Maine Antique Digest, March 2017

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Maine Antique Digest, March 2017 15-D
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Auction
Prices
Realized
Here are a few notable prices of
antiques sold recently at auction,
as provided by press releases.
All prices include the buyer’s premium
when charged. We’re always looking
for news of prices realized at auctions,
particularly unusual or top lots. Send
pictures, complete descriptions, and
information to A.P.R., Maine Antique
Digest, PO Box 1429, Waldoboro,
This 1931 Ford Model A roadster in
pristine condition was the top seller
at the Bunch Auctions, Chadds Ford,
Pennsylvania, December 13, 2016,
sale. With an engine reconstructed by
Schwalm’s, a Strasburg, Pennsylvania,
company specializing in Model A rebuilds,
it brought $28,750.
Barclay Rubincam (1920-1978), Early
Spring at Deborah’s Rock, 1967, oil
on canvas, 24" x 48", $9200. Bunch
Auctions, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania,
December 13, 2016.
This platinum and diamond engagement
ring set with a 2.33-carat pear-shaped
diamond realized $4305. Bunch
Auctions, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania,
December 13, 2016.
This George Stratemeyer (1853-1909) oil
on canvas, Waikiki Beach, (Diamond Head),
Oahu, Hawaii, 1895, 14½" x 22" (sight),
with a period frame, brought $19,360,
which is a new record for the artist. Clars
Auction Gallery, Oakland, California,
December 10 and 11, 2016.
V. Douglas Snow (1927-2009), Long
Shadow, 1991, 45½" x 62", oil on canvas,
from the collection of the Nevada
Museum of Art, realized $8470. Clars
Auction Gallery, Oakland, California,
December 10 and 11, 2016.
This Verdura spinel, diamond, and
18k white gold bracelet, composed of
69 oval-shaped and 14 pear-shaped
purplish spinels with a total weight
of 225 carats, sold for $48,400. Clars
Auction Gallery, Oakland, California,
December 10 and 11, 2016.
This Baccarat 82-piece stemware service
in the Vega pattern from Thomas
Perkins’s yacht Maltese Falcon sold for
$10,700. Clars Auction Gallery, Oakland,
California, December 10 and 11, 2016.
This Edwardian heart-shaped pendant-
brooch in 18k yellow gold, set entirely with
mine-cut diamonds, brought $4612. John
Moran Auctioneers, Monrovia, California,
December 6, 2016.
This late 19th-century French pocket
watch with an automaton figural dial
sold for $7380. John Moran Auctioneers,
Monrovia, California, December 6, 2016.
This signed Cartier 18k yellow gold
bracelet with wide links in the form of
elongated seashells sold for $10,455.
John Moran Auctioneers, Monrovia,
California, December 6, 2016.
This Cahuilla Mission snake-motif basket
realized $3690. John Moran Auctioneers,
Monrovia, California, December 6, 2016.
A collection of six Buster Brown Sunday
comic strip original artworks by Richard
F. Outcault (1863-1928) had descended
through the family of the artist. Buster
Brown was a comic strip character created
by Outcault in 1902 and was adopted as
the symbol of the Brown Shoe Company
in 1904. In the early 20th century, Buster
Brown and his pit bull terrier, Tige, were
well known to the American public. The
six Buster Brown lots sold to a European
builder for a total of $47,700. The top lot
of the collection (shown) was titled “The
Worm Turns Twice” and dated March
19, 1916. It had been published in the
Philadelphia Record . Kaminski Auctions,
Beverly, Massachusetts, November 26 and
27, 2016.
This 18th-century French Louis XV
basin decorated with carved putti and
figureheads and with a copper liner with
a crest on the embossed center had been
purchased at Parke-Bernet, New York City,
in the 1940s or 1950s. It sold for $14,000.
Kaminski Auctions, Beverly, Massachusetts,
November 26 and 27, 2016.
This signed Tiffany Studios turtleback
table lamp with an exquisite leaded
stained-glass shade was the top lot
of the November 26 and 27, 2016,
sale at Kaminski Auctions, Beverly,
Massachusetts. It sold for $18,000.
This marked 14k gold Dudley Watch
Co. Masonic pocket watch sold for
$5290. Cordier Auctions, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, December 3, 2016.
This white and cognac diamond
pendant was the top lot at Cordier
Auctions, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on
December 3, 2016, selling for $16,100.