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omnivorous collector with many
interests: “Maps were just one
part of his collection, but that
part was very, very deep. He had
a reference library of thousands
of books, and hundreds were on
maps. He came from Mississippi,
and there are a lot of maps from
that area, not just pretty maps but
informative maps, esoteric maps
about elevations and surveys of
the Mississippi River. And then he
moved out to Santa Fe and started
buying Western things. All in all,
it’s a pretty cool collection.”
One lot that Fagan expected to
do well was “Lloyd’s Map of the
Lower Mississippi River,” which
ended up selling for $11,352.50
(est. $5000/7000). He explained,
“It was a really good-looking wall
map of Mississippi that’s pretty
scarce, a map on rollers….That
particular map was contested by
a Texan who owns property indi-
cated on the map and a Californian
who owns a commercial interest in
a town indicated on the map—the
Texan won.” The Pierce material is
being sold to benefit the Museum
of New Mexico Foundation and
brought a total of $124,000; more
of the collection will be sold later.
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Only a muscular porter with a cart could have moved
this large Louis Vuitton wardrobe trunk that was from
the 1930s-40s era of ocean travel. The trunk, from Mar-
shall Field’s in Chicago, still had its interior fittings and
brought $9150 (est. $3000/5000).
This near pair of Belter-attributed
circular tables—one with a basket
of fruit, the other with flowers—sold
for $54,970 and $60,945 respectively.
They are smaller than a traditional
center table (both are around 25" in
diameter). The catalog cited a very
similar table purchased from Belter
in 1853 for a Nashville mansion.
They are from the Service collection.
The Rococo Revival rosewood banquette (16½" x 83")—a form rarely seen—
brought $6273.75.
An eight-piece parlor suite (partially shown) of Rococo Revival
parlor seating in the showy “Bird” pattern sold to a phone bid-
der for $83,650. The set included two sofas, two armchairs, and
four side chairs.
George Hunzinger of New York designed distinc-
tive furniture forms, such as this maple modern
Gothic daybed, circa 1876, which brought $7930.
The wrapped wire webbing used for the platform
earned him a patent.
Top lot of the
sale was a Belter-
attributed laminated
rosewood circular
center table that sold
for $86,637.50 (est.
$25,000/40,000). It is
similar to examples
at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and
in the Lincoln Bed-
room at the White
House.
The étagère form in Rococo Revival
parlors became an art form in itself,
reflecting the splendor of the room. This
elaborate rosewood example with putti
and fruit carving sold for $44,812.50.
An outstanding lot from the Donald E. Pierce
collection of maps, “Lloyd’s Map of the Lower
Mississippi River…,” 1863, New York, sold for
$11,352.50 (est. $5000/7000) to a Texas collector.
The proceeds benefit the Museum of NewMexico
Foundation.
This slender
volume, Three
Stories and
Ten Poems,
published in
Paris in 1923,
comes from
the first and
only edition of
Ernest Hem-
ingway’s first
book. It made
$19,120. A series of animal plates from Audubon’s The Vivipa-
rous Quadrupeds of North America were blessed with
an excess of cuteness—look at that little face. The
charming Raccoon brought $4880 (est. $1200/1800);
not shown, American Black or Silver Fox made $4270,
and the Large-Tailed Skunk merited $2868. All were
from the Donald E. Pierce collection.
Later 19th-century hall seats
are never estimate-breaking
stars, but the two offered on
Sunday at the Carondelet
Gallery were masterpieces
of their decorative form.
This carved oak exam-
ple with lions on the crest
and winged creatures for
arm supports, attributed
to R.J. Horner, New York,
1880-1900, brought $21,510
(est. $2500/3500). Two lots
beyond, an even more ornate
Renaissance-inspired bench
from the same maker (not
shown) sold for $19,120 (est.
$2500/3500). The Service col-
lection provenance certainly
added to their value.
This Rococo Revival two-light
Argand chandelier in gilt bronze,
probably English, was ornamented
with masks and grapes and sold for
$13,530 (est. $3000/5000). A pair
of three-light Argand chandeliers
(not shown) brought $20,315 (est.
$6000/8000). Service collection.
Classical elegance distinguishes this
bronze-mounted mahogany book-
case cabinet, New York, early 19th
century, that sold for $10,157.50.
There were
four rare
Newcomb
P o t t e r y
forms with
handles in
this auc-
tion. This
s t r a i g h t -
sided mug,
decorated
by Harriet
C o u l t e r
Joor in 1903 with the legend “Come
Let Us Be Happy Together,”
brought $7995. A high-glaze tyg
(not shown) by Leona Fischer
Nicholson, 1906, sold for $6871.25.