings at Bonhams’
Barkfest brunch, which
benefits the American
Kennel Club’s Humane
Fund. Robert Young pho-
tograph, © AKC.
I Wish I Had a Polka Dot Bikini
by
George Rodrigue (1944-2013), esti-
mated at $20,000/30,000, sold online
for $37,500. Signed “Rodrigue” lower
right and titled and dated 1996 on the
reverse, it is 30" x 25".
The buyer of this painting by John Nost Sartorius (British,
1759-1828) entered the salesroom a few minutes before
the lot came up for sale. He paid $6250 for it. Signed and
dated 1806, the 25¼" x 27½" oil painting,
A Liver and
White Spaniel
, was estimated at $3000/5000. The buyer
left immediately after his purchase.
A private collector from North Carolina went home with this Philip
Eustace Stretton (British, 1863-1930) oil painting,
Greyhound in a
Landscape
, paying $4750 for it (est. $6000/8000). The painting, 25" x
30", is signed and dated “Philip E. Stretton/ 1902” lower right. The
collector came to New York for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog
Show and owns Irish setters.
The least expensive item of the auction, this Marguerite
Kirmse (1885-1954) etching,
Royal Danes
, sold in the
salesroom to a woman who bought several other works
by Kirmse. Titled and signed in the lower margin, the
9¾" x 6¾" image sold for $125 (est. $400/600).
Bidders in the salesroom and on the phones chased after this John
Emms (British, 1843-1912) oil painting of three hounds and a ter-
rier.
Waiting for Master
, signed “JNO EMMS” lower left, eventu-
ally sold to a phone bidder for $68,750 (est. $30,000/50,000). Before
hammering down the 28" x 36" unframed painting, auctioneer Karl
Green looked at the bidder in the room and inquired, “No regrets?”
This Thomas Blinks (Brit-
ish, 1860-1912) oil painting
was in the Bonhams sale last
year and failed to sell. This
time, with a lower estimate
of $40,000/60,000, it sold for
$43,750.
English Pointers in a
Landscape
, signed “TBlinks”
with conjoined initials lower
left, 14" x 18", went to a phone
bidder.