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Sheldon Peck (1797-1868) painted this
portrait of
Miss Dodge
in 1845, possibly in
Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The 30" x 26¾" oil on
canvas was priced at $425,000 by Stephen
Score of Boston, Massachusetts, who was
exhibiting at the Winter Antiques Show for the
first time. “It is a portrait which must have
been a ‘speaking likeness’ and all without a
single word,” wrote Score on his label. On
April 30, 1981, at Sotheby’s, the portrait sold
along with another portrait of Miss Dodge
wearing a tortoiseshell comb. The portraits
had been owned by John and Marjorie
Schorsch, who had bought them from dealer
Richard McCabe Murray of Chadds Ford,
Pennsylvania. Score purchased them at that
time and sold this one to a private collector in
1981. Score just reacquired it this year.
This commemorative quilt, appliqué and needlework,
86" x 86", by Mrs. Charles G. Fox of Womelsdorf,
Pennsylvania, was $65,000 from Stephen Score, who said
the quilt has the visual aspect of a four-page scrapbook.
Among the people depicted are Franklin Roosevelt,
Ernest Shackleton, Admiral Robert Peary, Charles
Lindbergh, William Penn, Uncle Sam, Betsy Ross, and
Benjamin Franklin.
Maquette for a Harry Bertoia fountain, 1968, $140,000 from James
Elkind of Lost City Arts, New York City.
Man with Top Hat
by Elie
Nadelman (1882-1946),
bronze, 27½" tall, cast
in 1980-81, one of an
edition of six, Modern Art
Foundry, Massachusetts,
was $175,000 from Michael
Altman of New York City.
Apples in a Basket
by William McCloskey
(1859-1941), 1895, oil on canvas, 8" x 18",
signed and dated lower left, $185,000 from
Michael Altman, sold to a collector.
This card table with a lyre base is attributed to
Thomas Seymour (active 1801-17) of Boston. Of
rosewood, chestnut, mahogany, and poplar, it has
brass inlay, gilt-brass paw caps and casters, and
die-stamped mounts. The 29½" high x 16" wide
x 17
⅝
" deep table opens to 36" x 35¼". It was
$125,000 from Hirschl &Adler, New York City.
On the table are a Tucker vase-shaped pitcher
with floral decoration, 9
⅜
" high, inscribed
“LER” in gold within a wreath under the spout; a Tucker urn with caryatid handles in the
Empire taste with a floral bouquet and a landscape
en grisaille
, 11¾" high; and a Tucker pitcher
with floral decoration, 9¼" high. They were priced from $11,000 to $35,000.
The Weiss twins, Leon and Steven, of Gemini
Antiques, Oldwick, New Jersey, and Ray Haradin
stocked a stand that was reminiscent of FAO
Schwarz at Christmastime in the old days. Their
stand was constantly busy, as if Christmas were
only a week away. The cast-iron cutter sleigh
by Ives (left), 1890, was $95,000. The Hubley
iron sleigh with two Palmer Cox Brownies was
$28,000. The still bank in the form of the tower
of Independence Hall was $1850, and the red-
painted elephant still bank, $475.
Elliott and Grace Snyder of
South Egremont, Massachusetts,
offered this folk art masterpiece
hooked rug, unusually large at
95" x 96", for $65,000. There
are pairs of roosters, peacocks,
small birds, and blue cats, and
there is a white horse under a
red vase decorated with a heart
from which grows a flowering
tree. The sundial on the table,
signed “T. Heath, London,” has
a coat of arms and was made for
Hampton Court. It sold. Thomas
Heath (1698-1773) was a leading
London instrument maker at the
sign of the Hercules and Globe in
the Strand during the reigns of
George I and George II, the last
of the kings to reside at Hampton
Court. The dial is marked with
the leading trading posts in
England, 1720-53. The Shaker
worktable from Enfield, New
Hampshire, has four drawers.
It was $55,000. The corner chair
and the iron chandelier with
heart-shaped drip pans sold.
Elliott and Grace Snyder asked $32,000 for
View of Nahant, Massachusetts
by Thomas
Chambers (1808-1869), done 1843-50 when
the artist was living in Boston. It is 22¼" x
30" (sight), and it sold.
The Gemini Antiques booth was the busiest at the
fair. Sally Apfelbaum photo.
Tillou Gallery, Litchfield,
Connecticut, asked $68,000 for this
91" x 79½" x 26" Pennsylvania
walnut schrank with tombstone
panels. The interior has all its
original shelves and pegs. There are
two drawers in the bottom, and its
well-defined bracket feet are intact.
The 13 graduated blown chestnut
bottles, New England or New York, each in olive green or amber, range in height
from 4
⅜
" to 10
⅝
". The set was priced at $11,000. The transom, from the second
half of the 19th century, 37" high x 111½" wide, was $2450.
Tillou Gallery offered this desk from
the Connecticut River valley, probably
Hartford, circa 1760. In cherry and white
pine, it is 93" high (to top of finial) x 38¾"
wide x 22½" deep, with tombstone paneled
doors that open to a fitted interior. The
slant-lid desk has an amphitheater with
valances above blocked drawers. With
original bracket feet, it was $185,000.