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Maine Antique Digest, May 2015 31-D
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design of this clock. Some of
these clocks have sold for a few
thousand dollars more. Arts and
Crafts wastebaskets always sell
well; a Gustav Stickley waste-
basket made of 12 oak slats went
for $5625 (est. $1500/2000); that
is nearly $500 a slat.
Desirable Morris chairs are
more affordable than they were
a decade ago. A bow-arm Gustav
Stickley Morris chair, 1905, sold
for $7680 (est. $4000/6000) on
RagoLive, and $6080 was paid
for an earlier Gustav Stickley
Morris chair, circa 1902, also
on RagoLive. Several other
Morris chairs, more common
forms, sold for a few thou-
sand less. A Limbert double
oval library table, circa 1905,
seemed like a bargain at $9375
(est. $6000/8000). They brought
twice as much when this market
was hot.
There was some competition
for works by George Nakashima.
A Minguren occasional table
of figured walnut and rose-
wood sold for $17,500 (est.
$9000/12,000). A Nakashima
wall cabinet, New Hope,
Pennsylvania, 1958, sold for
$16,250 (est. $8000/12,000). A
Nakashima music stand went for
$31,250 (est. $30,000/40,000).
Rago thought it should have
brought more. For middle-range
Nakashima the market seems
predictable, and lots sold within
estimates.
Paul Evans sold to buyers
in the U.S. and abroad. Not all
Evans Studio work is very expen-
sive. A Paul Evans Studio coffee
table with a torch-cut, welded,
and polychrome steel base with
a glass top sold for $9375 (est.
$8000/10,000). Evans contract
furniture designed for Direc-
tional generally sells for a lot
less than the studio work. A
Directional cabinet of olive burl
and gel-coated fiberglass sold
for $13,750 (est. $8000/10,000).
The same bidder on the phone
got the matching Directional
dining table for $5625 (est.
$6000/8000).
The market for Wharton Esh-
erick furniture is small; Esherick
did not make a lot of furniture,
so it is not widely collected. The
most spirited bidding for Esher-
ick was for a lot of ten carved
wooden door handles, pulls, and
latches that sold on the phone for
$7500 (est. $2000/3000).
The pictures and captions give
more particulars. For a complete
rundown of the sale see (www.
); for questions, call
(609) 397-9374.
This Paul Evans (1931-1987), Paul Evans Studio, four-door Sculpture Front cabinet, New Hope,
Pennsylvania, 1964, welded, forged, torch-cut, and polychromed steel, bronze, and 23k gold leaf
and painted wood, with welded signature “Paul Evans 64D,” 21½" x 99" x 24", was purchased
from the artist. It is published in the catalog for the 2014 Evans exhibition at the Michener Art
Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan. It sold on the phone for $183,750.05 (est. $100,000/150,000).
Paul Evans (1931-1987), Paul Evans
Studio, Sculpture Front screen from
the collection of Dorsey Reading,
New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1960,
welded, forged, torch-cut, and poly-
chrome steel, bronze, and 23k gold
leaf, signed “Paul Evans, 69D,”
82½" x 36" x 4", pictured in the
catalog for the Paul Evans exhibi-
tion at the Michener Art Museum
and Cranbrook Art Museum, sold
on the phone for $135,750.05 (est.
$80,000/100,000).
George Ohr (1857-1918) vase
with body twist and ruffled
rim, pink and purple volcanic
glaze, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1897-
1900, stamped “G.E. OHR,
Biloxi, Miss.,” 5½" x 5",
from the collection of Robert
Ellison, sold on the phone for
$68,750 (est. $35,000/45,000).
Rare Fulper Vasekraft
lamp, Leopard Skin
crystalline glaze, Flem-
ington, New Jersey,
circa 1915, glazed ceramic,
leaded glass, and two sockets,
vertical rectangular stamp, 18"
x 16", sold on the phone for
$20,000 (est. $6000/9000).
Rare Teco jardinière with lotus
blossoms, Terra Cotta, Illinois,
circa 1905, stamped “Teco,”
9" x 12", sold on the phone for
$22,500 (est. $7000/12,000).
Lalique Archers vase,
fronted amber glass,
France, 1921, base
etched “R. Lalique,”
no. 893, 10½" x 9",
sold for $10,625 (est.
$8000/12,000).
Leona Nicholson (1875-
1966), Newcomb Pot-
tery, early vase with
freesia, New Orle-
ans, 1909, 8¼" x 6",
sold for $42,500 (est.
$25,000/35,000).
Grueby Kendrick vase lamp with
handles and Tiffany Acorn shade,
Boston and New York, circa
1905, with electrified oil font,
glazed ceramic, leaded slag
glass, two sockets, and cir-
cular pottery stamp on base,
font stamped “TGD Co. 21519
Tiffany Studios New York,” shade
unmarked, vase 12½" x 10", over-
all 21½" x 16", sold on one bid left
with the auctioneer for $50,000 (est.
$50,000/75,000).
This Tiffany Studios rare Rowfant Club can-
dlestick of a groundhog on top of a book by
Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) and
James Lippitt Clark (1883-1969) is stamped
“Ernest Thompson Seton” with a paw print
and “J.L. Clark Modeller / Rowfant Club Cleve-
land, 1903,” and the base is stamped “Tiffany
Studios New York. Of One Hundred Copies
Made This Is No 18.” The 8½" x 4¼" x 4"
candlestick sold for $8969 (est. $3500/5000).
The Rowfant Club is a men’s-only book
club founded in 1892. All the members were
given one of these candlesticks on Christ-
mas 1903. The club’s tradition is to use a groundhog candlestick to
reserve one’s place at the dinner table at the club.
Arthur Baggs (1886-1947)
large scenic Marblehead tile,
Marblehead, Massachusetts,
1910s, stamped with the ship
mark and “MP,” marked
“AB” on the front, 9½" x 6"
x 1" thick, sold for $30,000
(est. $15,000/20,000).
George Nakashima (1905-1990), Nakashima Studios, wall cabinet with
pandanus cloth, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1958, signed with the client’s
name, 14" x 71" x 14", sold on the phone for $16,250 (est. $8000/12,000).
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Madoura
glazed earthenware plate, Visage
no. 197, France, 1963, signed
“No 197 EDITION PICASSO
300/ 500 MADOURA,” 10"
diameter, sold online for
$10,625 (est. $4000/6000).
Another Picasso face
plate (not shown), 1963,
281/500, sold for the same
price.
Wharton Esherick (1887-1970) Wagon Wheel coffee table,
Paoli, Pennsylvania, 1951, cottonwood and bent hickory,
carved with artist’s cipher and date, 20½" x 47", sold on
one bid for $30,000 (est. $25,000/35,000).
Wendell Castle (b. 1932) desk, Scottsville, New York,
circa 1977, laminated and carved walnut, unmarked,
29½" x 70" x 43", sold on the phone for $183,750.05 (est.
$65,000/95,000). It was the first of six pieces by Wendell
Castle in the sale from the estate of Dr. Philip Rubin, an
early collector and champion of Castle. Rubin was chief
of radiation oncology at University of Rochester Medical
Center in Rochester, New York.
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