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34-E Maine Antique Digest, May 2015
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Windsor baby tender, early 19th century, mixed
woods with the original red paint visible under
old grain painting, 15 spindles, built-in seat and
tray, 20" high, expected wear, $780.
Pair of Meissen porcelain figures of a man and
woman in hunting attire, each with a rifle and
hound, German, 19th century, marked, 9¼"
high, overpaint to hats, hands, and costumes,
paint loss to sheath of man’s sword, $5227.50.
Hudson River school painting by J.W. Bell (American, 19th century), oil
on canvas, signed, 11¾" x 19½" plus frame, $3690. The catalog noted,
“The identity of the artist in question is a mystery. It is likely one of
the following artists: John Walter Bell (Ohio, 1845-1895), or James
Wethered Bell (Ohio/New York, 19th century). What little biographical
information is available on the two painters is eerily similar, and they
may have been confused for one and the same.”
Folk art toothpick Ferris wheel diorama, labeled “Ferris wheel made
by an inmate/ at the Ohio State Prison/ between 1940-1950,” the cus-
tom Plexiglas display case 23" high x 27¼" wide x 26" deep, $660.
In Her Garden
by Otto Stark (1859-1926), oil on canvas, signed,
18" x 37¼" plus frame, $4800.
Kentucky inlaid chest of drawers in walnut, late 18th or early
19th century, 37¼" high x 41½" wide, original finish, missing a
couple of pulls, the interior of one drawer painted, some veneer
repairs and losses, repairs to feet and apron, $3900.
Man with Pipe
by Birge Harrison (1854-
1929), oil on canvas, signed and inscribed
“Paris,” 35" x 21½" plus original frame,
some inpainting, $10,800.
Circassian Horseman
by Franz Roubaud (Rus-
sian, 1856-1928), oil on canvas, signed and dated
1897, 20" x 10½" plus frame, some darkened var-
nish, $7200.
Pablo Picasso
Treadway Toomey Auctions
20th Century Art & Design Auction
Chicago • June 6
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