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The Arts, Auctions,
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World Events,and HumorKellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.comBlogger470125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-32161189026822633282010-08-02T14:04:00.000-07:002010-08-02T16:44:58.897-07:00Upstairs Downstairs..An Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECmBwwPSiGZJtTWWDzju5W8cR0l2mcDB8FaPWe03AM1ak4hZpJv8SPAB1OYZCIsBzZGTAgYQsZPU5tAKFX0MzhinXr-ozEJgsLN6ydOiFn5aqx8Q06YmY7BiBHym_WZ9ajlRC6XCQA00/s1600/Dali+2+staircase.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECmBwwPSiGZJtTWWDzju5W8cR0l2mcDB8FaPWe03AM1ak4hZpJv8SPAB1OYZCIsBzZGTAgYQsZPU5tAKFX0MzhinXr-ozEJgsLN6ydOiFn5aqx8Q06YmY7BiBHym_WZ9ajlRC6XCQA00/s320/Dali+2+staircase.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500961698579280050" /></a><br /><br />A Crazy New Staircase. I love the look of it but not sure I'd climb it without a rail. I'm sure its not finished, I hope. Of course you can see from an old post that the idea is hardly new.<br /><br />From Gizmodo: "These are the stairs of the new Salvador Dalí museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Encased in 18-inch thick concrete walls, it can resist a 165mph Category 5 hurricane without blinking.The director of the museum says that the architecture "combines elements of the classical and the fantastical," like Dalí's own work. I will believe it when everything is covered in gold and time begins to melt. [Archdaily]<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFqpBSIzX4UaAmO2kS9u3a8wH6HY83RJXs19Qs6QZVVdUfgjn0arnL7Ylzjy5jFNxEvAklrYzR7b4q6E1oXeXjbt-hHC_MwMX5heSZTrDWLoYoonhhTN6G63Dwoi0UgXgWH-Vk_IfTR0/s1600/Dali+staircase.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFqpBSIzX4UaAmO2kS9u3a8wH6HY83RJXs19Qs6QZVVdUfgjn0arnL7Ylzjy5jFNxEvAklrYzR7b4q6E1oXeXjbt-hHC_MwMX5heSZTrDWLoYoonhhTN6G63Dwoi0UgXgWH-Vk_IfTR0/s320/Dali+staircase.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500961218906581378" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have always had a love of staircases and thought that this would make a great subject for a posting here at Homer's Odd. My first memory of a staircase was of course sitting at the the top of the front hall stairs while the folks were having a party down below and wanting to be a part of all the fun until being told upon being caught, to get back to bed.<br /><br />Staircases are grand and sweeping or they can be narrow and steep. Each design has it's own purpose and reason. The classic television series "Upstairs Downstairs," showed the importance of the staircase in Edwardian London.<br /><br />Staircases are escapes or the route to love.<br /><br />In my travels around the world, I have seen and climbed some great staircases. Starting from the Acropolis to St. Peter's, to Borobodur and Buckingham Palace.<br /><br />These steps have always captured a greater moment in my memory than the place itself. It made me think. Why are stairs so important? A few thoughts come to mind. When climbing a new staircase you are rising, you are entering. It is unknown, it is a new experience. Your heart beats a bit faster, your eyes widen, the stairs are the cause.<br /><br />Staircases are simply a functional architectural necessity to get you from one level to the next. They do however transcend their purpose in so many ways. They can denote class stratifications, they are pulpits, lecterns, they are structures used for grand ceremonial occasions.They are places of historic importance, they are the place where time changes. They are the spot where once your little girl bounced down in her pj's to where she threw her bouquet on her wedding day.<br /><br />Staircases are where inaugurations are held or great civil rights speeches are given. I believe we choose staircases to hold these important functions because they symbolize transcendence. They allow the speaker and the audience to believe that we can achieve what is spoken. That is what makes stairs important. Be they wooden or marble I love to climb them. Here are a few pictures of great staircases.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Zk_gp66S7ejNORfUI-tl2xyqJWRBDVRDXOEDlytsqCdoIhRm1SwPHuXbS57wy1eFisMfCyZkJeGjqi_JAcMVPJoIKVtfti8JO5RjKNgEmNGqPTXMw5sdRgvzBk1q48iamY6VpCAUxV1Z/s1600-h/angor+wat+taken+by+Bill+Bradley.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Zk_gp66S7ejNORfUI-tl2xyqJWRBDVRDXOEDlytsqCdoIhRm1SwPHuXbS57wy1eFisMfCyZkJeGjqi_JAcMVPJoIKVtfti8JO5RjKNgEmNGqPTXMw5sdRgvzBk1q48iamY6VpCAUxV1Z/s400/angor+wat+taken+by+Bill+Bradley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195976147048278066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Angor Wat<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlbXVSz29Pvwch1xLShoVbbTsEQnlpibXgOHU1tf77EhU-QPBxtcTFCc54gtzFAR0PuXunMDiT-Q5-C8tLp8Ct7t6hYx8hW3o4ijYlQprO9GvTZHmBKvDttc-YrGLKmm5GZVzGRSXWjyy/s1600-h/Crazy+Staircases+05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlbXVSz29Pvwch1xLShoVbbTsEQnlpibXgOHU1tf77EhU-QPBxtcTFCc54gtzFAR0PuXunMDiT-Q5-C8tLp8Ct7t6hYx8hW3o4ijYlQprO9GvTZHmBKvDttc-YrGLKmm5GZVzGRSXWjyy/s400/Crazy+Staircases+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195976151343245378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A Crazy Staircase<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8nnLeIZNbnzZOKXSMDt-G25NN0r340U9LQ00KjDTONII0tvOwaA0pWVwJRwNBdKMQ4eWY9aY5Kc9TjGRruBcugAbUDGT8SW9Sf_l34TM97fXoItqAaqMkh-Tf2qZ6TErrI3iWAbrBqlY/s1600-h/Grand+Central+NYC.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8nnLeIZNbnzZOKXSMDt-G25NN0r340U9LQ00KjDTONII0tvOwaA0pWVwJRwNBdKMQ4eWY9aY5Kc9TjGRruBcugAbUDGT8SW9Sf_l34TM97fXoItqAaqMkh-Tf2qZ6TErrI3iWAbrBqlY/s400/Grand+Central+NYC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195976151343245394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Grand Central Station New York City<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcc8QkGMo3zBgDuINuei4r55B5yl0WDmDlqqT8W9-hH0TlSrKT8f9VviCLtlV2a20JMs3SWnKDu4iwFnOal4SuJ1q5qNPNZm9IE0D7DEEsb3dn_8TUw_7nR7cEFpjme3phjoBaDt1IxVx/s1600-h/800px-TulipStair_QueensHouse_Greenwich.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcc8QkGMo3zBgDuINuei4r55B5yl0WDmDlqqT8W9-hH0TlSrKT8f9VviCLtlV2a20JMs3SWnKDu4iwFnOal4SuJ1q5qNPNZm9IE0D7DEEsb3dn_8TUw_7nR7cEFpjme3phjoBaDt1IxVx/s400/800px-TulipStair_QueensHouse_Greenwich.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195975631652202482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Tulip Staircase Queens House Greenwich</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtNAmDIPhdY3_2miGVP6f6nTllGiVupGvQfIh59bSgy_tmHaA9b_2mUVB7_ev4TS1d172-8p-YO4ZUnEF8-eeQpfPiRVI9egTuG5ujYu2VIf6RyTHECdlKSxfVzX0S2mB6ynH8AMln32q/s1600-h/Buckingham+Palace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtNAmDIPhdY3_2miGVP6f6nTllGiVupGvQfIh59bSgy_tmHaA9b_2mUVB7_ev4TS1d172-8p-YO4ZUnEF8-eeQpfPiRVI9egTuG5ujYu2VIf6RyTHECdlKSxfVzX0S2mB6ynH8AMln32q/s400/Buckingham+Palace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197087637339842754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Buckingham Palace Grand Staircase</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nAWvpSYrW0bwmlzLuiGnvu326POecOfYnL_B7Mk1x9lTpjQloT715J0RRdZSCJoaO1lJlY8KlYvn0AUV9k1e3a8XB5PpQZPvkE4NWFJ6rZALIbolBS9gNkAgszJOchpU4pKwAbrByOXx/s1600-h/bovolostaircase+venice.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 450px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nAWvpSYrW0bwmlzLuiGnvu326POecOfYnL_B7Mk1x9lTpjQloT715J0RRdZSCJoaO1lJlY8KlYvn0AUV9k1e3a8XB5PpQZPvkE4NWFJ6rZALIbolBS9gNkAgszJOchpU4pKwAbrByOXx/s400/bovolostaircase+venice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197082646587844770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Bovolostaircase Venice</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82XW2SAshO5WTpojLsNG1iln5sTOGH2L-hkED6rVs2qdXUu5FYaZOiOMpf0hRdbiW-jVipD8hnDlFANLKqiBmcaK7iTmraWxopfPQSs-EDrPkoI6tE-Jp7ihyYxxXqQ9pvTP0xlSGGl8n/s1600-h/Chambord+Da+Vinci+Staircase.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82XW2SAshO5WTpojLsNG1iln5sTOGH2L-hkED6rVs2qdXUu5FYaZOiOMpf0hRdbiW-jVipD8hnDlFANLKqiBmcaK7iTmraWxopfPQSs-EDrPkoI6tE-Jp7ihyYxxXqQ9pvTP0xlSGGl8n/s400/Chambord+Da+Vinci+Staircase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197082646587844786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Chambord by Da Vinci</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEaWMRuSm7iY2bnAg2uCx7tcfqSGr6-Vx6TwLTpxY6N1hfTgUNShGFJPl_yn6P-UUetrjMNQEtNomCmihGblFhmYnsiSrs2nQQUrtrRQvKnIkFSuGDvT3aWsHf_F13OUlmEhp6K3nZZL8/s1600-h/Exorcist+Staircase+in+Georgetown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEaWMRuSm7iY2bnAg2uCx7tcfqSGr6-Vx6TwLTpxY6N1hfTgUNShGFJPl_yn6P-UUetrjMNQEtNomCmihGblFhmYnsiSrs2nQQUrtrRQvKnIkFSuGDvT3aWsHf_F13OUlmEhp6K3nZZL8/s400/Exorcist+Staircase+in+Georgetown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197090021046692066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Exorcist Staircase, Georgetown<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRJWwOCfSUcsXDDmFY5HQCeyDEenJiS5nKsh-uGyKAGWgcwithO1F6bVZAyVvyvUaZxWPkcYJHx2_gG1nIjZXtTDcDmtx0P3KyWikk6yS7M6ufZBmRtBjkF_CId2v2cOfO_en0SY3Svm9/s1600-h/Titanic+staircase.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRJWwOCfSUcsXDDmFY5HQCeyDEenJiS5nKsh-uGyKAGWgcwithO1F6bVZAyVvyvUaZxWPkcYJHx2_gG1nIjZXtTDcDmtx0P3KyWikk6yS7M6ufZBmRtBjkF_CId2v2cOfO_en0SY3Svm9/s400/Titanic+staircase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197091966666877218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The Titanic Staircase</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEfG2qWnsQL5VqOzzaMk5Hk-fdQfjKc_g7EzaV4ePTfuaN4t3-gcFhA8Dv3N-B7OmId7Yy-JYIQ_5CUXIoLLHHXMzTo8GzEfDkS0Btgdu_RQsvFlQShX7kHHO83L8cCu2ZHdZ2CTW-VS6/s1600-h/Survivors+Staircase+WTC.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEfG2qWnsQL5VqOzzaMk5Hk-fdQfjKc_g7EzaV4ePTfuaN4t3-gcFhA8Dv3N-B7OmId7Yy-JYIQ_5CUXIoLLHHXMzTo8GzEfDkS0Btgdu_RQsvFlQShX7kHHO83L8cCu2ZHdZ2CTW-VS6/s400/Survivors+Staircase+WTC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197091966666877234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Survivors Staircase World Trade Center</span><br /></div>Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-81659367302150463992010-05-16T15:17:00.000-07:002010-05-16T15:22:50.620-07:00Art's New Winners and Losers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DzHd2hQ-TyvXCZgsi9lx7Zrhvt3KiUiidnWA8AxRoGs4Bff4vpcFo5Ao_lE2Mcgzp7JBUEdC7u0ZBDwH9g_7cEiuIcz6rTZWORidKg9b07K4rL7oZtm0n5LntOp3AVLNbOhwlb-LrvQ/s1600/alg_warhol_painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DzHd2hQ-TyvXCZgsi9lx7Zrhvt3KiUiidnWA8AxRoGs4Bff4vpcFo5Ao_lE2Mcgzp7JBUEdC7u0ZBDwH9g_7cEiuIcz6rTZWORidKg9b07K4rL7oZtm0n5LntOp3AVLNbOhwlb-LrvQ/s320/alg_warhol_painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471996747101275410" /></a><br /><br />Art's New Winners and Losers<br />Sales are rising, but the recovery is leaving some artists behind. Why Renoir and Calder are up, and Munch and Hirst are down<br /><br />Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2010<br />By KELLY CROW<br /><br />"The bidding has started up again and prices are rising. Now, as the dust settles from the art-market upheaval of the last few years, a new art landscape is emerging.<br />The New Art Market's Ups and Downs<br /><br />The major spring auctions wrapped up this week in New York with sales that nearly tripled last year's totals. A few artists appeared unaffected by the recent ups and downs of the market. A Picasso painting sold for $106.5 million, setting an auction record, and Andy Warhol's "Self Portrait" sold for $32.5 million, more than twice its high estimate.<br /><br />But the playing field has been transformed by recession, and dozens of other top artists have been boosted or derailed by the boom-and-bust cycle. Some of the biggest stars from the art market's peak, such as Richard Prince and Damien Hirst, have been largely absent from auctions recently.<br /><br />On the rise are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet and Salvador Dali, names that a few years ago were unfashionable in some art circles. In recent years, some Western buyers dismissed their work as passé —crowd-pleasing but uninteresting. New art collectors, however, tend to gravitate to the European Impressionists that are pretty and accessible. Newly wealthy Asian buyers have been bidding up Renoirs and Monets.<br />[ArtPromo]<br /><br />See a graphic about art's new winners and losers.<br /><br />Market fluctuations can spark larger shifts in art-world taste. The Gagosian Gallery, a leading dealer of modern and contemporary art, mounted an exhibit of late-period Monets in New York this month—a move that the gallery says would have been unlikely a few years ago.<br /><br />New York's chief auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's International, say prices for any artist are heavily contingent upon the whims of supply. It's a rare occurrence that a seller consigns a work as important as Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust," last week's $106.5 million sale.<br /><br />Still, a sweep of the spring auction results reveals fresh clues about which artists collectors feel more, or less, confident in now. "Before the crisis, people were buying everything," says David Nahmad, a modern-art dealer with galleries in New York and London. "Now, they're more selective."<br />[ADVISER5] Sotheby's<br /><br />Pablo Picasso: 'Woman with a cat sitting in a chair,' priced to sell for $15 million, sold for $18 million at Christie's.<br /><br />In all, Sotheby's and Christie's International brought in about $1.1 billion combined from their semiannual New York sales of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art, up from $408.8 million last May but down from their $1.4 billion peak two seasons ago.<br /><br />As the auctions wrap up, here's a look at who's soaring and who's struggling in the new art market.<br />WHO'S UP<br /><br />Pierre-Auguste Renoir<br /><br />Dealers say Renoir's soft-focus depictions of Victorian women and children are a favorite of Asian collectors, who have begun buying up iconic pieces from the Western canon. They're starting, as many new buyers do, with the broadly appealing Impressionists. Renoir's prices are lower than those of older peers like Monet.<br /><br />Last November in New York, a Japanese collector paid Sotheby's $2.8 million for Renoir's "Woman with a White Hat," and minutes later a Chinese collector bidding over the telephone paid $962,500 for his "Still Life with Apples and Pears."<br /><br />View Full Image<br />artmarket<br />Sotheby's<br /><br />Claude Monet: Last week, Sotheby's sold 'The Effect of Spring at Giverny,' for $15.2 million, the seventh-highest price ever paid for a Monet at auction.<br />artmarket<br />artmarket<br /><br />Claude Monet<br /><br />The master of Impressionism seems to sell best during the uncertain days of a new auction cycle, when collectors prefer to stick with classics. At the start of the last market swell in 2005 and 2006, at least 18 of Monet's speckled pastorals sold for more than their high asking prices at major evening auctions, according to Art Research Technologies, a firm that tracks auction sales. On May 5, Sotheby's got $15.2 million for "The Effect of Spring at Giverny," the seventh-highest Monet to ever sell at auction. An Asian collector bidding over the telephone got that work.<br /><br />Prices for Monet's paintings dated after 1905 are also expected to benefit from the high-profile show that opened this month at the Gagosian Gallery. Last spring, around 100,000 people visited the gallery's show of late Picassos, and dealers have subsequently credited the show with increasing demand for Picasso's later works.<br />[artmarket] Christie's<br /><br />Alberto Giacometti: Number of his works that sold for over $20 million last week in New York: 3.<br /><br />Alberto Giacometti<br /><br />This onetime favorite of European collectors has gone global, with bidders from the U.S. and Russia joining in and pushing up his asking prices, dealers say.<br /><br />Three months ago, Sotheby's in London sold his "Walking Man I" for $104.3 million, a record at the time for a work of art at auction. The buzz from that sale gave confidence to bidders during this latest round in New York: On May 4, Christie's sold Giacometti's bust of his brother, "Big Thin Head," to art adviser Guy Bennett for $53.2 million, over its $35 million high estimate.<br /><br />Alexander Calder<br /><br />The Philadelphia sculptor of kinetic abstract sculptures has floated above the recession. He had a banner year in 2009, with a record $41.5 million worth of his art selling at auction, according to Artnet, a firm that monitors sales. Six of his priciest pieces sold during the doldrums, including the 1934 mobile, "Five Pieces of Wood," which Sotheby's in London sold last June for $4.2 million. On Wednesday, another pair of mobiles sold for a combined $5.2 million.<br /><br />American collectors say part of the reason for the strong sales was that the artist had been undervalued for too long, a fact that became clear as other art prices dropped. Compared to Jeff Koons's $25.7 million "Balloon Flower (Magenta)," Calder's dangling wire pieces still appear to be a good value, dealers say.<br /><br />Jasper Johns<br /><br />Rarity helps, especially in a recession. Between 2005 and 2009, nine works by this Pop pioneer wound up in the auction houses' major evening sales and they all sold, for roughly $13.3 million combined. That same number of pieces hit the evening sales this past week, thanks largely to a consignment of pieces owned by the late author Michael Crichton.<br /><br />It proved a bonanza: Johns's "Flag" sold to New York art adviser Michael Altman for $28.6 million, above its $15 million high estimate. The Crichton works may also have spurred other collectors to offer up their pieces by Johns, including "Figure O," which sold for $4.1 million.<br /><br />Jean-Michel Basquiat<br /><br />The graffiti-influenced 1980s artist is the recovery's comeback kid. After his brightly colored paintings pushed above $14 million in early 2007, collectors watched his prices plummet.<br /><br />Now, Basquiat's asking prices have dropped to between $2 million and $6 million and American Baby Boomers appear to be rushing back in to take advantage of the lower price tags. On Tuesday, Christie's asked at least $3.5 million for his "Man Struck by Lightning—2 Witnesses" from 1982 but got $4.8 million for it.<br /><br />Basquiat's 1983 depiction of a saxophone player, "Untitled (Stardust)," also sparked a dogged bidding war at Sotheby's on Wednesday, ultimately selling to a woman in the salesroom for $7.2 million. The piece was set to sell for up to $6 million.<br />WHO'S DOWN<br /><br />Kees Van Dongen<br /><br />Last fall, this Dutch master of Fauvism seemed poised to enjoy a surge when Sotheby's in New York sold his creamy spare portrait, "Young Arab," for a record $13.8 million. Russian buyers were flocking then to his emerald-and-navy portraits of women. Since then, however, Russian collectors seem to have shifted back to homegrown favorites with a similar palette, like Natalia Goncharova, and U.S. buyers haven't stepped in to fill the void.<br /><br />Sotheby's got $3.7 million for Van Dongen's "Woman with a Hat of Roses" on May 5, but another Van Dongen consigned to that sale was withdrawn by the seller at the last minute. In all, seven paintings by the artist have gone unsold this auction season, up from three last year, according to Art Research Technologies.<br /><br />Pierre Bonnard<br /><br />Sometimes collectors get spooked by an artist, even one firmly ensconced in the art-history textbooks. Between 2005 and 2006, at least 23 paintings by the French artist sold within or above their estimates at the auction houses' major evening sales. These included a lush view of "Two Fruit Baskets" that sold in November 2006 for $8.5 million.<br /><br />Demand took a sharp turn last fall, however, after Sotheby's got no bids for Bonnard's "Nude Profile," which was priced to sell for at least $1.25 million. On May 5, another Bonnard went unsold, this time a Parisian street scene from 1904, "The Boulevard Outside: The Corner of Clichy Boulevard and Douai Street." Christie's sold a Bonnard, "Deadlock or Lane (Le Cannet)," from the Brody collection for $842,500 on May 4.<br /><br />Mr. Nahmad said newer buyers may not be as familiar with Bonnard's oeuvre but added that the artist was more likely suffering from "bad luck."<br /><br />View Full Image<br />artmarket<br />Christie's<br /><br />Edvard Munch: Number of his works that failed to sell at auction between 2007 and 2009: 0. Number of works that failed to sell this spring: 3.<br />artmarket<br />artmarket<br /><br />Edvard Munch<br /><br />Do collectors love this Norwegian artist when he's not screaming? Weeks after Lehman Brothers floundered in 2008, Munch's "Vampire" sold at Sotheby's in New York for $38.1 million. The work, depicting a red-haired woman hovering over a man in a black suit, was considered a masterpiece. It was also replete with the artist's dark and twisted signature imagery.<br /><br />Since then, Munch works featuring happier subject matter have stumbled at auction. These include "Fertility," the $25 million field-couple scene that failed to sell at Christie's. The following night, Munch's 1916-17 image of a blue-eyed young girl sporting a bow in her hair, "Nude Half Figure," was expected to sell at Sotheby's for at least $1.6 million. It stalled at $1.4 million.<br />[artmarket] Sotheby's<br /><br />DAMIEN HIRST: In 2008, $270.7 million worth of his art sold at auction. In 2009: $18.3 million.<br /><br />Damien Hirst<br /><br />The British artist who famously sold off $200.8 million worth of his own art at Sotheby's in London hasn't turned up much at major auctions since. Katherine Jentleson, head researcher with Art Research Technologies, said the milestone Sotheby's sale "severely diminished demand" for his works.<br /><br />The hiatus may serve his market in the long run, since the appearance of rarity tends to whet collectors' appetites. But for now, his switch from ubiquity to virtual absence is hard to miss. In this latest round of sales, he only had one piece on offer in the important evening sales held by Sotheby's and Christie's. Sotheby's got $782,500 for his 2006 "The Trees the House," which uses butterflies to recreate the look of a stained-glass window. Two years ago, his major butterfly pieces were selling for as much as $4 million a piece. A spokeswoman for the Gagosian Gallery, which represents Mr. Hirst, said his paintings and sculptures are selling well privately, including a show last fall in New York that "sold out."<br /><br />Richard Prince<br /><br />During the peak years of 2006 and 2008, prices for Mr. Prince's work soared. In 2008, the artist's works sold for a combined $68.3 million at auction, but signs of trouble began to emerge: That year, at least nine pieces sold for less that their low asking prices, indicating that buyers and sellers were no longer in agreement on where his auction prices should be set. Last year, his auction sales total fell to $11.7 million, according to Artnet, likely an indication that fewer sellers wanted to risk offering Princes that might not sell. A spokeswoman for the Gagosian Gallery, which represents Mr. Prince, says the artist's prices and sales are fine.<br /><br />Mr. Prince has one group of influential supporters: museum curators. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis recently mounted major Prince shows. Christie's sold one of his paintings, "Ranting and Raving," on Tuesday for $722,500, just over its $600,000 low estimate.<br /><br />Correction & Amplification:<br />Gagosian Gallery represents the artist Richard Prince. A previous version of the article incorrectly said the Barbara Gladstone Gallery represented Mr. Prince."<br /><br />Write to Kelly Crow at kelly.crow@wsj.comKellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-26246273824123095832010-05-10T16:08:00.000-07:002010-05-10T16:19:14.489-07:00I Always Wonder Too<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfUDXSkWr80oj2Zr2Dy6vts-LWxmSoECWW8ynjzS_q4ID-LejAP7ORgOxRQ3uaeaeE7k_VU_C2XhI4iex1fKVWnEacCc3IxSqhFvA4z8jglVyKU29yZ1rODp_XkYbJhBfv6CgTYOPqwM/s1600/impmod_ny_brody_picasso.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfUDXSkWr80oj2Zr2Dy6vts-LWxmSoECWW8ynjzS_q4ID-LejAP7ORgOxRQ3uaeaeE7k_VU_C2XhI4iex1fKVWnEacCc3IxSqhFvA4z8jglVyKU29yZ1rODp_XkYbJhBfv6CgTYOPqwM/s320/impmod_ny_brody_picasso.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469782636246133554" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Coy Art of the Mystery Bidder<br /></span><br /><br />New York Times May 7th, 2010<br /><br />If you follow art auctions even peripherally, you know that each one leaves a trail of question marks. Who bought the van Gogh? Who bought the Johns? We would very much like to know. Sooner or later we usually do.<br /><br />But last week, when an anonymous telephone-bidding buyer paid $106.5 million for a 1932 Picasso — the highest price ever for a work of art at auction — the secrecy felt especially irksome. Who bought the painting repeatedly defined by Christie’s as a “trophy” with the tremendous visual impact that is now being called “wall power”? Who had the willpower to keep mum? To abstain from indulging fully in the spectacle of such a public act of acquisition? One — nearly everyone — itched to know; in fact, felt robbed of a crucial piece of the action. In other words, as with the season’s finale of one’s most addictive television show, one felt thoroughly and adroitly manipulated.<br /><br />The superrich have always sent very public mixed signals about their need for privacy. In this case the headline-making price and the anonymous buyer made that paradox and its manipulative aspects especially clear. But how private does someone who buys a painting at public auction for a world-record price want to be?<br /><br />Was it a Russian oligarch who didn’t want to call attention to himself, for fear of home invasion or too much unfriendly attention from Vladimir Putin? Was it a genuinely modest art lover who desired this particular Picasso beyond all else, would pay any price for it and wanted nothing so much as to quietly take it home, to an undisclosed location? More likely, it was someone in the vast gap between these extremes, perhaps someone with vast sums of money stashed in a Swiss bank account or a dubious tax shelter.<br /><br />For a minute or two, I felt that the insistence on anonymity might qualify as mildly admirable behavior under the circumstances. It suggested that buying the picture, “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” wasn’t done just or even primarily for the attention. I thought of the relentless legacy opportunities that museums are pressed to create, slapping the names of trustees and donors on galleries, wings, auditoriums, facades, directorships, curatorial positions. (So far, I think, only full curatorial positions. I have yet to come across a Your-Name-Here Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art.) I remembered the enormous new wing of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and paid for by a family that preferred to remain anonymous. I wished someone like that would give $100 million to the New York Public Library and just let it go at that, no strings attached. Even more fatuously, I also wished that the Brody family, which put the Picasso on the block, had given it to a museum, settling for 50 years of private pleasure from a painting they loaned to an exhibition only once, plus their name in perpetuity on a modest pasteboard wall label.<br /><br />That snapped me out of it. Strictly enforcing one’s privacy — at a time when so much goes public as fast at it happens — may be the ultimate public display of power, and thus the most erotic. The buyer is the puppet master whose puppets are the in-the-know few at Christie’s, from the top rank to the guy on the phone in the auction room relaying the bids. The rest of us don’t even need strings to be jerked around.<br /><br />We look on, gape-mouthed, as the figure rises and then clamor to know. We think we are the observers, but actually we are the observed. It is Buyer X who is most in control and who therefore derives the greatest pleasure from the actual transaction. Anonymity only makes it that much more pleasurable and voyeuristic.<br /><br />In this scenario, full disclosure becomes the relatively more admirable alternative, much the way it is with Oscar winners: someone standing teary-eyed at the microphone, saying how thrilled and humbled he is to be the owner of this fantastic painting. (“I’d like to thank my hedge-fund manager.”) Such openness might have given the event a veneer of normalcy. And it might have put our attention back on the art itself and made the whole thing less of a circus. But the art world and the world at large are now back in their boom-time positions regarding auctions, which is watching the money, oohing and ahhing and making the spending of it that much more of a turn-on.<br /><br />Roberta Smith is an art critic for The Times.Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-44320676124878681422010-05-06T17:03:00.001-07:002010-05-06T17:07:56.042-07:00So You've Decided That The Stock Market Is Not For you<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGg843FvjATPsWmmJ0i4kEiozcWRtqMiBI3givxdUVg4UtQMS3SeCf9y_lPL6WucL3QnL4ftx-XD9dY4n1xKDKAJxlW8r2fHHFKpCbOHjzScL_2B7FTUd5xMTonuuGvzB3hz-EAFKt48/s1600/bugattix-large.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGg843FvjATPsWmmJ0i4kEiozcWRtqMiBI3givxdUVg4UtQMS3SeCf9y_lPL6WucL3QnL4ftx-XD9dY4n1xKDKAJxlW8r2fHHFKpCbOHjzScL_2B7FTUd5xMTonuuGvzB3hz-EAFKt48/s320/bugattix-large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468312184811176914" /></a><br />May 6 (Bloomberg) -- "A 1930s Bugatti has sold for about $30 million to become the world’s most expensive car -- with dealers predicting more records as billionaires look for alternatives to risky financial investments.<br /><br />The Type 57SC Atlantic was bought in a private transaction for nearly as much as its asking price, dealers with knowledge of the matter said. The coupe had been owned by the New Hampshire-based neurologist Peter D. Williamson, a former president of the American Bugatti Club, who died in 2008<br /><br />“Interest rates are low and some people have made a lot of money over the last year,” said John Collins, of U.K.-based Ferrari dealers Talacrest 2000 AD Ltd. “They want to buy real assets that have a limited supply and that won’t go down in value. Modern art and classic cars are tracking each other at the moment.”<br /><br />Wealthy individuals are increasingly looking at physical objects such as art and cars because stock markets remain turbulent, dealers said. A 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso sold at Christie’s International in New York for $106.5 million on May 4, setting a record for any artwork at auction."Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-52218919115333775832010-05-05T19:33:00.001-07:002010-05-05T19:35:55.447-07:00Keno Auctions Off to A Good Start<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8r4OPaoTuYPXyS_XrElSoUI8qHLaqwQwj6zxItt4GHPbPnQtMwEX3_kbVZhLkL4J6oNTwzb9xhwiqXUKgNvqvs5JlfFYoTv8FomsgYKZ-SS1VhLw9_1dHSzHvz5FGo4Fio1fXzqBYc-Y/s1600/beekmanchippendale.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8r4OPaoTuYPXyS_XrElSoUI8qHLaqwQwj6zxItt4GHPbPnQtMwEX3_kbVZhLkL4J6oNTwzb9xhwiqXUKgNvqvs5JlfFYoTv8FomsgYKZ-SS1VhLw9_1dHSzHvz5FGo4Fio1fXzqBYc-Y/s320/beekmanchippendale.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467979733970339458" /></a><br />From Luxist:<br />"The first auction from the Leigh Keno's new Keno Auctions house has brought some big results including the sale of one very expensive Chippendale chest. The auction was held last weekend in Stamford, Connecticut and had two sessions. The first part, the collection of H. Robert Leese of Pennsylvania, consisted of 178 lots, all of which sold without reserve. During the second session the James Beekman Chippendale carved mahogany chest of drawers from the shop of Thomas Brookman with carving attributed to Henry Hardcastle came up for bid. Antiques and the Arts reports that this New York chest, circa 1752 was estimated at $200/600,000 but sold for $1.428 million, setting a record for a New York piece of furniture.<br /><br />The third session on Sunday brought the second highest price in the sale, when the portrait of Anna Brodhead Oliver circa 1743 was sold without reserve to David Schorsch of Woodbury, Connecticut, for $1,118,600. The estimate was just $40/80,000 and the portrait was the property of a descendant of the sitter. Leigh Keno said that the auction brought in a total of $5,818,460 including the buyer's premium but that four major postsale offers pending will boost the total to $6.014 million.<br /><br />The blond twin Keno brothers are experts in American furniture and have often appeared on "Antiques Roadshow." Both Leigh and Leslie Keno have been interested in rare Americana since they were kids and have been involved in the antiques business since their teenage years and Leslie Keno was in the audience for this auction. The pair recently announced their own furniture line."Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-55663136882510623662010-04-25T16:38:00.000-07:002010-04-27T19:20:56.118-07:00A DC May Auction at WeschlersWeschlers Auction House here in DC is having a nice sale this May 15th. I've picked a few pieces for your pleasure and the <a href="http://www.weschlers.com/asp/searchresults.asp?t=733814&shopper=&">full catalogue is here</a>.<br /><br />I know my posts have been rare as of late and I hope that will change but life has been very busy and well, my colleagues, you know how much time this takes.Enough said. <br /><br />I think there are some great buys here. Lets take a look. Cheers, Homer.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVb-B_ojDfOUWFL21CcJqnlaWmGg0MohhJ1EhbU9ag43GND1UIxI8YJtirfdXfqQ4-QeyFzCWWGiELYpNnrhrBglJkLH30alqwEx1gMdHBakrj4DHgUg03CKqTcAcW3xCrKPpdwqXtFk/s1600/we+lot+47.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVb-B_ojDfOUWFL21CcJqnlaWmGg0MohhJ1EhbU9ag43GND1UIxI8YJtirfdXfqQ4-QeyFzCWWGiELYpNnrhrBglJkLH30alqwEx1gMdHBakrj4DHgUg03CKqTcAcW3xCrKPpdwqXtFk/s320/we+lot+47.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464224381553401186" /></a><br />Lot 47<br />Kazutoshi Sugiura (Japanese b. 1938)<br />Iris No. 24<br />Woodblock print with gold metallic embellishments, 1980-1981, signed K. Sugiura and dated in pencil l.r.; also titled in Kanji and numbered 39/95 in pencil l.l. Framed.*<br />23-1/4 x 16-1/2 in (591 x 419 mm)<br />Estimate $500-700 <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eIYaM8PPIfm9cJevE_nJ5Fw251yyqlrOdZ4Q1rthtyTq4SRk12VUXU354FuvjbVsrSheWRIbDeuMJyHLm22OzUPd14cp_XjNmq2w9hwSZbj-7X3VZQ3HmtFnBqSerZa1SX92rn2BuyQ/s1600/we+lot+86.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eIYaM8PPIfm9cJevE_nJ5Fw251yyqlrOdZ4Q1rthtyTq4SRk12VUXU354FuvjbVsrSheWRIbDeuMJyHLm22OzUPd14cp_XjNmq2w9hwSZbj-7X3VZQ3HmtFnBqSerZa1SX92rn2BuyQ/s320/we+lot+86.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464230069854886818" /></a><br />Lot 86<br />American Silver Three-Piece Tea Service<br />Canfield Bro. & Co., Baltimore, Circa 1850<br />Consisting of a teapot, covered sugar bowl and a cream jug; each having an octagonal form engraved with scrolling floral sprays enclosing a shaped reserve with an arm and sword crest, the reverse with a blank reserve. Each impressed CANFIELD BRO. & CO, 2 and with a Gothic M within an oval reserve. Each with removed monogram or crest.<br />Height of teapot: 7-3/4 in (19.7 cm)<br />Total gross weight: 56.7 oz<br />Estimate $800-1,200<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbelv51AWkCPDVwbpqjpQVufd1hwCW-jwL2_YkcZRNry_tnWTFCPdP4CeSvTH_jZfmDF8JAtmLvyRpfWpLtWUZYclxU6ULwlNl9SEpsdZDRZpPQTIoRIS0DTUoX4qeICzOlPuO0OLcYo/s1600/we+lot+91.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbelv51AWkCPDVwbpqjpQVufd1hwCW-jwL2_YkcZRNry_tnWTFCPdP4CeSvTH_jZfmDF8JAtmLvyRpfWpLtWUZYclxU6ULwlNl9SEpsdZDRZpPQTIoRIS0DTUoX4qeICzOlPuO0OLcYo/s320/we+lot+91.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464229727680214274" /></a><br />Lot 91<br />Set of Seven English Silver Plate 'Fox' Stirrup Cups<br />20th Century<br />Each of typical form; six engraved with monogram D.F.M., the seventh engraved BRIAR PATCH/ '49. Unmarked.<br />Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)<br />Estimate $400-600 <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QzYBgQNA9-3SyzfXMheFCp5CpanpA3zzp-wZUc7GnOsTZh5N-IW7sQ34RJGY0Wkak3WIXlClHb4w9QjKGUiH60FMeRRbJAKbAFu9N18WjWZeOohYv9Ovbn9VgfIMNTFHgK3nLNR4Dog/s1600/we+lot+181.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QzYBgQNA9-3SyzfXMheFCp5CpanpA3zzp-wZUc7GnOsTZh5N-IW7sQ34RJGY0Wkak3WIXlClHb4w9QjKGUiH60FMeRRbJAKbAFu9N18WjWZeOohYv9Ovbn9VgfIMNTFHgK3nLNR4Dog/s320/we+lot+181.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464229300254778546" /></a><br />Lot 181<br />Pair of French Art Deco Style Faux Ivory Inlaid Palisander Wood Nightstands<br />Post 1950<br />Each having an open niche and chrome-plated knob pulls; the first with two drawers, the second with a panel door. Each with minor abrasions to top; pulls with wear to plated surface.<br />Height: 24 in (61 cm); Width: 17-3/4 in (45.1 cm); Depth: 17-3/4 in (45.1 cm)<br />Estimate $500-700 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnM05-I7HZveDsKqYfCTYlM6ECIvk6MeoSd5uJ0YtQ7pzDaTz_O_NlY7rlXaTphKhrovOb_Z4Z57Y6-68mawXnoFU-iFSLubD3ppgn8buyOz7b1nYsYZgmBc0Sr6sN4TLr55ciUyNs4d0/s1600/we+lot+195.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnM05-I7HZveDsKqYfCTYlM6ECIvk6MeoSd5uJ0YtQ7pzDaTz_O_NlY7rlXaTphKhrovOb_Z4Z57Y6-68mawXnoFU-iFSLubD3ppgn8buyOz7b1nYsYZgmBc0Sr6sN4TLr55ciUyNs4d0/s320/we+lot+195.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464228997162296178" /></a><br />Lot 195<br />Dutch Neoclassical Style Marquetry and Rosewood Crossbanded Satinwood Demilune Side Table<br />Early 20th Century<br />Having two marquetry tambour doors opening to view a divided storage compartment. Some losses to veneer; repairs to openwork skirt.<br />Height: 30-1/2 in (77.5 cm); Width: 30-1/2 in (77.5 cm); Depth: 16 in (40.6 cm)<br />Estimate $500-700<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRoHoYO_dYD5Dq9U3vYqIy_n8aSBl5JyVS9JNiS4ewOoWz5iKN-YXgP3YkGUk5mPoNR3dAFNljwry_uhI2aOeAQS82fhk2YLUAVFlyQqCQ48kFquXZauGoe2OdUZd8xpE5hNLWb0cmOM/s1600/we+lot+214.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRoHoYO_dYD5Dq9U3vYqIy_n8aSBl5JyVS9JNiS4ewOoWz5iKN-YXgP3YkGUk5mPoNR3dAFNljwry_uhI2aOeAQS82fhk2YLUAVFlyQqCQ48kFquXZauGoe2OdUZd8xpE5hNLWb0cmOM/s320/we+lot+214.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464228526494407410" /></a><br />Lot 214<br />Italian Baroque Walnut Armadio<br />Composed of 17th-18th Century Elements<br />The two raised panel doors enclosing a divided interior each with five beige cloth-covered shelves.<br />Height: 92-1/2 in (235 cm); Width: 89-1/2 in (227.3 cm); Depth: 18 in (45.7 cm)<br />Estimate $10,000-20,000 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOxzeJeBks-t_imnV71csnw9o00uNOr1uU-yjaLi_3O4VjTuBgFDBaarT7Az7Cy3t3SNai1fBDdzjIxaT4okrsrYakHenLtG5wTRf85518EF7f_cWPBZWDW1XHHFsyB8HWOixUOW0DaI/s1600/we+lot+220.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOxzeJeBks-t_imnV71csnw9o00uNOr1uU-yjaLi_3O4VjTuBgFDBaarT7Az7Cy3t3SNai1fBDdzjIxaT4okrsrYakHenLtG5wTRf85518EF7f_cWPBZWDW1XHHFsyB8HWOixUOW0DaI/s320/we+lot+220.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464228106763626994" /></a><br />Lot 220<br />Pair of Deruta Maiolica Blue and White Pictorial Chargers<br />20th Century<br />Each depicting deer within a scrolling foliate ground continuing to a flowerhead border within a scalloped edge. Verso of each inscribed in underglaze blue Deruta. One with repaired chip to rim; each with some chips and wear to glaze at rims.<br />Diameter: 15-1/4 in (38.7 cm)<br />Estimate $1,000-1,500<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPmxs4gkxR6Zr8i468z8o6zEvoZ75jOheiOFESqmSo6E6bBWC7WDWNahfWlaAOdotlCyHonXUTtKqb6EAb0QO76-gQbzmU-UJtm4hz-ZkPZVR2anBBPR1oYnly3GTsBUZyH_LI2HfjC0/s1600/we+lot+238.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPmxs4gkxR6Zr8i468z8o6zEvoZ75jOheiOFESqmSo6E6bBWC7WDWNahfWlaAOdotlCyHonXUTtKqb6EAb0QO76-gQbzmU-UJtm4hz-ZkPZVR2anBBPR1oYnly3GTsBUZyH_LI2HfjC0/s320/we+lot+238.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464227804676864290" /></a><br />Pair of Herend 'Rothschild Bird' Table Lamps<br />Modern<br />Each with overall molded basketweave pattern.<br />Height of porcelain: 11 in (27.9 cm)<br />Estimate $500-700 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCbDHTIScuHuaxTyv2FXvIMrqEKz_ZrH2cl0nsvANANp18LwpTTRwYzbum52G0XuIaeSFV6KUHmkrJfx2fzrO4hI-GztHaN1FHHNaMaov608FgQ4K8A3sAT1DgiumM92Lz-HotMA_QrA/s1600/we+lot+255.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCbDHTIScuHuaxTyv2FXvIMrqEKz_ZrH2cl0nsvANANp18LwpTTRwYzbum52G0XuIaeSFV6KUHmkrJfx2fzrO4hI-GztHaN1FHHNaMaov608FgQ4K8A3sAT1DgiumM92Lz-HotMA_QrA/s320/we+lot+255.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464227413377681906" /></a><br />Lot 255<br />George III Walnut High Chair<br />Circa 1760-1780<br />Having a screw-off arm rail over a beige and rose bird brocade silk upholstered slip seat and an adjustable foot rest. Repairs.<br />Height: 38 in (96.5 cm)<br />Estimate $700-900 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QH3O2yoVay9BAmTKnYAswxW2jhfRzDwxrhfgbrA7F5eVlWkFtAnVLjDs6tnY8x7z_NwncwhQweFUO-ytXBpHDR9DVQUtsFYMuBHNgy2rB2EANWZesstXvyhZXh2cZovLvaSNddf0OSw/s1600/we+lot+268.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QH3O2yoVay9BAmTKnYAswxW2jhfRzDwxrhfgbrA7F5eVlWkFtAnVLjDs6tnY8x7z_NwncwhQweFUO-ytXBpHDR9DVQUtsFYMuBHNgy2rB2EANWZesstXvyhZXh2cZovLvaSNddf0OSw/s320/we+lot+268.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464227152356462738" /></a><br />Lot 268<br />George III Style Ebonized Wood Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard<br />Last Half 19th Century<br />Having a mahogany crossbanded top above a central crossbanded drawer flanked by a bipartite partial lead-lined bottle drawer and a panel door. Scattered repairs and losses to crossbanding and veneer.<br />Height: 28 in (71.1 cm); Width: 72 in (182.9 cm); Depth: 25-1/4 in (64.1 cm)<br />Estimate $1,500-2,500 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhana7EMaXXE-LhWdSm1YJN8OqahJZxzztJLBNK_lUMyZjjxMGducUONxfwyjSASuA7MeOBtoCDwRnS5S2jvH5hF_L3F8jzUiBMza04TGW7LglB9Sp-n3D12-8rUj5CN0VNv38m3gEsohU/s1600/we+lot+271.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhana7EMaXXE-LhWdSm1YJN8OqahJZxzztJLBNK_lUMyZjjxMGducUONxfwyjSASuA7MeOBtoCDwRnS5S2jvH5hF_L3F8jzUiBMza04TGW7LglB9Sp-n3D12-8rUj5CN0VNv38m3gEsohU/s320/we+lot+271.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464226778974694802" /></a><br />Lot 271<br />George III Style Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Bachelor's Chest of Drawers<br />Last Half 19th Century<br />Scattered repairs and losses to veneer; brasses replaced; pull-out sleeve lacking one pull.<br />Height: 35-1/2 in (90.2 cm); Width: 36-1/2 in (92.7 cm); Depth: 19 in (48.3 cm)<br />Estimate $700-900<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2EcrsJnyctT_Ok_URiEFBwyVI1SVewcliokLBo9_mBQ5vl9GIAysPzyJbc1DMg1DpuwXlcj1DozzeGOekoQpnigGyUNELKMUIM5Oo9wnPucEQwwl-LPStGZ107A2XkimPpbUnuJL7sw/s1600/we+lot+277a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2EcrsJnyctT_Ok_URiEFBwyVI1SVewcliokLBo9_mBQ5vl9GIAysPzyJbc1DMg1DpuwXlcj1DozzeGOekoQpnigGyUNELKMUIM5Oo9wnPucEQwwl-LPStGZ107A2XkimPpbUnuJL7sw/s320/we+lot+277a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464226261218943074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKS-m02W4XDyraDvRL1Att65D0whwq58o1Up0zRy6XRCJHtgZzuUzCm-UbeilRQriN5IRXHT3N-bNrFjB3F2ROJGyB-LAAqOC5gecy44V0QKEIX_3I_C5aLvubpYWt3gi63-L_Ggjzat4/s1600/we+lot+277.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKS-m02W4XDyraDvRL1Att65D0whwq58o1Up0zRy6XRCJHtgZzuUzCm-UbeilRQriN5IRXHT3N-bNrFjB3F2ROJGyB-LAAqOC5gecy44V0QKEIX_3I_C5aLvubpYWt3gi63-L_Ggjzat4/s320/we+lot+277.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464226148461276082" /></a><br />Lot 277<br />George III Style Marquetry Satinwood Tambour Writing Desk<br />Late 19th Century<br />Having a frieze drawer pulling out to activate the tambour top enclosing an arrangement of three pigeonholes over three pen and ink bottle wells; the fold-out lid with marquetry musical motif.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqza3whcZdwnZeeMWHUNf3HqDIHNiCVGg48IKpOz0rdkwFXySrzdQwkuUkQ1GDXapURUZ3I6b0BAK9xiTX8bhG6anJe0isLMbtrvfgR7hGElRT5j-5AFek1Y1JWjFNTLYdlaFR7wBFKwI/s1600/we+lot+280.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 161px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqza3whcZdwnZeeMWHUNf3HqDIHNiCVGg48IKpOz0rdkwFXySrzdQwkuUkQ1GDXapURUZ3I6b0BAK9xiTX8bhG6anJe0isLMbtrvfgR7hGElRT5j-5AFek1Y1JWjFNTLYdlaFR7wBFKwI/s320/we+lot+280.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464225796125673010" /></a><br />Regency Style Yewwood Library Step<br />Circa 1900<br />Each tread inset with gilt-tooled greenish-brown leather. Top tread with one end cracked; repairs to post.<br />Height: 66 in (167.6 cm); Width: 20 in (50.8 cm); Depth: 27 in (68.6 cm)<br />Estimate $500-700<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dbiyvfgvLeAQ6RGjvRidBgzbyt8CM9Mu5Wsi-nDzCc7czXz_N71jvzvs_bH17hD4jhK9gxEI9tBugtaQkPs4g7sL_Hnlq_6F-6zRmkHdvr_f2ou-ohJbyjVjkU7qRN2XOsB8HTWgPo8/s1600/we+lot+352.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dbiyvfgvLeAQ6RGjvRidBgzbyt8CM9Mu5Wsi-nDzCc7czXz_N71jvzvs_bH17hD4jhK9gxEI9tBugtaQkPs4g7sL_Hnlq_6F-6zRmkHdvr_f2ou-ohJbyjVjkU7qRN2XOsB8HTWgPo8/s320/we+lot+352.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464225449650343938" /></a><br />American Stained Maple and Pine Tavern Table<br />Pennsylvania, Late 18th-Early 19th Century<br />Interior of drawers painted salmon. Brasses replaced.<br />Height: 31 in (78.7 cm); Width: 60 in (152.4 cm); Depth: 32-3/4 in (83.2 cm)<br />Estimate $600-800 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljVegvle3eTXR6LlDaQ7O6eE6KEK8NoRgP3plf2KnaUXywDsLpvOsH1vcrAKRiQlV00VeR6mY2r7AhQ5RILmcj_G-yROXLSb_7sRpSnDyibXPcOV6xpXLdsagnfhY03R7nYexjVivwlc/s1600/we+lot+372.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljVegvle3eTXR6LlDaQ7O6eE6KEK8NoRgP3plf2KnaUXywDsLpvOsH1vcrAKRiQlV00VeR6mY2r7AhQ5RILmcj_G-yROXLSb_7sRpSnDyibXPcOV6xpXLdsagnfhY03R7nYexjVivwlc/s320/we+lot+372.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464225189557405826" /></a><br />Federal Figured Maple Chest of Drawers<br />Pennsylvania, Circa 1820<br />Case possibly modified in size; some cracks to top; brasses replaced.<br />Height: 38-1/4 in (97.2 cm); Width: 30 in (76.2 cm); Depth: 20-3/4 in (52.7 cm)<br />Estimate $1,000-1,500<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeQYjsFuUNRkeWjoYj-GCobA4KgU1zgRXRP3SRDiajoRbifg8MaQF49HFVdFtBeM0DmcVwR6HSIqCV4bKAgLhC8yqEf0Wk9_WA4M4Ap2EGbuJgdF-pf8214BwX3wtDHFzuC9TifQRLWo/s1600/we+lot+384.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeQYjsFuUNRkeWjoYj-GCobA4KgU1zgRXRP3SRDiajoRbifg8MaQF49HFVdFtBeM0DmcVwR6HSIqCV4bKAgLhC8yqEf0Wk9_WA4M4Ap2EGbuJgdF-pf8214BwX3wtDHFzuC9TifQRLWo/s320/we+lot+384.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464224895469840658" /></a><br />Maison Baguès Style Brass and Glass End Table<br />Circa 1950s<br />Having a round, black glass top raised on three bamboo-molded legs.<br />Height: 19 in (48.3 cm); Diameter: 15 in (38.1 cm)<br />Estimate $300-500Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-72633906055004766362010-04-12T18:32:00.000-07:002010-04-12T19:14:46.948-07:00A Few April AuctionsMid April auctions abound and I've looked through three catalogues to find a few nice pieces for your perusal. Lets start with Doyle's auction tommorrow.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKoBVSQ9rgxMBRGqQJvFXwjNKyg1BejiUpjo1sGJBt44UIapAVbmJTq42u8hCfU-GiWb2GQoeKXfZ1oS6DQ1MgLnNEOCsKqUdwO6Rze6R9EBTXpYTnCSeyL0PlnFin7lUPZzQIBpsg3r8/s1600/Doyle+lot+16.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKoBVSQ9rgxMBRGqQJvFXwjNKyg1BejiUpjo1sGJBt44UIapAVbmJTq42u8hCfU-GiWb2GQoeKXfZ1oS6DQ1MgLnNEOCsKqUdwO6Rze6R9EBTXpYTnCSeyL0PlnFin7lUPZzQIBpsg3r8/s320/Doyle+lot+16.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459438975375298354" /></a><br />Lot 16<br />Richard Hayley Lever<br />American, 1876-1958<br />High Tide at Dieppe, 1902<br />Signed Hayley Lever (lr)<br />Oil on canvas<br />10 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches<br /><br />Born in Adelaide, Australia, Hayley Lever demonstrated artistic ability at an early age. Traveling to England in 1893 to study art, in 1900 he moved to the artists' colony of St. Ives, in Cornwall, studying painting with Julius Olsson and Algernon Talmage, and painting impressionistic views of the town and harbor that established his reputation in England. Over the next decade, he also made excursions to coastal locales in France, such as Dieppe, Honfleur and Concarneau, painting marine subjects such as the present work.<br /><br />Invited to exhibit at the Carnegie International Exposition in Pittsburgh in 1910, Lever submitted a St. Ives subject. Critics praised his sense of design, and his ability to evoke a sense of place. Around 1912, at the suggestion of American artists including Gardner Symons and Ernest Lawson, Lever traveled to New York; he spent the remainder of his career in America.<br />Estimate $1,500-2,500<br /><br />Inscribed on the lining at reverse, High Tide, Dieppe, France, 1902. Lined. Areas of inpaint at upper right and left corners. Some pigments fluoresce under UV examination, including the signature. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SLxXHE_e7llutFwkIgUVuCTRVgC-hS80OIrPON341SCs0FzhJzmo0Z3gtx-wACqH8bu23o07x3DeGnJ1Us29ncGO8NISo9MSDLQRmEUJViux4KqAp38AHWzEOcKWHOfd31NPNmYd16w/s1600/D+lot+385.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SLxXHE_e7llutFwkIgUVuCTRVgC-hS80OIrPON341SCs0FzhJzmo0Z3gtx-wACqH8bu23o07x3DeGnJ1Us29ncGO8NISo9MSDLQRmEUJViux4KqAp38AHWzEOcKWHOfd31NPNmYd16w/s320/D+lot+385.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459438582365869026" /></a><br />Lot 385<br />Chinese Export Porcelain Covered Sauce Tureen and Stand<br />Circa 1830<br />Painted with brown floral sprays, heightened in gilt. Length of stand 8 1/2 inches.<br /><br />The Elinor Gordon Gallery Collection<br /><br />Estimate $600-900 <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvn0_xO-FFzx4TOIC6hyphenhyphenO03ueet5xnrngeXVSn2rA_IbqL4I43O97EMhebih1pje6KJ6P86phyYBhAl8rvtmMpIfHXEISMwgf7DUBcgJ-_ws5S-Joj-RdtIrZQMHifP-2RZmr5cNN8WpM/s1600/D+lot+370.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvn0_xO-FFzx4TOIC6hyphenhyphenO03ueet5xnrngeXVSn2rA_IbqL4I43O97EMhebih1pje6KJ6P86phyYBhAl8rvtmMpIfHXEISMwgf7DUBcgJ-_ws5S-Joj-RdtIrZQMHifP-2RZmr5cNN8WpM/s320/D+lot+370.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459438207446052082" /></a><br />Lot 370<br />Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Wine Cooler<br />Painted with figures in an interior. Height 8 inches.<br /><br />The Elinor Gordon Gallery Collection<br /><br />Estimate $600-900<br /><br />One side is broken into multiple large pieces and restored with re-painting starting with the tree on the left side down through the man in gray to the man in the yellow pants continuing through the lady in pink and through the shoulder and face of the woman and blue up to the top rim. One side pink panel restored from top to bottom and the handle.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlkwKgqU4W4pKSmmN0cET4SQz15ZqB7JlP8rxnscehT4KO9IyxPp8jHvyq-F3aG1sgoyIPrYDm0oz0phC_e-qzSx2pBl8iZnxptpPE7VHxHnKMPDf-oVyoSwxsrb1BVcDUzoUwuvGve8/s1600/D+lot+207.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlkwKgqU4W4pKSmmN0cET4SQz15ZqB7JlP8rxnscehT4KO9IyxPp8jHvyq-F3aG1sgoyIPrYDm0oz0phC_e-qzSx2pBl8iZnxptpPE7VHxHnKMPDf-oVyoSwxsrb1BVcDUzoUwuvGve8/s320/D+lot+207.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459437890307840770" /></a><br />Lot 207<br />Georgian Style Mahogany Upholstered Settee<br />Early 20th century<br />Raised on square tapering legs ending in spade feet. Length 7 feet.<br /><br />Estate of Sara K. Greene<br /><br />Estimate $700-1,000<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURXHCdHac8azFQ-I_E_LICyiOrTH-96xyp11ZRW9FKBL0sHk7Besm-qg_9WB3kloR20Cjf3ISNW9DsJ5QF1b2cQr4jR8T_Tq00EtwL18grxWpkOz7_BApXyZpTlcqr82KkE5ENK9dzbc/s1600/D+lot+192.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURXHCdHac8azFQ-I_E_LICyiOrTH-96xyp11ZRW9FKBL0sHk7Besm-qg_9WB3kloR20Cjf3ISNW9DsJ5QF1b2cQr4jR8T_Tq00EtwL18grxWpkOz7_BApXyZpTlcqr82KkE5ENK9dzbc/s320/D+lot+192.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459437324270762690" /></a><br />Lot 192<br />English Green Painted and Gilt Decorated Tole Display Canister<br />With a glass insert front, inscribed 21-22 Bristol. Height 16 inches; Together with a Brass Chamberstick.<br /><br />Estate of Sara K. Greene<br /><br />Estimate $100-200 <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eCwyXqKFggdCSHId_-SGsIAVyDTOvS6SIpN5S86PakVzsRjk97uAFA7H0O-fNDhJZ1yp3BzT-zAVyWN6fn6dPW2OnYGASf_qY7dV5wRuJYyOymR_Fjtz-SecC2WcJsi7Vflu5RXWIm8/s1600/D+lot82.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eCwyXqKFggdCSHId_-SGsIAVyDTOvS6SIpN5S86PakVzsRjk97uAFA7H0O-fNDhJZ1yp3BzT-zAVyWN6fn6dPW2OnYGASf_qY7dV5wRuJYyOymR_Fjtz-SecC2WcJsi7Vflu5RXWIm8/s320/D+lot82.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459436502442390642" /></a><br />Classical Mahogany Sideboard<br />19th Century<br />The bow front center surmounted by a backsplash and flanked by two pedestals, above three frieze drawers, over two cupboard doors and two deep drawers, each pedestal enclosing a single drawer and a long cupboard door, raised on turned legs. Height 50 1/2 inches, width 6 feet 6 1/2 inches, depth 20 1/4 inches.<br />Estimate $1,500-2,500<br /><br />Legs probably replaced.Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-26489701494758680042010-03-31T19:13:00.000-07:002010-03-31T19:29:18.066-07:00A Great New Blog "DC By Design"I've been away. I promised a few weeks back that I'd send my congrats to a great new addition to the DC design, arts, and architecture blogger society.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdluSBpPNaRY61cbpHqmv5ccD8X9OvUD9YmHTL27M9JSoOFKjHx8_PQ_yMn-yLSNstG5-LhX3GsacOsFltPhnjbzEGmhRiWrKdOVOo7tJ0swnHIAEgof0t9bEu9RYa0jG-G-r7s3Vy5Y/s1600/jennifer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdluSBpPNaRY61cbpHqmv5ccD8X9OvUD9YmHTL27M9JSoOFKjHx8_PQ_yMn-yLSNstG5-LhX3GsacOsFltPhnjbzEGmhRiWrKdOVOo7tJ0swnHIAEgof0t9bEu9RYa0jG-G-r7s3Vy5Y/s320/jennifer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454989049125787234" /></a><br />However, my timing couldn't be better because Jennifer Sergent's new blog, " <a href="http://http://dcbydesignblog.com/2010/03/bare-bones-at-the-dc-design-house/">DC by Design</a>," has a great new post on this year's DC Designer Showhouse, 2010. The Showhouse opens to the press tomorrow morning and regular work duties will keep me away, but I hope to cover the show in the near future. I know however that Jennifer will keep us up to date on all the exciting news from this worthwhile event. Cheer's Jennifer, and great good luck in this new adventure.Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-15848920500537411982010-03-31T16:53:00.001-07:002010-03-31T16:59:46.563-07:00Althorp House Auction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpig3Rzg-acu6bDhSAA07PqoIjxrMS7fwbf7AGn89my7Y9ocz5bd4l2l0p38jcU-7dQaikNZQopkTx_SX0300f3pcYRTMUEiX2nx-oGnYPsVSyzrEJ6PY91-8Yd1xbxL8wDqmTBXjyc8/s1600/althorp-house+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpig3Rzg-acu6bDhSAA07PqoIjxrMS7fwbf7AGn89my7Y9ocz5bd4l2l0p38jcU-7dQaikNZQopkTx_SX0300f3pcYRTMUEiX2nx-oGnYPsVSyzrEJ6PY91-8Yd1xbxL8wDqmTBXjyc8/s320/althorp-house+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454950567139422994" /></a><br />Paul Fraser Collectibles:<br /><br />"Princess Diana’s Rubens for sale in $29m Spencer estate auction<br /><br />From the childhood home of the People's Princess, this Peter Paul Rubens painting is up for sale<br /><br />Around $29m of possessions owned by the Spencer family, relatives of the late Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, will be sold in London this Summer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YatOS31e9p3mJHeoVXp4aJ5pS3YuY_kW9aU2I1JJHI7Q1M9GFCT2zKleFQFUbuIwT4WAV6hnZ8Po3mV3tzOhyphenhyphenTDOJ6ooOFddRyKPhJR1S9rz0nqY4yIjT7s-FfDv2gFM3IL4I-h1g04/s1600/image+400+rubens-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YatOS31e9p3mJHeoVXp4aJ5pS3YuY_kW9aU2I1JJHI7Q1M9GFCT2zKleFQFUbuIwT4WAV6hnZ8Po3mV3tzOhyphenhyphenTDOJ6ooOFddRyKPhJR1S9rz0nqY4yIjT7s-FfDv2gFM3IL4I-h1g04/s320/image+400+rubens-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454951641733503586" /></a><br /><br />Rubens' painting, A Commander Being Armed for Battle, will take pride of place in the auction with a pre-sale valuation of £8m-12m.<br /><br />In December last year, a re-discovered unfinished portrait of a lady by Peter Paul Rubens was usurped as the top lot at a Sotheby's Old Master and British paintings auction.<br /><br />(In the end, the surprise highest-grossing lot was a self portrait by Van Dyke, that sold for an incredible £8.3m.)<br /><br />Later this year, the Spencers' painting will sell among 600 other lots in the sale according to a statement by Christie's.<br /><br />Rubens' A Commander Being Armed for Battle, priced £8m-12m<br /><br />The Spencer family's heirloom sale will also include more than a dozen 19th century carriages.<br /><br />Since 1998, the family's Althorp Estate has hosted its Diana: A Celebration, an exhibition commemorating the Princess of Wales' life.<br /><br />Proceeds from the sale will fund extensive restoration work to the Althorp Estate.<br /><br />Naturally, any memorabilia associated with Princess Diana, is both valuable and sought-after.<br /><br />Diana artefacts currently available on the market also include signed photos of Prince Charles with Diana; one with a baby Prince William; and one with both William and Harry.<br /><br />At present, Diana autographs can command values anywhere from $4,000 to $20,000 or more - with Royal autographs boasting a provenance far superior to other celebrity memorabilia."Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-44664336317321596562010-02-22T15:07:00.000-08:002010-02-22T19:25:11.414-08:00Holy Cow Batman!! Updated. It's Superman's Turn<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmvkhcP5mgWrbOOLMrciCn62H0E9dswtmtNX87eYipxCfgWIgoq2yMD2U-ci6Ub6MSxSNfHS8Kd4fTHZz53CTLCwIVpxBKy94vV-xjg94AUhtdwRcFe-tR_ofL21Ztwu8uvLaSYblhrQ/s1600-h/Superman+Comic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmvkhcP5mgWrbOOLMrciCn62H0E9dswtmtNX87eYipxCfgWIgoq2yMD2U-ci6Ub6MSxSNfHS8Kd4fTHZz53CTLCwIVpxBKy94vV-xjg94AUhtdwRcFe-tR_ofL21Ztwu8uvLaSYblhrQ/s320/Superman+Comic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441274026725074178" /></a><br /><br />BBC News :First Superman comic sold for $1m<br /><br />A copy of the first comic to feature caped hero Superman has been sold on the internet for $1m (£646,000).<br /><br />The 1938 edition of Action Comics No 1 - which originally sold for 10c - was sold by a private seller to a private buyer, neither of whom was named.<br /><br />Stephen Fishler, co-owner of the US auction website Comic Connect, said it was "the Holy Grail of comic books".<br /><br />The sale smashes the previous record price for a comic book of $317,200 (£205,000) in 2009.<br /><br />That was also a copy of Action Comics No 1, but in poorer condition.<br /><br />Mr Fishler said the transaction happened minutes after the issue was put on sale at around 1030 local time (1530 GMT) on Monday.<br /><br />He said that the seller was a "well-known individual" in New York with a pedigree collection, and that the buyer was a known customer who had previously bought an Action Comics No 1.<br /><br />'A milestone'<br /><br />"The opportunity to buy an un-restored, high-grade Action One comes along once every two decades. It's certainly a milestone," said Mr Fishler.<br /><br />He added: "It is still a little stunning to see a comic book and $1m in the same sentence."<br /><br />About 100 copies of Action Comics No 1 remain in existence and only two of those have a grading of 8.0 - very fine - including the one sold on Monday.<br /><br />The previous record-holder had a grading of 6.0.<br /><br />The cover of the rare issue pictures Superman lifting a car over his head<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkpB8bfRCeLr3KfX-Rss2F_Ik1ueWgEionG4S_AgGLkMZ_aFFztPZY2osreLKGBCZcP9U67h2AQkpA1wkP6VXcHu_rKEjshIpSPktqJ2Kn6ykdSKT7c0zphNhVShIC0xUlyUCvPplvA8/s1600-h/Batman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkpB8bfRCeLr3KfX-Rss2F_Ik1ueWgEionG4S_AgGLkMZ_aFFztPZY2osreLKGBCZcP9U67h2AQkpA1wkP6VXcHu_rKEjshIpSPktqJ2Kn6ykdSKT7c0zphNhVShIC0xUlyUCvPplvA8/s320/Batman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425267287276567890" /></a><br /><br />News-Antique.com, DALLAS, TX -- "When a truly exceptional copy of Detective Comics #27, the very first appearance of Batman, is auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries in its Feb. 25 Signature® Comics & Comic Art Auction, it will set two important marks:<br /><br />It will, more than likely, become the single most valuable comic ever offered at public auction. Though it's being sold with no reserve and no minimum bid, it's expected to bring at least $300,000. The current record for a comic sold at auction stands at $317,000, for a copy of Action Comics #1, sold last year at another auction house.<br /><br />The other question the auction will settle, at least for the time being, is one of the great debates of Pop Culture: Who is worth more today, Batman or Superman?"<br /><br />Heritage Auctions Press Release: "...When this issue was released with a May 1939 cover date, Superman was the only other superhero on the stands, save for the now-obscure likes of the Arrow and the Crimson Avenger. So it's no wonder that the striking cover by artist Bob Kane made a strong impact. It has taken its place as one of the most famous covers in the history of comics. Kane and writer Bill Finger (generally credited these days as a co-creator of the character) produced a hero to rival Superman without imitating the earlier character. As Jim Steranko noted, "Superman had given DC its strength, but Batman gave it tone. Of course, Superman was more impressive... but Batman was more fascinating."<br /><br />"The Bat-Man" appeared in a six-page story that also introduced the character of Commissioner Gordon. The second-to-last panel revealed that this mysterious figure was in fact Bruce Wayne, introduced earlier in the story."Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-55554912278779718672010-02-17T15:04:00.000-08:002010-02-17T17:10:55.188-08:00A No Reserve Auction In New Jersey. Some Good Guessing Some Bad<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46M-gDbFjm2sxlvDmL4IVxzc5Uf_wVN0d_O6LbM7Tt52k4HnY0TuVQOimB7wvmvT9czh_AISqKKrJSxq43vI_nFzjOLtrSvp3-WlAgkr0x95lEHIhpcfrp8-5-axSn0r-dpNh42kaDLk/s1600-h/178+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46M-gDbFjm2sxlvDmL4IVxzc5Uf_wVN0d_O6LbM7Tt52k4HnY0TuVQOimB7wvmvT9czh_AISqKKrJSxq43vI_nFzjOLtrSvp3-WlAgkr0x95lEHIhpcfrp8-5-axSn0r-dpNh42kaDLk/s320/178+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433845403085683362" /></a><br />The crazy world that is DC these last few weeks continues. Last night I headed home via the bus up Wisconsin Ave. Its not much more than two miles between the store and home. It took me an hour and a half. This city is still a mess and all this has been keeping me from my duties. Its called exhaustion. At any rate I reviewed Rago's auction results and I was pretty good at most guesses and bad at a few.<br /><br />There were some great deals and it shows that our economy is still creating environments for great buys. Here again are my bids and what the items sold for. That was fun!<br />Sorry about the size of the pictures. Blogger software problems.<br /><br />On February 12th and 13th, Rago's Auction House in Lambertville, NJ, is holding a big no reserve auction. No reserve means that there is no minimum that the auctioneer won't accept. As a result there no estimates as to where the bidding should begin. This makes for great fun amongst us auction hounds and can, with the right circumstances, result in a great buy.<br /><br />Since there is no minimum bid denied to start the lot, the first offer can be way low. If there aren't enough people interested in the item, that price can stay low. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. This is a big auction so the chances for the great buy are good. <br /><br />This a very large auction and a reflection of the the times. People are selling their treasures. Its not a fire sale, but obviously the house has many items it wants off the inventory list. Folks, this is an opportunity to grab something that might be on your list for a great price. <br /><br />So this could be fun and a bit o'work and embarrassment for your friend Homer. I'm going to take a guess at what I think these items are worth. Most of them are outside my area of expertise, okay I'm Nooo appraiser but I have been doing this for awhile so I have "minimum" confidence..yea that was a pun. I'd love to hear what your estimate thoughts would be.This will makes the comments section funto read. <a href="http://shop.ragoarts.com/discovery">Its a huge catalog which you can view here</a>. I chose just a few items that I'll keep my eye on. Lets look.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkm2-B60sshZqK0BNLkhEXYPB1rkLqb2sDpDIPlwrxt-j6gpwqXNlG0mLjlqTfrWQiEc0jeiEB3rEeWKCG8yaHUfmdhBtIdmp_OYTEIIVNHAVdUPL1E0X7yoeXbh9hN5-lVxiXsjs4Oco/s1600-h/178+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkm2-B60sshZqK0BNLkhEXYPB1rkLqb2sDpDIPlwrxt-j6gpwqXNlG0mLjlqTfrWQiEc0jeiEB3rEeWKCG8yaHUfmdhBtIdmp_OYTEIIVNHAVdUPL1E0X7yoeXbh9hN5-lVxiXsjs4Oco/s320/178+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433484619300684018" /></a><br />Lot 178: TWO AMERICAN SILVER TANKARDS R & W Wilson octagonal coin silver tankard with engraved floral motif, Philadelphia, ca. 1825-1846 together with a Victorian sterling tankard with unknown hallmarks...<br />My bid is $800.00<br />SOLD FOR $336.00. Boy was I off there. Not a good start.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVx0HiqJS7XDVPnjCWNoHcZnaqJZ1n3IufIcw6Se6Psmdd-sdYkY40aC_COnO_9Yi03fm_fUlTnve6ePPwtu_W7Z-UagT-Jz6jLWMS5qYUoJ0aimOYHUovQr54hOtdeSbncBxmDeqASrA/s1600-h/200th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVx0HiqJS7XDVPnjCWNoHcZnaqJZ1n3IufIcw6Se6Psmdd-sdYkY40aC_COnO_9Yi03fm_fUlTnve6ePPwtu_W7Z-UagT-Jz6jLWMS5qYUoJ0aimOYHUovQr54hOtdeSbncBxmDeqASrA/s320/200th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433484509011794898" /></a><br />Lot 200: MIES VAN DER ROHE Pair of chrome and wicker lounge chairs. 34" x 21 1/2" x 30"<br />My bid $1,600.00<br />SOLD FOR $1,708.00. A good guess. Whew.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieistyqFhJz0GtIsmO6v0YDf8b1d_J0rOlBDMwUbcrs19xjq4bMpF6XZ5TwMqtO6aV0Pd9tHF8TwMeCuYZCc74lph5vYBLMainBQASuwq6P08Crv6FMisXRepDxMhBEL-ofwFasQg4Koc/s1600-h/242+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieistyqFhJz0GtIsmO6v0YDf8b1d_J0rOlBDMwUbcrs19xjq4bMpF6XZ5TwMqtO6aV0Pd9tHF8TwMeCuYZCc74lph5vYBLMainBQASuwq6P08Crv6FMisXRepDxMhBEL-ofwFasQg4Koc/s320/242+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433484376209517794" /></a><br />Lot 242: GLENN APPLEMAN Red ceramic Packard cookie jar. Dated 1980. Signed Appleman. 8 1/4" x 16" x 9 3/4"<br />My bid $300.00. Remember Warhol! That would be a great buy.<br />SOLD FOR $458.00. Not a bad guess.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhFGypQEeOHEC-1T30jtVfpSN-J1JKfO1x1IgCaB0aC0J3a0EzbhP-HXhSm8LdYEmlutOPowRhzrP9fYiM9vyrQ1vmAX8fdX1fbNEwwTIQXuswCUpFILQ4Z9nBpmaRbBHHXPQcr_ZeWg/s1600-h/328th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhFGypQEeOHEC-1T30jtVfpSN-J1JKfO1x1IgCaB0aC0J3a0EzbhP-HXhSm8LdYEmlutOPowRhzrP9fYiM9vyrQ1vmAX8fdX1fbNEwwTIQXuswCUpFILQ4Z9nBpmaRbBHHXPQcr_ZeWg/s400/328th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433846174424404706" /></a><br />Lot 328: DONALD DESKEY / BENNETT Pair of brass and enameled cast iron andirons. 15" x 8" x 17 1/2"<br />My bid $250.00. They look like aliens! Live Long and Prosper.<br />SOLD FOR $366.00. I might have stayed in too $300.00.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2ubkLtUl_jXJKcmyQ164-VSPgAhcsaywKNKNfl5uP6cv9f7Yz_Fs9Jp6NCU1pqFuJIOUzGuRo7aHsCCgLZ5majnkiOoHgmne5KBJllyGN6aC3JvmC7vgR1jTEwAbpvV7gaYfBqoBQdk/s1600-h/334th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2ubkLtUl_jXJKcmyQ164-VSPgAhcsaywKNKNfl5uP6cv9f7Yz_Fs9Jp6NCU1pqFuJIOUzGuRo7aHsCCgLZ5majnkiOoHgmne5KBJllyGN6aC3JvmC7vgR1jTEwAbpvV7gaYfBqoBQdk/s320/334th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433484084392921202" /></a><br />Lot 334: GILBERT ROHDE / HERMAN MILLER Pair of mahogany, burled walnut and rosewood etageres with steel pulls and interior adjustable shelves, each with glass doors and single shelf...<br />My bid $2,000.00. Electic mid century. Yea baby!<br />SOLD FOR $1,220.00. Went too high for those.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wn2jpLpPjjdn-w3RvgGpcQO6Ll2nXT9PIpuzTUhj4uzOKvrKyZEtJwjC6rqEWNHR-UMSAnnMGdp45-dGF0ZyTNW8EkUPbEV0UyTH1xQfBDTdLivZ8IYR-4Z0jsXFUUz-MavvyvNjVYo/s1600-h/339th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wn2jpLpPjjdn-w3RvgGpcQO6Ll2nXT9PIpuzTUhj4uzOKvrKyZEtJwjC6rqEWNHR-UMSAnnMGdp45-dGF0ZyTNW8EkUPbEV0UyTH1xQfBDTdLivZ8IYR-4Z0jsXFUUz-MavvyvNjVYo/s320/339th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433483945357094882" /></a><br />Lot 339: ART DECO Pair of club chairs upholstered in forest green leather. 34" x 32" x 34"<br />My bid $3,500.00. I love them, very Astaire/Rogers.<br />SOLD FOR $732.00. My goodness, perhaps they weren't in good shape. My bad.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjxSxRGvXs7EK6FdIxxgU6XOGCXyx6KhpTIAZRHfGxF_0e-jqU1zN7Hco_EqRfzMNvF6Bn4FDhCVL7BN4tKShXop9qyOnqm1pTiAOZP7oe4eJqBAxy7hitX9HoAvazndhuLH-YNmxSjA/s1600-h/352th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjxSxRGvXs7EK6FdIxxgU6XOGCXyx6KhpTIAZRHfGxF_0e-jqU1zN7Hco_EqRfzMNvF6Bn4FDhCVL7BN4tKShXop9qyOnqm1pTiAOZP7oe4eJqBAxy7hitX9HoAvazndhuLH-YNmxSjA/s320/352th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433483757279151378" /></a><br />Lot 352: FREDERICK WEINBERG (Attr.) Four faux bamboo bar stools with enameled steel bases and vinyl upholstery. Unmarked. 30 1/2" x 16 1/2" sq<br />My bid $900.00. Very Mrs. Robinson. I'd put faux leopard on them and have a Manhattan.<br />SOLD FOR $397.00. Somebody got a great buy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBaugeFfO39dJBGVCNggFqPBkRcqZQ4pO-jYdNsHnnX4alPrxUMOsFDgA8oUukVRm3aecC3RoS1ViBEC0PY_15wKHLBraVygudef3AheM2GevfJIlLqcVHhHMA7BlGyzA_el9SYsYyAQ/s1600-h/429th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBaugeFfO39dJBGVCNggFqPBkRcqZQ4pO-jYdNsHnnX4alPrxUMOsFDgA8oUukVRm3aecC3RoS1ViBEC0PY_15wKHLBraVygudef3AheM2GevfJIlLqcVHhHMA7BlGyzA_el9SYsYyAQ/s320/429th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433483596824569026" /></a><br />Lot 429: MODERN Console table with glass top on enameled steel base. 29 1/2" x 48" x 16"<br />My bid $600.00. Its a classic, you could put that anywhere.<br />SOLD FOR $366.00. A steal!! I'm not doing well am I? <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTugfr-PP9f2FqGe8Un4RjvbTaJVmLxJxfDgjiQNC0YERIMF5YMZO_sgfikl0TM2WLzl6-s-TVpxPlwRv4E3gfjjh5tYhjdHLlCyftmCoiVZFeNY_elwrE6gGboVJ-MZVLr701fFi5ab0/s1600-h/589th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTugfr-PP9f2FqGe8Un4RjvbTaJVmLxJxfDgjiQNC0YERIMF5YMZO_sgfikl0TM2WLzl6-s-TVpxPlwRv4E3gfjjh5tYhjdHLlCyftmCoiVZFeNY_elwrE6gGboVJ-MZVLr701fFi5ab0/s320/589th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433483454424656418" /></a><br />Lot 589: HARVEY PROBBER Cabinet with two leather-covered sliding doors concealing three drawers on one side and single shelf on the other, over a lower shelf on tubular brass legs...<br />My bid $800.00. Again, yeaa baby. Very "What is James Wearing."<br />SOLD FOR $183.00. OH MY GOODNESS..so way off.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCiCPtEFoliAMw7XGQ6NsqMpqZdaZu21IA0wjoSZMFIgLqxQ45mSYIYkf-_5yEtNBR2AIUhsIfi-FCNhHRemYsQwcsOzltSe6htpASkP-IMLDyVqJ8xgj2vkX86TpEoH_N6jNd2EDuPs/s1600-h/593th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCiCPtEFoliAMw7XGQ6NsqMpqZdaZu21IA0wjoSZMFIgLqxQ45mSYIYkf-_5yEtNBR2AIUhsIfi-FCNhHRemYsQwcsOzltSe6htpASkP-IMLDyVqJ8xgj2vkX86TpEoH_N6jNd2EDuPs/s320/593th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433483254852692722" /></a><br />Lot 593: BAKER Solid brass and glass tray table, its base in a bamboo pattern. Unmarked. 18 1/2" x 37 3/4" x 24"<br />My bid $999.00. My favorite piece. A total classic..so I ruined my bid.<br />SOLD FOR $427.00. I missed it, I missed it!!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVw0mlZPFNmyBSuPDJPi9ZqSc2Kx6Jd07vnj2HNQoXbjmrikTM5_JBg33E5xUJ4wvu_OWstawq6XkVKjslR2RvMo0BqrZX4BEr3zCDqavlegf7vIdaC4BsBevdX4D1cI7zrPwheNmoWw/s1600-h/861+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVw0mlZPFNmyBSuPDJPi9ZqSc2Kx6Jd07vnj2HNQoXbjmrikTM5_JBg33E5xUJ4wvu_OWstawq6XkVKjslR2RvMo0BqrZX4BEr3zCDqavlegf7vIdaC4BsBevdX4D1cI7zrPwheNmoWw/s320/861+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433483097773266242" /></a><br />Lot 861: MCHUGH (Attr.) Settle with reverse tapered posts and X-shaped arm inserts. 36" x 62" x 26 1/2"<br />My bid $400.00.<br />SOLD FOR $458.00. Finally, pretty close.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBS4Y8SgLhEFKs0uS9OHB9IlE4TlYsgKjhMy5JGdMQOcZd_1i3n0r9n_OQKLn0ovdaraM9fUiD95ebcFrnvr8faXk-Z9WoElxGDHPNJf3YfyQzN9gf-Lh_soijGGMRlMt5BSDclluPHQg/s1600-h/915+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBS4Y8SgLhEFKs0uS9OHB9IlE4TlYsgKjhMy5JGdMQOcZd_1i3n0r9n_OQKLn0ovdaraM9fUiD95ebcFrnvr8faXk-Z9WoElxGDHPNJf3YfyQzN9gf-Lh_soijGGMRlMt5BSDclluPHQg/s320/915+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433482930182139634" /></a><br />Lot 915: WELLER FOREST Two trumpet-shaped vases and a pitcher. Hairline to rim of pitcher. All stamped Weller. Pitcher: 5 5/8" x 6 1/2"<br />My bid $1,700.00. A roadshow favorite. Yawnnnn<br />SOLD FOR $397.00. What do I know?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1EIokuRLw4MngO-vQP-wbiI2jdYoo3JvplfoZuZOTLSPFtvhyphenhyphen9x90v5U6lYs1vEuTX2f9L79vE7u9H7KH6OhSKaQKgjaqRVMtD2kiWaA1P7E20eIgX4UML50KJ4jFD6memOHmJHlUhs/s1600-h/1007th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1EIokuRLw4MngO-vQP-wbiI2jdYoo3JvplfoZuZOTLSPFtvhyphenhyphen9x90v5U6lYs1vEuTX2f9L79vE7u9H7KH6OhSKaQKgjaqRVMtD2kiWaA1P7E20eIgX4UML50KJ4jFD6memOHmJHlUhs/s320/1007th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433482786201541474" /></a><br />Lot 1007: TANG STYLE Pair of carved wood red lacquered horses. 30 1/2" x 36" x 14"<br />My bid $400.00. That would be a great buy. Fingers crossed.<br />SOLD FOR $122.00. A decorative steal. Darn they went for nothing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZahfnD3ZQk1MUvhTFfQt2MOA426egqIbZNyzgG-Uwg-mo70wsRZKcCmB4HS5gN560eI8MKfgjCPNk5hTsd0Dxq30v1_3COoRe8mBGkq25sLmDvbrXlmAlQvn5KTf2_s5RpxAuZsQH-mg/s1600-h/1013th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZahfnD3ZQk1MUvhTFfQt2MOA426egqIbZNyzgG-Uwg-mo70wsRZKcCmB4HS5gN560eI8MKfgjCPNk5hTsd0Dxq30v1_3COoRe8mBGkq25sLmDvbrXlmAlQvn5KTf2_s5RpxAuZsQH-mg/s320/1013th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433482564386431346" /></a><br />Lot 1013: ASIAN Two Chinese porcelain jardinieres or goldfish bowls, 20th C. Tallest: 12 1/4"<br />My bid $400.00. Low I'm sure.<br />SOLD FOR $61.00. Yes $61.00. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0cR7h3ALM9FS_F0IZ8fNT4CLIfK3g1Xbi8pTR5kvH1UvYkeSb3C9nt1ySOht9-6ZHsFk3mce6iGEMVRDdKzs8U8Hbo-EfsbmN2gBL3OJexkw2-e7bxo692p2-4ClmjghfaeGxJ7YNw0/s1600-h/1073th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0cR7h3ALM9FS_F0IZ8fNT4CLIfK3g1Xbi8pTR5kvH1UvYkeSb3C9nt1ySOht9-6ZHsFk3mce6iGEMVRDdKzs8U8Hbo-EfsbmN2gBL3OJexkw2-e7bxo692p2-4ClmjghfaeGxJ7YNw0/s320/1073th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433482369142640242" /></a><br />Lot 1073: NINE PAIRS OF BOOKENDS Shakespeare, Recumbent Lions, Town Crier, Bradley and Hubbard Book Reader, Liberty Bell, Native American and others, 20th century, tallest 7"..<br />My bid $489.00. I might be close, what do you think?<br />SOLD FOR $397.00. Close.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lTHl0bYUj-p3jIUFeO1cQhjD3_sURP3yr55hXcO3JceuVSVzHC6ztoktlGcRBeVKVV5JxTmUBv5QR2zeit3tpf8ABzDkXBpbfiBh6MUebcxYY8X6IQSAP27t_5EHMTs3s0WMRao2swQ/s1600-h/1077th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lTHl0bYUj-p3jIUFeO1cQhjD3_sURP3yr55hXcO3JceuVSVzHC6ztoktlGcRBeVKVV5JxTmUBv5QR2zeit3tpf8ABzDkXBpbfiBh6MUebcxYY8X6IQSAP27t_5EHMTs3s0WMRao2swQ/s320/1077th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433482230718916642" /></a><br />Lot 1077: BURL WOOD BOWL Shallow with much interior wear, uncertain origin and age. 10 1/2 X 3 1/4"<br />My bid $450.00. Could be way off.<br />sold for $397.00. I surprised myself.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8B3jqyDJZDHWYqLhFf53Gj5p83kHl0bvkKewZqFEm3yzH6smq3olfGXBodQ_b0KfAE55-cwvQq1KEOZMdP-1W7v2CfEaxNa3kIOlOxXRLTtxtLGIyOn0w8hXnIL0YJUswZhHt04qle4/s1600-h/1127th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8B3jqyDJZDHWYqLhFf53Gj5p83kHl0bvkKewZqFEm3yzH6smq3olfGXBodQ_b0KfAE55-cwvQq1KEOZMdP-1W7v2CfEaxNa3kIOlOxXRLTtxtLGIyOn0w8hXnIL0YJUswZhHt04qle4/s320/1127th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433482059774818274" /></a><br />Lot 1127: RICHARD GINORI Tea set with service for eight includes teapot, sugar, creamer with underplate, demitasse with saucers and cake plates. Marked Richard Ginori Italy...<br />My bid $1,200.00. Pretty set.<br />SOLD FOR $976.00. Good guess Homer.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTjOH_klZ1i4AqpYJe-m1eWimOMzt80TtJtoZU2VH5jXrWs42mJtzMd5oK90R3_Yp0z_Iqr4pxvi6m_zVuNVxz9x7QRZm1YKJZJLHnYyXC7BW77EAmIFQRuxDNcJI0kSnzduVvrhripk/s1600-h/1133th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTjOH_klZ1i4AqpYJe-m1eWimOMzt80TtJtoZU2VH5jXrWs42mJtzMd5oK90R3_Yp0z_Iqr4pxvi6m_zVuNVxz9x7QRZm1YKJZJLHnYyXC7BW77EAmIFQRuxDNcJI0kSnzduVvrhripk/s320/1133th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433481910683035314" /></a><br />Lot 1133: MINTONS FOR TIFFANY & CO. Gilt decorated porcelain dinnerware. Thirty-nine pieces include thirteen bowls, fourteen salad plates and twelve bread plates.<br />My bid $2,000.00. Can't put it in the dishwasher!<br />SOLD FOR $732.00. A deal I'm sure.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoK4M-Zvidh6sn0LdyzKJV4zGPKfaRpCLTlqc_ej2a8h5QhbzjEGUZzA2GQx0dSsnmme9VgS2Rrc-hR9sLlwyq4JUguVr-GP0sbBZd97bt2NWEoLLVoSrukfyD0lEdECioTE7AQBLTak/s1600-h/1167th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoK4M-Zvidh6sn0LdyzKJV4zGPKfaRpCLTlqc_ej2a8h5QhbzjEGUZzA2GQx0dSsnmme9VgS2Rrc-hR9sLlwyq4JUguVr-GP0sbBZd97bt2NWEoLLVoSrukfyD0lEdECioTE7AQBLTak/s320/1167th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433481791936985842" /></a><br />Lot 1167: BRONZE Pair of stylized conch shells. Each: 4 1/2" x 7" x 5"<br />My bid $300.00. Just like them.<br />SOLD FOR $976.00. Guess I wasn't alone in liking them.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildJk_19GKuEEUksZsd-OKSXe_6uM7HO3KVsVv3NkhkI7Xfcc6dls2SoZYSigYcqzsY5sdwqkLIgMRDZctO65eGV0nm7vZr3Aw7bQxGvEtQAGwo8x6rJLREgBJrX6hhvaN1sp7W9V02tg/s1600-h/1217th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildJk_19GKuEEUksZsd-OKSXe_6uM7HO3KVsVv3NkhkI7Xfcc6dls2SoZYSigYcqzsY5sdwqkLIgMRDZctO65eGV0nm7vZr3Aw7bQxGvEtQAGwo8x6rJLREgBJrX6hhvaN1sp7W9V02tg/s320/1217th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433481628117627330" /></a><br />Lot 1217: DECORATIVE Side table with white and blue porcelain trivet. 17" x 14" x 10 1/2"<br />My bid $250.00. That would be fair.<br />SOLD FOR $244.00. Right on the money.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNv-gjICu3p92hqzPL-ve0GvapxNTPFGFYb_5KZGhWt4vs2bU8lqTBjfKvu5JX52h9tLnLgVY4-zSDYOhpPwY8sE9tq1IDzjFtJYyFA4_vaSt8uPOX2FLOLeYDSfl-Jyqvw5trU8xrX8/s1600-h/1248th+rago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNv-gjICu3p92hqzPL-ve0GvapxNTPFGFYb_5KZGhWt4vs2bU8lqTBjfKvu5JX52h9tLnLgVY4-zSDYOhpPwY8sE9tq1IDzjFtJYyFA4_vaSt8uPOX2FLOLeYDSfl-Jyqvw5trU8xrX8/s320/1248th+rago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433481270364182930" /></a><br />Lot 1248: OCEANLINER DECK LOUNGE CHAIR, c. 1910 folding hardwood lounge with caned seat, back and foot rest. Provenance: Pacific & Orient ocean liner. 31" x 60" x 23"<br />My bid $425.00. Thinking bout trips past.<br />SOLD FOR $427.00. A great way to end my guessing game!<br /><br />I don't think I did too bad and it was a fun challenge.Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-79716427130225168762010-02-14T14:08:00.000-08:002010-02-14T17:21:39.296-08:00A Very Nice DC Auction, Delayed By Snow, Results<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfOOy33uEglxbOHjte7CD6IK902TUWfS6JvocuL0WGGKrhzMfE8OIlqfOMGlEaW5JoJSMc2SvTTDmoKt1vk3n7gJHqqnhXIfeCeLgtWUu5xPHAGXv3Gh8f0XHbWy57zVHDKhR8hYGSCk/s1600-h/lot+276+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfOOy33uEglxbOHjte7CD6IK902TUWfS6JvocuL0WGGKrhzMfE8OIlqfOMGlEaW5JoJSMc2SvTTDmoKt1vk3n7gJHqqnhXIfeCeLgtWUu5xPHAGXv3Gh8f0XHbWy57zVHDKhR8hYGSCk/s320/lot+276+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431229651211234114" /></a><br /><br />Due to the amazing snowstorms the Weschler's auction was re-scheduled to yesterday.<br />Weschlers Auction House here in DC is having an unusually large mid-winter auction on February 6th. It took me a good hour to peruse the entire catalog and I had so many things catch my eye that I recommend fans to take a look at the whole listing. <a href="http://www.weschlers.com/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&ps=25&st=D&sale_no=1330+++">You can do that here.</a> Here's a hint, if you love Flora Danica, there is a huge amount of beautiful pieces.<br /><br />Prices seem to have stabilized but there are a few pieces featured below that I think are great deals. I hope its a cold rainy day and that I have it off because I'd love to spend a couple of hours at this event. So here we go, just remember I saw many other things that looked great.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jJXaSNKTL7XeKVp679wXxhP6Nq6C4J09r_esORkRI27GgWFJboCKWUdYZ7RRt7mfKArEqPxBLNg-AN3KGYECQ3Xuk2N8LiM8t_JUypCJluf8jovW4TrFYPe-YmIs-2nwpaG0eETgf9M/s1600-h/lot+350+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jJXaSNKTL7XeKVp679wXxhP6Nq6C4J09r_esORkRI27GgWFJboCKWUdYZ7RRt7mfKArEqPxBLNg-AN3KGYECQ3Xuk2N8LiM8t_JUypCJluf8jovW4TrFYPe-YmIs-2nwpaG0eETgf9M/s320/lot+350+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431227602785820802" /></a><br />Lot 350<br />Charles X Applewood Secrétaire à Abattant Second Quarter 19th Century<br />Estimate: $800 - 1200<br />SOLD FOR $550.00. Oh my gosh what a steal!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-v7QXBk68LCZCy6_aZrjvZ_lZYyWQTM9cfMFfHPDCHgGewTdKC5qlgak1WCjTxhzuYZjv96Qdhv9Docm3kxTvIQnaJjCYChJVFAon69Mod0W1bo11NNTOCHcJ_UMLnSikxhQhgsY040/s1600-h/lot+285.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-v7QXBk68LCZCy6_aZrjvZ_lZYyWQTM9cfMFfHPDCHgGewTdKC5qlgak1WCjTxhzuYZjv96Qdhv9Docm3kxTvIQnaJjCYChJVFAon69Mod0W1bo11NNTOCHcJ_UMLnSikxhQhgsY040/s320/lot+285.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431227164838531410" /></a><br />George IV Rosewood Four-Tier What-Not Circa 1825<br />Estimate: $1000 - 1500<br />SOLD FOR $2,200.00. Wow that estimate was low.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7r_4whkWH-Y_tPA6A7-eGR3DlUuhLWpncsLMVdTQ9g5dC9BS7IwkX3mceUgy3mTbBndtDXfo11OXlPtijFCUNQ6tw5rYDo6TPNmWMDZBNCrJNz2R5R_Z8wI8wMRjqGRHDs9Ilvhr_9I/s1600-h/lot+276+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7r_4whkWH-Y_tPA6A7-eGR3DlUuhLWpncsLMVdTQ9g5dC9BS7IwkX3mceUgy3mTbBndtDXfo11OXlPtijFCUNQ6tw5rYDo6TPNmWMDZBNCrJNz2R5R_Z8wI8wMRjqGRHDs9Ilvhr_9I/s320/lot+276+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431226785002792530" /></a><br />Regency Parcel Gilt and Decorated Black Painted Beechwood Armchair Early 19th Century<br />Estimate: $500 - 700<br />SOLD FOR $900.00 A great deal for such a nice looking chair.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfM009-xFcXt8z8qYldV4J_w6ue04nZ4IjLllUdAUh3zzXv1uegZhNmMvh-MahSMTEAhIw8cl5B-q_Z5lHG5tV_3zMQYoQzfr6mCVz2vRC4m5Zd4DF0lGTS3LX7aD6dsBv9E5fPfQWzG0/s1600-h/lot+256+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfM009-xFcXt8z8qYldV4J_w6ue04nZ4IjLllUdAUh3zzXv1uegZhNmMvh-MahSMTEAhIw8cl5B-q_Z5lHG5tV_3zMQYoQzfr6mCVz2vRC4m5Zd4DF0lGTS3LX7aD6dsBv9E5fPfQWzG0/s320/lot+256+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431226387202683954" /></a><br />George III Style Walnut Bedside Stand Early 20th Century<br />Estimate: $300 - 500<br />SOLD FOR $350.00. Fair and a very nice buy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7C9uD0PunWtj6gXD3NsuDlwiLy0v5t905opixrp8wf05D71n7ZeMtnEdJV_KwFmZIQase1UN_zZJavGcUj-eQyTX6pOVfufzUPKmlmMwRrioCFE5DS0VOorRyWrOS8gDw8X9_3EsRn8/s1600-h/lot+246.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7C9uD0PunWtj6gXD3NsuDlwiLy0v5t905opixrp8wf05D71n7ZeMtnEdJV_KwFmZIQase1UN_zZJavGcUj-eQyTX6pOVfufzUPKmlmMwRrioCFE5DS0VOorRyWrOS8gDw8X9_3EsRn8/s320/lot+246.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431226021747716130" /></a><br />George III Style Mahogany Oval Extension Dining Table First Half 20th Century<br />Estimate: $600 - 800<br />SOLD FOR $550.00. A tremendous deal. This is why I always tell newlyweds to go to the auction house.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1swxEFX-R5Y6IxcjhG_PvgUf2Wg4b-ucZLjbPKhlXaTEEHS2umgrZl8M4XMGWlDAuHXHOVlyp927t2U506fJNOIgV0j5xS5AGouj7vbc6soxM2xMwuF8kpoTqPN4v0pZvXcoplAWxmo0/s1600-h/lot+223+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1swxEFX-R5Y6IxcjhG_PvgUf2Wg4b-ucZLjbPKhlXaTEEHS2umgrZl8M4XMGWlDAuHXHOVlyp927t2U506fJNOIgV0j5xS5AGouj7vbc6soxM2xMwuF8kpoTqPN4v0pZvXcoplAWxmo0/s320/lot+223+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431225712234694914" /></a><br />Pair of Victorian Tole Painted Cornucopia Wall Vases Last Half 19th Century<br />Estimate: $1000 - 1500<br />SOLD FOR $750.00. Very decorative but still not cheap.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZn0L1BBEww882uvkV5z9EIcfpkZhDr3sZv4y4SabJLsof06RRUtpuYixPJ_rHxQydlu1qvZk1ls9uRHSnTSBTGsstyXK3Y48vo_Jgi_rfDklAzOIv6Lqi-cplnb4N9wbe-yexGY6P3Y/s1600-h/lot+206+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZn0L1BBEww882uvkV5z9EIcfpkZhDr3sZv4y4SabJLsof06RRUtpuYixPJ_rHxQydlu1qvZk1ls9uRHSnTSBTGsstyXK3Y48vo_Jgi_rfDklAzOIv6Lqi-cplnb4N9wbe-yexGY6P3Y/s320/lot+206+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431225359460293970" /></a><br />Set of Twelve Royal Copenhagen 'Flora Danica' Reticulated Luncheon Plates Dated 1980-1984<br />Estimate: $6000 - 8000<br />SOLD FOR $4,800.00. If its your thing, you got a good deal.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmeQUJ5rx-is_j8NFjeJDUEjSfcuv-ygF8Iz_0mYJK0aSXY2a3SZ0W5f6B3QdoRDYxcIgmIMvGSWdn6YwsWBROQW3hPHwj3mBGjJRqYblK5Ys-PgthWLzJTrFkqmX9GpHA2H3_j7UQeI/s1600-h/lot+188+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmeQUJ5rx-is_j8NFjeJDUEjSfcuv-ygF8Iz_0mYJK0aSXY2a3SZ0W5f6B3QdoRDYxcIgmIMvGSWdn6YwsWBROQW3hPHwj3mBGjJRqYblK5Ys-PgthWLzJTrFkqmX9GpHA2H3_j7UQeI/s320/lot+188+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431225005800791538" /></a><br />Meissen Ornithological Serving Dish and Six Plates Outside Decorated, Late 19th-Early 20th Century<br />Estimate: $400 - 600<br />SOLD FOR $550.00. Fair.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bc3SyQOe7I1a5NjaJixe9_CsIAKs8aMFBmDd_WxegFUNs_9OnK81VO7TwE9N2G-8TrXHoV70DZbPLWxpvwUnuzk7Mhcof5x-PS55reCd6_Phan8UNbKnj90FzFQRmwa5CMs4hl2MFLo/s1600-h/lot+126+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bc3SyQOe7I1a5NjaJixe9_CsIAKs8aMFBmDd_WxegFUNs_9OnK81VO7TwE9N2G-8TrXHoV70DZbPLWxpvwUnuzk7Mhcof5x-PS55reCd6_Phan8UNbKnj90FzFQRmwa5CMs4hl2MFLo/s320/lot+126+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431224659944274546" /></a><br />Two Georgian Silver Mounted Shell Bowl Tea Caddy Spoons and a Snuff Box 18th-19th Century<br />Estimate: $400 - 600<br />SOLD FOR $550.00<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenWBHSXh7kaGfBoxDTlDhVmGOMIgmjIPHyLWQcWhqthASyEguNn2EGDb0isiPV5Ok6h5B4mpi4X7_oTgyojOi-ZMfzWTYQa0pfbHz_8MS3S3g-Hjujucd9ljfQw2fkJ-Sn9Y_BnCTF1A/s1600-h/lot+92+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenWBHSXh7kaGfBoxDTlDhVmGOMIgmjIPHyLWQcWhqthASyEguNn2EGDb0isiPV5Ok6h5B4mpi4X7_oTgyojOi-ZMfzWTYQa0pfbHz_8MS3S3g-Hjujucd9ljfQw2fkJ-Sn9Y_BnCTF1A/s320/lot+92+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431223769490518274" /></a><br />Pair of Continental Silver Plate Single-Light Sconces Circa 1900<br />Estimate: $400 - 600<br />SOLD FOR $1,600.00. Hmmm, some serious bidding there.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3-CVigiIi62ltVA4AVtRBWk9umhrj-CEFBbtLBd9m-k_oCnKQmgjPCUdTXZ4yXqxZ0Ny2RITkSLGbcteZiH1WnCKTSmmrLG8UCzFsVAA7diHUbYyHHAwY7GdeiOs73B7r0NBd_5-TH4/s1600-h/lot+46+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3-CVigiIi62ltVA4AVtRBWk9umhrj-CEFBbtLBd9m-k_oCnKQmgjPCUdTXZ4yXqxZ0Ny2RITkSLGbcteZiH1WnCKTSmmrLG8UCzFsVAA7diHUbYyHHAwY7GdeiOs73B7r0NBd_5-TH4/s320/lot+46+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431223469161144866" /></a><br />Chinese Export 'Famille Rose' Charger on Later Stand Qianlong Period (1736-1795)<br />Estimate: $1500 - 2500<br />DID NOT SELL. I kinda think there might have been an age problem there.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHErweLhzQLsK50BBrQkVYFuau7KVPjq9Z8xfrV4v4XfI1UQGqFrumC5SF7h6CfUdCsLmlalFf08bveOV7TL6eMqkMHhN-hJkvbv2mrxX3uu-0Sqaf5xdsN5NKvts4oDSKW8_J2hyB4Hs/s1600-h/lot+19+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHErweLhzQLsK50BBrQkVYFuau7KVPjq9Z8xfrV4v4XfI1UQGqFrumC5SF7h6CfUdCsLmlalFf08bveOV7TL6eMqkMHhN-hJkvbv2mrxX3uu-0Sqaf5xdsN5NKvts4oDSKW8_J2hyB4Hs/s320/lot+19+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431223102952767746" /></a><br />Tabriz Rug Second Quarter 20th Century 13 ft 8 in x 10 ft 1 in (417 x 307 cm)<br />Estimate: $1000 - 1500<br />DID NOT SELL<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNp6RKusXDWUQDp9_zMs3WC5MtGpUrqawDIcLhJTOc3XQ67kKuT3rnzHvv5VXicpw9LenD2M-DJngsPuNLpVUffH4q9GaXogioMZwDmmuvya7udv_Uj6pnRkHg1QwMxIzuhdBDwCDXE-Y/s1600-h/lot+360+wes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNp6RKusXDWUQDp9_zMs3WC5MtGpUrqawDIcLhJTOc3XQ67kKuT3rnzHvv5VXicpw9LenD2M-DJngsPuNLpVUffH4q9GaXogioMZwDmmuvya7udv_Uj6pnRkHg1QwMxIzuhdBDwCDXE-Y/s320/lot+360+wes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431228525578627618" /></a><br />Lot 360<br />Biedermeier Flame Birch Caned Bergère Circa 1825<br />Estimate: $400 - 600<br />DID NOT SELL. How did that happen?Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-4742989121182916292010-02-10T15:16:00.000-08:002010-02-10T15:44:22.715-08:00Mother Nature Wins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjTx9Nxo2hrufHqMkPr16YOa5GplKbXis40n7I8rBmKqbtJF1T9GT6IzLpmb_tSGUHpYHJsG7mLGv0Y6w9UnQzyTYidzoIUtY2YmzOVJjx9J0T0j0kPq-6D6g8RGs3O2Hkmn7gYzf7S8/s1600-h/snow+feb.12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjTx9Nxo2hrufHqMkPr16YOa5GplKbXis40n7I8rBmKqbtJF1T9GT6IzLpmb_tSGUHpYHJsG7mLGv0Y6w9UnQzyTYidzoIUtY2YmzOVJjx9J0T0j0kPq-6D6g8RGs3O2Hkmn7gYzf7S8/s320/snow+feb.12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436764082846885074" /></a><br />These are pictures I took during the early week before the massive blizzard hit today.<br /><br />We surrender here in DC to the great Mother Nature. All I could do today was look out from the 18th floor at what can only be described as the most intense blizzard I've ever seen. Everything shook and is still shaking. I really thought my floor to ceiling glass doors might blow in.<br /><br />I can't imagine what tomorrow will be like and when the anger over government services is going to boil over. My friends in tony Georgetown haven't seen a plow since all this started last Saturday nor have they had any mail delivery. Yet, the Wall Street Journal arrived every morning and UPS and Fed Ex made it to the store.<br /><br />We had a lady come into the store yesterday who commented that she used to live in Tanzania and that the Giant grocery store down the blocked looked worse than anything she'd seen abroad. We are crushed here and I think it will be days to a week before we have the slightest recovery.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf991AXj_wUOtwApYMDwnTtsv9mUNMk7fpiCBErxI80NebRx74DU64OkW1qOTcfTUeKQAbxEhTbUCIFtosg_7g8RhBGRceRlRegMRwAWVHVGMmTa-gU9VohkkLBn3e5IEpi1gw-McUTE/s1600-h/snow+feb.8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf991AXj_wUOtwApYMDwnTtsv9mUNMk7fpiCBErxI80NebRx74DU64OkW1qOTcfTUeKQAbxEhTbUCIFtosg_7g8RhBGRceRlRegMRwAWVHVGMmTa-gU9VohkkLBn3e5IEpi1gw-McUTE/s320/snow+feb.8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436764378298537426" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhennynp0Yens9qf1ZIIs6K_vqfQtZ1RIHq1JBV6FsSpDKjy1mLuK8MyMjrEUj35CDbc3PT0DxBTnQtcJYvnsOoYvrbOLc1IULneMNTB7bjEJsjGu4c9p5iFXKHUqf1arHxtB0_1RD81AA/s1600-h/snow+feb.5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhennynp0Yens9qf1ZIIs6K_vqfQtZ1RIHq1JBV6FsSpDKjy1mLuK8MyMjrEUj35CDbc3PT0DxBTnQtcJYvnsOoYvrbOLc1IULneMNTB7bjEJsjGu4c9p5iFXKHUqf1arHxtB0_1RD81AA/s320/snow+feb.5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436764234379550978" /></a>Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-20071110184099926162010-01-28T19:17:00.000-08:002010-01-28T19:29:34.825-08:00A ‘Roadshow’ Star Grabs the Gavel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCjbFDro1IBE5eVV6cKw84BWZMxJsDmuBegqUC9tqiEL7Z8VMR0P07XKrLauOI92nImRn_jHLoylPOYGLEHs9l7Nfw8RmHKMbwxGfRuYpWuxWIYkwciZNxzDL9ba0gEFixTL7fWhJbl8/s1600-h/Keno.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCjbFDro1IBE5eVV6cKw84BWZMxJsDmuBegqUC9tqiEL7Z8VMR0P07XKrLauOI92nImRn_jHLoylPOYGLEHs9l7Nfw8RmHKMbwxGfRuYpWuxWIYkwciZNxzDL9ba0gEFixTL7fWhJbl8/s320/Keno.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431997420172347922" /></a><br /><br />A brave man who I wish great good luck. Passion triumphs all.<br /><br />NYTimes January 22:<br />By EVE M. KAHN<br /><br />A ‘ROADSHOW’ STAR Grabs the Gavel."<br /><br />"The Americana dealer Leigh Keno, as maniacally enthusiastic in person as he comes across on “Antiques Roadshow,” was recently giving a tour of his Upper East Side store. It closed last summer; a few forlorn typeset labels were still posted on the bare walls, but the usual displays of lightly polished brown furniture have been taken away. The rooms were piled instead with hundreds of consignments for an auction house he has improbably founded, at a sluggish time for the Americana market.<br /><br />On Saturday he will hold an all-day sale preview at the Loews Regency Hotel on Park Avenue at 61st Street. (The auction is on May 1 and 2 at the Marriott Hotel in Stamford, Conn.) His new company, Keno Auctions, is filling a hotel conference room with scrimshaw, ceramics, nested baskets, silver (including web-footed 1780s sauceboats by Paul Revere), furniture (there’s an 1830s mahogany crib made by Duncan Phyfe for his grandson), and paintings and drawings (among them 1770s watercolors that a teenage boy painted of Revolutionary War soldiers bleeding on battlefields).<br /><br />Mr. Keno bounced from topic to topic as he scrambled around the piles, pointing out some modernist furniture from his own collection; he may eventually hold a separate auction for those egg-shaped or rectilinear tables and chairs by Gerrit Rietveld, Carlo Mollino and Marc Newson. He spoke bluntly about market trends, but then quickly qualified his remarks so that his words in print would sound upbeat and not offend any dealer, auctioneer or collector.<br /><br />After explaining that his auctions will offer fresh-to-market material rather than his inventory, “and that is refreshing,” he immediately added, “I don’t want to imply that everyone else doesn’t do that refreshing thing.” When asked why he is holding the sale in Connecticut, he mentioned the antiques stores in downtown Stamford that could use some publicity and his suburban customers’ possible distaste for Manhattan hotel and parking rates, but then added, “Can you say that without ... ,” and trailed off. “I love New York,” he said. “I don’t want to hurt anybody. My curse is that I want to make everybody happy. It’s a curse.”<br /><br />The blond, wiry dealer, 52, who founded the store in 1986 after a stint at Christie’s, has become a public figure with his twin brother, Leslie, the director of American furniture and decorative arts at Sotheby’s. They have been profiled in New York and People magazines, published a memoir and appeared in 14 seasons of “Roadshow.” (Sometimes one can be spotted chatting up visitors in the background while the other is appraising on camera.) For two decades, until this year, Leigh Keno also rented a booth in January at the entrance to the Winter Antiques Show in Manhattan, which opens on Friday. Since he announced his auction business last summer, he said: “I’m so energized, I feel like I’m 28 again. I loved being a dealer, but it was time for me personally for a new challenge.”<br /><br />But what about Americana’s falling prices, which have been widely reported in the trade papers? “It has definitely, you know, gone down in value, but truly great pieces still bring great prices,” he replied. He hopes to help reinvigorate the market by serving as charismatic auctioneer, at a pace of 70 lots an hour. “I whip up the crowd,” he said.<br /><br />Most lots will have no reserves, and estimates will be so low, he added, that “people will lose sleep the night before.” The prices are meant to attract “the young collector,” he said, and encourage older consignors to approach him with housefuls of high-end and middling material. “We’ll just broom-clean,” he said. “We want to be full service.”<br /><br />His competitors have been sending messages welcoming him to the scene, he said. “There’s enough merchandise, enough property out there, for everyone to be happy.”<br /><br />Colin Stair, who runs Stair Galleries, an auction house in Hudson, N.Y., is one competitor who has congratulated Mr. Keno. The trade, Mr. Stair said, will monitor the new venture’s progress and turn out for the Stamford event. “I’ve rearranged my May sales so I can go check it out in person,” Mr. Stair said. But he would caution anyone who, like Mr. Keno, starts an auction house in midcareer, maneuvering hundreds of objects through hotels-turned-salerooms at razor-thin profit margins. “You have to be prepared for an initial bloodletting until you catch on,” Mr. Stair said."Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-62940634446151384402010-01-23T14:11:00.000-08:002010-01-23T14:11:00.074-08:00Major Prices For Major Art Expected<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8UtbW4Z52MHtsWdxOVLcqferkzVtwk23IzxMduGemacphtSkV5EjAKd50bh9FE3X8ZXumdrDHJlfQKCyytGVMMUfHRuL_fBo71HZ-Sd6R5rVc4d5m1FyQV1kuAQUPrYbKaOjHdFB2f4/s1600-h/Klimt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8UtbW4Z52MHtsWdxOVLcqferkzVtwk23IzxMduGemacphtSkV5EjAKd50bh9FE3X8ZXumdrDHJlfQKCyytGVMMUfHRuL_fBo71HZ-Sd6R5rVc4d5m1FyQV1kuAQUPrYbKaOjHdFB2f4/s320/Klimt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429767954153775986" /></a><br /><br />Wall Street Journal:1/22/10<br />"Set to Fetch a Grand Price"<br />By MARGARET STUDER<br /><br />The first major European auctions of the year are turning up a number of heavyweight offerings.<br /><br />For the first time in Sotheby's London Impressionist and modern art auctions (Feb. 3-4), three works will be offered that are each estimated at more than £10 million.<br />[Gustav Klimt's 'Church in Cassone-Landscape with Cypresses)' (1913) is estimated at £12 million-£18 million.] Courtesy of Sotheby's<br /><br />Gustav Klimt's 'Church in Cassone-Landscape with Cypresses)' (1913) is estimated at £12 million-£18 million.<br /><br />Gustav Klimt's "Church in Cassone-Landscape with Cypresses" (1913), a jewel-like work inspired during a summer trip to Lake Garda with his muse and lover, the fashion designer Emilie Flöge, is estimated at £12 million - £18 million. The painting comes from the collection of Viktor and Paula Zuckerkandl, patrons of the arts in Vienna in the early 20th century. The painting was inherited by Viktor's sister Amalie Redlich, who was deported to Lodz by the Nazis in 1941. After the war, the Lake Garda landscape resurfaced in a European family collection that acquired the painting in good faith. The family reached a deal with a Zuckerkandl heir to offer the painting at auction.<br /><br />Also estimated at £12 million- £18 million is Alberto Giacometti's monumental, 183 centimeter-high sculpture "L'Homme qui marche 1" (1960), a lone and haunted man walking which has become one of the most iconic images of modern art, creating "both a humble image of an ordinary man, and a potent symbol of humanity," according to Sotheby's. The vendor, Commerzbank, acquired the sculpture when it took over Dresdner Bank, which had a substantial art collection.<br /><br />Paul Cezanne's meticulously composed "Pichet et fruits sur une table" (1893-94), a still-life with succulent fruits, is expected to fetch £10 million - £15 million.<br /><br />Meanwhile, a striking portrait at Christie's Impressionist and modern art sales in London (Feb. 2-3) will be Kees van Dongen's "La Gitane" (circa 1910-11) a sensual Spanish gypsy in blazing color (estimated at £5.5 million - £7.5 million). The painting is being offered at auction for the first time, as is Natalia Gontcharova's "Espagnole" (circa 1916), a dramatic painting fusing Cubist forms with the costume of a Spanish dancer (estimate: £4 million-£6 million).Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-71704067667791791502010-01-22T17:02:00.000-08:002010-01-22T17:12:37.741-08:00The Perfect Story To Start The Weekend<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWCEK419Q_53L0oUUlzGbL3Ne4ahhtN8w4oHgFzuG5AKyNy8lP7k6it4fWnE_DdJlWGC28qlIU9ug6q3-xTiN8LpZW_LACSWloXBClhqInRDUjq-amfVKVBr8BjbWPoV9pQxJ7lBrhNU/s1600-h/beer.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWCEK419Q_53L0oUUlzGbL3Ne4ahhtN8w4oHgFzuG5AKyNy8lP7k6it4fWnE_DdJlWGC28qlIU9ug6q3-xTiN8LpZW_LACSWloXBClhqInRDUjq-amfVKVBr8BjbWPoV9pQxJ7lBrhNU/s320/beer.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429736027695446210" /></a><br />I always thought this might be true. Have a great weekend all.<br /><br />Alcohol's Neolithic Origins<br />Brewing Up a Civilization<br /><br />Speigel Online International:<br />By Frank Thadeusz<br /><br />Did our Neolithic ancestors turn to agriculture so that they could be sure of a tipple? US Archaeologist Patrick McGovern thinks so. The expert on identifying traces of alcohol in prehistoric sites reckons the thirst for a brew was enough of an incentive to start growing crops.<br /><br />It turns out the fall of man probably didn't begin with an apple. More likely, it was a handful of mushy figs that first led humankind astray.<br /><br />Here is how the story likely began -- a prehistoric human picked up some dropped fruit from the ground and popped it unsuspectingly into his or her mouth. The first effect was nothing more than an agreeably bittersweet flavor spreading across the palate. But as alcohol entered the bloodstream, the brain started sending out a new message -- whatever that was, I want more of it! <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,668642,00.html">Full story here.</a>Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-3672255578837783062010-01-20T01:35:00.000-08:002010-01-20T12:48:15.318-08:00The Well Appointed Room Auction At Doyles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4A7BRGWfZPY224gCygdqz1x1ct8VWz435Nbn5n6c2WDMXPaQe96y8iOK6XNzliXdZymzqdSgRHfeS4gBkOyONsfLPC9xJGKyFiWa5pBh8GtcFkp1WxFol54l-uv94HD72JN5HETYmlc/s1600-h/dlot+466.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4A7BRGWfZPY224gCygdqz1x1ct8VWz435Nbn5n6c2WDMXPaQe96y8iOK6XNzliXdZymzqdSgRHfeS4gBkOyONsfLPC9xJGKyFiWa5pBh8GtcFkp1WxFol54l-uv94HD72JN5HETYmlc/s320/dlot+466.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428659552988483266" /></a><br />From Doyle Auction House, "The well-appointed room is attractively equipped, artfully arranged and composed with a level of sophistication and comfort. Grand without being ostentatious, the well-appointed room is comprised of edited pieces that have history and purpose and that promote conversation and further study. Edith Wharton used the phrase often when she wrote about the stylish homes where her characters resided. The well-appointed drawing rooms in Wharton's novels were stylishly decorated and consisted of quality pieces that were timeless and evocative of a bygone era.<br /><br />The Well-Appointed Room auction at Doyle New York on January 27, 2010 comprises almost 200 lots of furniture and decorations from Jonathan Burden, LLC, and John J. Gredler Works of Art, and globes and other articles from George Glazer Gallery. Through the vision of acclaimed interior designer Jeffrey Bilhuber, these renowned taste-makers create their own version of today’s Well-Appointed Room. The public is invited to the exhibition will be on view from Saturday, January 23 through Tuesday, January 26. Doyle is located at 175 East 87th Street in Manhattan. "<br /><br />There are over 400 lots in this auction and many pieces that caught my eye. I do so appreciate a well appointed room where your eye just moves all around the room admiring well thought out acquired items. I could only bring a few treasures for your viewing here. Some are kinda pricey but they'd look good in any home. Take a look. <a href="http://www.doylenewyork.com/default.htm">You can view the entire catalogue here.<br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhkk4vkCOET43ZwA9KiHiRnUa16LiEzG11rzeowb2FmftlKCwswXfdjrjgNyVE6l2gfgf2M0o9tu4l75ni1YBm5kC5ue4kJWaqj_0nEueu_wHYOFD1Rw-hLx2Z70-3EeZsPCHvvaF_GY/s1600-h/dlot224.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhkk4vkCOET43ZwA9KiHiRnUa16LiEzG11rzeowb2FmftlKCwswXfdjrjgNyVE6l2gfgf2M0o9tu4l75ni1YBm5kC5ue4kJWaqj_0nEueu_wHYOFD1Rw-hLx2Z70-3EeZsPCHvvaF_GY/s320/dlot224.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428658130919196994" /></a><br />Edwardian Mahogany Partner's Desk<br />The rectangular leather inset top with opposing ratchet bookstands, above three long drawers, raised on square tapering legs ending in casters. Height 30 inches (76.2 cm), width 70 inches (1.78 m), depth 39 1/4 inches (99.7 cm).<br />Estimate $3,000-5,000<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNt9D4XbI0b06kKJO1AGsLxj8lgRUm2Vwd0V9Q1hsoRXpA_c1BiSjbn8FhJtoIUe9uZrhDU0qElGqbmzQAovwG_4hClD6HawyGWwCOMg4RKYKj4mfPNULibc56T1BI3fdI6EMuJGMxh-A/s1600-h/DLot+89.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNt9D4XbI0b06kKJO1AGsLxj8lgRUm2Vwd0V9Q1hsoRXpA_c1BiSjbn8FhJtoIUe9uZrhDU0qElGqbmzQAovwG_4hClD6HawyGWwCOMg4RKYKj4mfPNULibc56T1BI3fdI6EMuJGMxh-A/s320/DLot+89.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428657621843752802" /></a><br />Grand Tour Plaster Intaglio Collection<br />19th Century<br />Fitted in 7 half leather bound double sided book-form cases, approximately 313 intaglios. Height of each volume 9 7/8 inches (25 cm), width 6 1/4 inches (15.9 cm).<br />Estimate $4,000-6,000<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQITzx866bEXyZuPNgeIbpHYl_oe_8drvYoCRpxGpJel0A_We5TkjJ0iygPM414Nr46GJoc086Zxhzg90aAgvIzcuI9Gy6BAAetxpy_chssM96IyvHmXhbTDMOrDnDW94dqEuqvEfffo/s1600-h/dlot+107.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQITzx866bEXyZuPNgeIbpHYl_oe_8drvYoCRpxGpJel0A_We5TkjJ0iygPM414Nr46GJoc086Zxhzg90aAgvIzcuI9Gy6BAAetxpy_chssM96IyvHmXhbTDMOrDnDW94dqEuqvEfffo/s320/dlot+107.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428657238938678866" /></a><br />French Oak Library Steps<br />18th Century<br />Height 8 feet 1 inch (2.46 m).<br />Estimate $3,000-4,000<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RzimBwxfcYrmerPa6BUT1wJLbwCLR2NCOhDgkCsIUFz4sSt4cGyOWUOWxeGVV20zZUkIpkQtnvfxlVq79hXlW5RBQq6C9PFWF72jp-UsFSyiuJarQ-2t0CcFDL6D0Cv1z6sNvCfe7M4/s1600-h/dlot+116.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RzimBwxfcYrmerPa6BUT1wJLbwCLR2NCOhDgkCsIUFz4sSt4cGyOWUOWxeGVV20zZUkIpkQtnvfxlVq79hXlW5RBQq6C9PFWF72jp-UsFSyiuJarQ-2t0CcFDL6D0Cv1z6sNvCfe7M4/s320/dlot+116.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428656747438132034" /></a><br />Group of Three Architectural Spiral Staircases<br />Each of various form. Height of tallest 22 1/4 inches (56.5 cm).<br />Estimate $800-1,200<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGsyLOzzhB7QOXv1GUv981Gqq8nx557ps2f7WymqK8MzuHuMK7j22qbdVUMDKHquieOabD26tlJY0BVVn3Y2eW9xEvseh1WtXUM6IvlUeAqcgiMa2SrwN3Mipq7A1sxC5Tjj_wRzB7Qw/s1600-h/dlot+241.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGsyLOzzhB7QOXv1GUv981Gqq8nx557ps2f7WymqK8MzuHuMK7j22qbdVUMDKHquieOabD26tlJY0BVVn3Y2eW9xEvseh1WtXUM6IvlUeAqcgiMa2SrwN3Mipq7A1sxC5Tjj_wRzB7Qw/s320/dlot+241.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428656072709486722" /></a><br />Chinese Export Tole Painted Canister Lamp<br />19th Century<br />Decorated with chinoiserie figures on a red ground. Height 16 inches (40.6 cm).<br />Estimate $600-900<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BOaPnqPiqUV1-KPg9bPo7z8ze4i2731d4hbn7ATMCFO0D0V9b1N3Gscwf6a4t6DpkW1qvchHCf-NyXJMxStOkz_-jwQv2LSvYif0ngPxzk-A50ojHXc9mRGsFoh_NXoetz0IAtJI_ZU/s1600-h/dlot+256.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BOaPnqPiqUV1-KPg9bPo7z8ze4i2731d4hbn7ATMCFO0D0V9b1N3Gscwf6a4t6DpkW1qvchHCf-NyXJMxStOkz_-jwQv2LSvYif0ngPxzk-A50ojHXc9mRGsFoh_NXoetz0IAtJI_ZU/s320/dlot+256.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428655650680513874" /></a><br />Irish Regency Style Partial Ebonized Mahogany Console<br />The rectangular line inlaid top with a rope carved edge, raised on lion carved monopodia supports ending in paw feet. Height 35 1/2 inches (90.2 cm), 7 feet 9 1/2 inches (2.37 m), depth 24 inches (61 cm).<br />Estimate $4,000-6,000<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9FOvr0Ok5BF_hUdSD6LcphSJLmiYKAF6VFpNRMmX5Ym34hv5KJ7VbOzIl6vAej6Lbe05iWOqf_sfrv9-IWSNguNv_GlNsS7oFSLRXA6-9Tjorlf1PzVJRfoujR3RyOVTK4yzoSsRfTk/s1600-h/dlot+307.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9FOvr0Ok5BF_hUdSD6LcphSJLmiYKAF6VFpNRMmX5Ym34hv5KJ7VbOzIl6vAej6Lbe05iWOqf_sfrv9-IWSNguNv_GlNsS7oFSLRXA6-9Tjorlf1PzVJRfoujR3RyOVTK4yzoSsRfTk/s320/dlot+307.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428635762982145554" /></a><br />Pair of Worcester Blue and White Porcelain Vases<br />Circa 1770<br />Each of gu form, painted on each side with a chinoiserie figure surrounded by a floral and diaper ground, crescent mark in blue. Height 7 7/8 inches (19.5 cm).<br />Estimate $1,500-2,500. Yes, I'd make them into lamps. Sorry, but I would.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nPF1UPrt4g9CNxaZu0JlQWcBVMllqSIPEnKuof8Au0ki3aMxDdYSGioU09LW7ZovP8uLxF7_FFscV42BKupVH7CEHdYK8tL38JcnimfCH2GYhFpvmP6jT1SRGDQnzcEXs28eqFj7dk0/s1600-h/dlot+355.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nPF1UPrt4g9CNxaZu0JlQWcBVMllqSIPEnKuof8Au0ki3aMxDdYSGioU09LW7ZovP8uLxF7_FFscV42BKupVH7CEHdYK8tL38JcnimfCH2GYhFpvmP6jT1SRGDQnzcEXs28eqFj7dk0/s320/dlot+355.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428635286369757234" /></a><br />Provincial George II Oak Cellaret<br />Formed as a diminutive commode, with a hinged top above three false drawer fronts, raised on bracket feet. Height 18 3/4 inches (47.6 cm), width 18 1/2 inches (47 cm), depth 17 inches (43.2 cm).<br />Estimate $600-800<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HJBgJ77qsJI93IlIbiPDAlNHh_mrCFvUJcOHYTyWE9CxH5RGSP3yuRKgbCgYhf5VEM64bdLaO1GV2TGm0H23rO4uVQJsgpQeUGCsFmFRi7uHd7oPTxEaV0ckpA9VCyd0JsHFyhK2IO8/s1600-h/dlot+380.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HJBgJ77qsJI93IlIbiPDAlNHh_mrCFvUJcOHYTyWE9CxH5RGSP3yuRKgbCgYhf5VEM64bdLaO1GV2TGm0H23rO4uVQJsgpQeUGCsFmFRi7uHd7oPTxEaV0ckpA9VCyd0JsHFyhK2IO8/s320/dlot+380.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428634868516530930" /></a><br />Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Porcelain Cachepot<br />Painted with flowering botanical specimen within a gilt border, botanical identification mark, standard factory mark and number 20.3519. Height 6 3/4 inches (17.1 cm).<br />Estimate $600-900<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlBA9ytN51zfEaoP9Mb8AxRagZpBS4Bcmpq8ywQ5yNN2eKl-wdWiQ5qv467BK_lAT7uySwEsfktF7yDjXmKwwv3pyq1y2KsEOj_rv5LT4hzwCEuSDB9YoCnL7hkg1HdAbmLQGLMYpZHM/s1600-h/dlot+419.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlBA9ytN51zfEaoP9Mb8AxRagZpBS4Bcmpq8ywQ5yNN2eKl-wdWiQ5qv467BK_lAT7uySwEsfktF7yDjXmKwwv3pyq1y2KsEOj_rv5LT4hzwCEuSDB9YoCnL7hkg1HdAbmLQGLMYpZHM/s320/dlot+419.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428634363943501746" /></a><br />George III Mahogany Writing Desk<br />Late 18th century<br />The rectangular leather inset writing surface with three-quarter gallery, above two drawers, raised on square tapering legs ending in casters. Height 29 1/2 inches (74.9 cm), width 37 inches (94 cm), depth 22 1/2 inches (57.2 cm).<br />Estimate $1,500-2,500<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5YDB79FLk0NrP0H9q_aWTJNQWsergzE-sWjHHiKPvLyGfWrIi4dhvE9Tnw5Dm6OXsEgUbGX80BgXR4cUToC3oTNJZbwHZt4IfLjHRiGDEVMnK0xKVOaiE2avz_pTLQpaphDb1-qKLyc/s1600-h/dlot+466.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5YDB79FLk0NrP0H9q_aWTJNQWsergzE-sWjHHiKPvLyGfWrIi4dhvE9Tnw5Dm6OXsEgUbGX80BgXR4cUToC3oTNJZbwHZt4IfLjHRiGDEVMnK0xKVOaiE2avz_pTLQpaphDb1-qKLyc/s320/dlot+466.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428633943071543186" /></a><br />Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Cranes<br />19th Century<br />Each molded standing on a stump. Height 15 1/2 inches (39.4 cm).<br />Estimate $2,000-3,000<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSlm2FVrPXwTeD7dgDXSsQ9eP-JQzScOmP4mI_b51OlNbY4O-Z4UDDTXMe-485U8rxouNZZ0CzqYgqjXiqjg8IX4E3-fsfKZwT9nNSG8H8YEJL_2L6pK6nuiRGYHVR65pQiYyQSaxc4k/s1600-h/dlot+479.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSlm2FVrPXwTeD7dgDXSsQ9eP-JQzScOmP4mI_b51OlNbY4O-Z4UDDTXMe-485U8rxouNZZ0CzqYgqjXiqjg8IX4E3-fsfKZwT9nNSG8H8YEJL_2L6pK6nuiRGYHVR65pQiYyQSaxc4k/s320/dlot+479.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428633483016015602" /></a><br />Directoire Brass Bound Mahogany Fold-Over Game Table<br />Early 19th century<br />The elliptical hinged top raised on circular tapering legs ending in casters. Height 29 1/2 inches (74.9 cm), width 53 inches (1.35 m), depth 26 1/2 inches (67.3 cm).<br />Estimate $1,500-2,500<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiyod03TgSSNgbPTzc_6PidcuJT_x-ju7nJT8bywCkGtr06vOB-KPlU7KRs7Nej4uCm1zq2Hrxy1bQb0ymYceVQYbnwHEZ8gkkjEHkotiJskWfTq9WpMxbyeefbQENGZOOETvzWUmXEU/s1600-h/dlot+486.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiyod03TgSSNgbPTzc_6PidcuJT_x-ju7nJT8bywCkGtr06vOB-KPlU7KRs7Nej4uCm1zq2Hrxy1bQb0ymYceVQYbnwHEZ8gkkjEHkotiJskWfTq9WpMxbyeefbQENGZOOETvzWUmXEU/s320/dlot+486.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428632692533921810" /></a><br />Restauration Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Library Table<br />In the manner of Jacob Desmalter, circa 1820<br />The dished rectangular top above a plain frieze with drawers at each end, raised on curule-form supports cast with rosettes and carved with anthemion ending in casters. Height 28 3/4 inches (73 cm), width 42 1/2 inches (1.08 m), depth 21 1/4 inches (54 cm).<br />Estimate $3,000-5,000Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-48574990691667638672010-01-18T19:44:00.000-08:002010-01-19T16:44:28.127-08:00Motorcycle Diaries Part One<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0xb5R9BYHNWXZ_VVlVqcB-z6Bh2pcXvoi9_lFfrHwyihnwI6eq-wuu2B3uZWa5ogeHaahMo9WAq9QLOVEiIUIy9uKeFk7PBHuBL6Ndom63l8QUw4QNJk6k6deWQn8w6GQ9zoRJrNWA0/s1600-h/motorcycle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0xb5R9BYHNWXZ_VVlVqcB-z6Bh2pcXvoi9_lFfrHwyihnwI6eq-wuu2B3uZWa5ogeHaahMo9WAq9QLOVEiIUIy9uKeFk7PBHuBL6Ndom63l8QUw4QNJk6k6deWQn8w6GQ9zoRJrNWA0/s320/motorcycle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428292161604908850" /></a><br />'The Find of the Decade' - One of the First Ever Motorbikes up for Auction at Bonhams.<br /><br />"Bonhams is delighted to feature the ultimate motorcycle 'Barn Find' at The International Classic MotorCycle Show, Stafford on 25th April 2010.<br /><br />Bonhams is privileged to announce the sale of an original circa 1895 Hildebrand & Wolfmuller motorcycle at the first of its two annual Stafford auctions. Manufactured in Munich, Germany, the Hildebrand & Wolfmuller is of the utmost historical significance as the first powered two-wheeler to enter series production, and is the first such vehicle to which the name 'motorcycle' (motorrad in German) was ever applied." <a href="http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/newsandupdates/122_1001_one_of_first_ever_motorbikes_auction_at_bonhams/index.html">Full story from Motorcyclist.com<br /></a>Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-53095680804614596262010-01-14T13:46:00.000-08:002010-01-14T13:46:00.126-08:00Isn't It Nice He Dressed For The Occasion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4H8x8TsG0NV230WYLUQdiIARY6KBgrDVGMLXVoHhDu5Cdr6bM5bVZDeqNmnS_jIwiD0kd7BJLUn8ueeED95p6D6bEG8_dnXhR5gDkdnqs0naSvNLAZSYagKpk6tGdWuWtPtuHwLMOPSY/s1600-h/Hollywood-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4H8x8TsG0NV230WYLUQdiIARY6KBgrDVGMLXVoHhDu5Cdr6bM5bVZDeqNmnS_jIwiD0kd7BJLUn8ueeED95p6D6bEG8_dnXhR5gDkdnqs0naSvNLAZSYagKpk6tGdWuWtPtuHwLMOPSY/s320/Hollywood-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426437382161862514" /></a><br />And I wonder why they call us ugly Americans.<br /><br />BELGRADE (AP).- Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp was honored Wednesday with a life-size statue in Serbia. The Pirates of the Caribbean star had a statue in his image unveiled to him by renowned Serbian director Emir Kusturica during an annual film festival — called Kustendorf — held in a mountain village in southwestern Serbia. Depp met with Serbian President Boris Tadic upon his arrival on Tuesday. He was then flown by helicopter to the mountaintop village constructed by Kusturica for one of his movies. Kusturica, a two-time Cannes Film Festival winner, said he plans to make a movie with Depp paying legendary Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. "Depp will be my guest for three days," Kusturica said. "He will lead several workshops for participants of the festival, drink wine, watch films and visit some locations where he will shoot a film about Pancho Villa."Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-16139032131734303842010-01-12T18:22:00.001-08:002010-01-13T19:07:56.720-08:00Winter Antiques Show Washington DC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwlx3a0ONz1d5Lh7qLy0p6iDm4broKLMxzPAwE6G_MluTjFPY03gb6zx3eILvShUAr6FBqXUKmAKa5f51X5YWtz5fy8D9JGXs_eRy5f3Gxf1MIsTD0QghuOyctsZQ8evy9O1W4HZyZnY/s1600-h/Catalogue+cover.htm"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwlx3a0ONz1d5Lh7qLy0p6iDm4broKLMxzPAwE6G_MluTjFPY03gb6zx3eILvShUAr6FBqXUKmAKa5f51X5YWtz5fy8D9JGXs_eRy5f3Gxf1MIsTD0QghuOyctsZQ8evy9O1W4HZyZnY/s320/Catalogue+cover.htm" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426044304794970514" /></a><br /><br />Brrr it was a such a cold weekend for us DC'ers and yet it made the perfect weather to attend the Winter Antiques Show here in town for the weekend. <br /><br />Thoughts about the show.<br />1. It looked very nice and I think the use of the Katzen Center at American University works well.<br /><br />2. The staff, volunteers and exhibitors couldn't have been more professional and nice.<br /><br />3. For 99 percent of the pieces that caught my eye the prices meant that this was simply an exhibition and I can't believe that much business was conducted.<br /><br />In this, the third dark winter of our recessionary times the show has to try new exhibitors and a broader range of goods to attract a wider audience. I simply can't see how anyone can make a living selling these goods at such high prices.<br /><br />That said, I enjoyed myself and met many interesting people. Lets take a look at what caught my eye but won't be buying.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvY_1PgEcjHPAbGtaLGxoAsHU_L_zaDTz2jnHGIZJlaKxXBunnWEJhWtTCsgbgB0r89NlCLpINSY1qyRua_UhHlEVfxFzg5DEgIrXw-zTu2cEsoh0DGXhv_cqKm3f-eXx6fP9xO9CVKUQ/s1600-h/Chinoiserie+Cabinet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvY_1PgEcjHPAbGtaLGxoAsHU_L_zaDTz2jnHGIZJlaKxXBunnWEJhWtTCsgbgB0r89NlCLpINSY1qyRua_UhHlEVfxFzg5DEgIrXw-zTu2cEsoh0DGXhv_cqKm3f-eXx6fP9xO9CVKUQ/s320/Chinoiserie+Cabinet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426063056802076050" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSCgxICZu6kw-mp6w_uSFpeqYA54Mp0NNtzMJGF_24tT5M_ShyphenhyphenCX4pV3MMxod42HN7Gq3Mhecvw2SriSocSBXAu8H9AM1IH1jEiyfDsR5VR3H1HTCj9CzsMmf0e9xAOl9TbHOA_kz62k/s1600-h/Chinoiserie+Cabinet+2.1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSCgxICZu6kw-mp6w_uSFpeqYA54Mp0NNtzMJGF_24tT5M_ShyphenhyphenCX4pV3MMxod42HN7Gq3Mhecvw2SriSocSBXAu8H9AM1IH1jEiyfDsR5VR3H1HTCj9CzsMmf0e9xAOl9TbHOA_kz62k/s320/Chinoiserie+Cabinet+2.1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426062427709659442" /></a><br />English Chinoiseri Cabinet, Circa 1700. Priced at $65,000.00. <a href="http://http://www.gsergeant.com/">From G. Sargeant Antiques of Woodbury, CT.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoVBknxshzu_odyKfDOyD7W0jXprvgUSOGrdUA8l1_j7y0JQmT5-n6NJZ2Z0C47lkPoe3w3V6XnduhS6y_GZxI7ZTw6zhmuOaQDxd97-tuMIcSYgRWM0d1-XlPOYgGnEvcUAQUnV1aEw/s1600-h/Bouilette+Lamp+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoVBknxshzu_odyKfDOyD7W0jXprvgUSOGrdUA8l1_j7y0JQmT5-n6NJZ2Z0C47lkPoe3w3V6XnduhS6y_GZxI7ZTw6zhmuOaQDxd97-tuMIcSYgRWM0d1-XlPOYgGnEvcUAQUnV1aEw/s320/Bouilette+Lamp+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426416998413096962" /></a><br />Directoire Bouilotte Lamp. $10,500.00. A tad out of range ya think. G. Sargeant Antiques<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIANPZOqDIz9KRM-rMhxqFTItCwrHVS-S7lBzuagXX4DtELIdleMDOIRJ3yaEGAr3Tw2SbzPskO5DdlU402KT3BJl6E9g0HI3DXH2-fd8m2eCWZBASZa8zHlBYm1xMas3pK8MVlwQHwQ/s1600-h/french+clock+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIANPZOqDIz9KRM-rMhxqFTItCwrHVS-S7lBzuagXX4DtELIdleMDOIRJ3yaEGAr3Tw2SbzPskO5DdlU402KT3BJl6E9g0HI3DXH2-fd8m2eCWZBASZa8zHlBYm1xMas3pK8MVlwQHwQ/s320/french+clock+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426052045790380322" /></a><br />19th Century French metal clock. It had to be 30 inches in diameter and from a decorative look, it was great looking. At $4,500.00 it was expensive bit not terrible. <a href="http:///finnegangallery.com/">From the Finnegan Gallery of Chicago, IL.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwsc5vDOnO4qbUD-MbL9FQBs8A9Oll6W9VeEgDDbiS1gXfyMbYgAg6B8rnK6fTACqRkBgHCXkxSUqiB5xLVE3m82D4qyzkhKmo68lOqRGaRmHhYvQ231P7bTdX-UiFdUo3-q7wwa7rZ0/s1600-h/french+rail+cart+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwsc5vDOnO4qbUD-MbL9FQBs8A9Oll6W9VeEgDDbiS1gXfyMbYgAg6B8rnK6fTACqRkBgHCXkxSUqiB5xLVE3m82D4qyzkhKmo68lOqRGaRmHhYvQ231P7bTdX-UiFdUo3-q7wwa7rZ0/s320/french+rail+cart+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426055794164748802" /></a><br />Early 20th Century French Industrial Metal Cart. It does move but must weigh a ton. Perfect of a gourmet's kitchen and at $5,500.00 not exhorbitant for such a singular piece. Also form the <a href="http://http://finnegangallery.com/">Finnegan Gallery.<br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBe5fJ0B1jgJ_vpDISe-8IjqLsaYjFdn8pz3vlFfBfX3glqzsRzVzPOxYg4OouUSI8mhv5ffaJ4OfHgIoNod85NVJs0iMKGcK1MGY9jTF704QEB2WriWQ54uvDcPhzyHmokXNx9uGxf8/s1600-h/Tiger+Maple+table+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBe5fJ0B1jgJ_vpDISe-8IjqLsaYjFdn8pz3vlFfBfX3glqzsRzVzPOxYg4OouUSI8mhv5ffaJ4OfHgIoNod85NVJs0iMKGcK1MGY9jTF704QEB2WriWQ54uvDcPhzyHmokXNx9uGxf8/s320/Tiger+Maple+table+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426057609231896802" /></a><br />Tiger Maple end table, circa 1800, American, priced at $4,900.00. Its American so its expensive. <a href="http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/dealers/about.cfm?id=349">From SAJE Americana of Short Hills, NJ.<br /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRu0GcWy8dt_R6SQo6Wh06QZdNIRsQS7A4-_5J_EjxC_-NnGtYe5diBkiQx4bfVEy5IrkHcL77X0DIZkoGSuLnVG77uPpUhAogdvvjQiSskC4uuvdpVPLhaVR5Ut_9UeBn6ADyw5Xl9Y/s1600-h/Newfoundland+Cast+Iron+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRu0GcWy8dt_R6SQo6Wh06QZdNIRsQS7A4-_5J_EjxC_-NnGtYe5diBkiQx4bfVEy5IrkHcL77X0DIZkoGSuLnVG77uPpUhAogdvvjQiSskC4uuvdpVPLhaVR5Ut_9UeBn6ADyw5Xl9Y/s320/Newfoundland+Cast+Iron+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426059880965447426" /></a><br />19th Century Cast Iron Newfoundlands. Huge and fabulous and $34,000.00. From an estate in Rhinebeck, NY. <a href="http://www.robertofreitas.com/">Sold by Roberto Freitas, Stonington, CT.<br /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCiQl54mGIXJpVU_etBaia4eu-Gb5qmwBUAuTILAoMljiDornAI-2_Z-xmcSl5fLCwZH-KnaxjxODoCIMmqlLKVyxwutzzuClBSTl3Ryq2X_mFFtsFD_JEth84BKzxAHDxiq5GJJWSC4/s1600-h/Gustavian+bed+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCiQl54mGIXJpVU_etBaia4eu-Gb5qmwBUAuTILAoMljiDornAI-2_Z-xmcSl5fLCwZH-KnaxjxODoCIMmqlLKVyxwutzzuClBSTl3Ryq2X_mFFtsFD_JEth84BKzxAHDxiq5GJJWSC4/s320/Gustavian+bed+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426414829482631042" /></a><br />Gustavian Sleeping Bench. 18th Century and it has a pull out bench below the seat, sorta of a an old fashioned trundle. $10,000.00. <a href="http://dawnhillantiques.com/">Dawn Hill Antiques, New Preston, Ct.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3P606sq2b36bDG1S013Sns4tFKNuKsrOVFig1eIkL8gAOqvVNJd0w4GcMHfoi_Ru2gf-SdpmOLIC8mjyrmFE9MXYztKdkuMpBKIfCyp9ene40CkNgGc5AWAlM4NuV8YLSY8uV0IhAC8/s1600-h/clothes+tree+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 96px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3P606sq2b36bDG1S013Sns4tFKNuKsrOVFig1eIkL8gAOqvVNJd0w4GcMHfoi_Ru2gf-SdpmOLIC8mjyrmFE9MXYztKdkuMpBKIfCyp9ene40CkNgGc5AWAlM4NuV8YLSY8uV0IhAC8/s320/clothes+tree+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426418005099825378" /></a><br />Regency 3 tier clothes tree. <a href="http://www.subkoffantiques.com/">George Subkoff Antiques</a>. $7,500.00. I'd need to buy better pants!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOpNXqDLWQdTG1oljtwdpIfzZJP1oMX6bCPV6PDgcwZh7qUlqU9S2CoFTROFV7dPvR-eZsfwRbt-EoUyeJ5yWVy9faNIZ-qIoWKvCl8nFAOhiG-jSoiUtLkQHKbXRj9b4S2J7nmGiQuA/s1600-h/Beidemier+chair+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOpNXqDLWQdTG1oljtwdpIfzZJP1oMX6bCPV6PDgcwZh7qUlqU9S2CoFTROFV7dPvR-eZsfwRbt-EoUyeJ5yWVy9faNIZ-qIoWKvCl8nFAOhiG-jSoiUtLkQHKbXRj9b4S2J7nmGiQuA/s320/Beidemier+chair+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426419060566864786" /></a><br />Biedermeier Walnut Armchair, circa 1830. Priced at $3,200.00. Not crazy. From <a href="http://www.savenkovgallery.com/">Savenkov Gallery, Midlothian, Va.<br /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAFk-52_mInr-RDZQvpw6VY5WQTknx5VcXsdEfLnZOAFBHW0OE9X2ZbwtkAA1MZbjd-Ct-9bKxNonfCZ4mDxwaTgG90UQyzRLL54dCeitmA_NTe5UIaYR8Vrm6rIHeRMazyBbiJrrRIQ/s1600-h/Gemini+toys+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAFk-52_mInr-RDZQvpw6VY5WQTknx5VcXsdEfLnZOAFBHW0OE9X2ZbwtkAA1MZbjd-Ct-9bKxNonfCZ4mDxwaTgG90UQyzRLL54dCeitmA_NTe5UIaYR8Vrm6rIHeRMazyBbiJrrRIQ/s320/Gemini+toys+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426421003547453154" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmymp91I21RfvItz5XC-vCy5PmrmJrA-HGGL3ekTV1Mx5fuJjiKhkLGUg3Em7XdFh8ogsNNRvKJl__bQ-VicRF1ddy0oioY7rXuI5-oBD63dcS1vw1RYl88XZ8dn4lv_853EEnGlGl7s/s1600-h/Tiger+toy+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmymp91I21RfvItz5XC-vCy5PmrmJrA-HGGL3ekTV1Mx5fuJjiKhkLGUg3Em7XdFh8ogsNNRvKJl__bQ-VicRF1ddy0oioY7rXuI5-oBD63dcS1vw1RYl88XZ8dn4lv_853EEnGlGl7s/s320/Tiger+toy+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426421264844898866" /></a><br />Tigers, circa 1880. Asking price $9,500.00. Grrroowwwow! <a href="http://www.geminiantiques.com/">From Gemini Antiques, Lebanon, NJ.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21AonYd9NliWQMAJ6ntCgPUmFBPU8esxKpouGAJ33UpiRhFNWHj2WqgphcCC4AYeO5N-cTrDh7x543vqbvLQ9oIuRsQvxBNXOTbA8OoEWw8scXIKI6t2QqcZS9QWz5xHV1c2t51amyXM/s1600-h/Yacht+desk+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21AonYd9NliWQMAJ6ntCgPUmFBPU8esxKpouGAJ33UpiRhFNWHj2WqgphcCC4AYeO5N-cTrDh7x543vqbvLQ9oIuRsQvxBNXOTbA8OoEWw8scXIKI6t2QqcZS9QWz5xHV1c2t51amyXM/s320/Yacht+desk+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426423493449851394" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8Xwe8yabBPm4MBX9xisVzzDY1_25_nzussPvX8bkbXPpUfpuW6Apkg5s9ZRkeFpnAks98wVtZIWrn6ve_18kkUNUA0PtQJQs5Aj52rKTYTCKdCVbEp0-r66B4KPy4292rhIbae6IHAs/s1600-h/Yacht+desk+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8Xwe8yabBPm4MBX9xisVzzDY1_25_nzussPvX8bkbXPpUfpuW6Apkg5s9ZRkeFpnAks98wVtZIWrn6ve_18kkUNUA0PtQJQs5Aj52rKTYTCKdCVbEp0-r66B4KPy4292rhIbae6IHAs/s320/Yacht+desk+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426423303800147826" /></a><br />A Yachtsman's Desk. English late 19th century, $14,500.00. Overboard!! From Antique American Wicker of Nashua, NH.Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-61426703059485751452010-01-09T16:39:00.000-08:002010-01-09T17:43:00.265-08:00Another Sad Loss From The Great Recession<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dvYZEVK0XmVDVeAaXZBR6AfExL96Nwxf1hxA8hFzDxWqSijJ3PyLGz74Td6GyIldUBnw-zAgTfaplAqOIRVRz19RvWQVsT5apKbp4YsZLxTYrGjDZHJLb2I6exvVQsXiAB6MDuNZW2Q/s1600-h/waiter_marco--300x300.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dvYZEVK0XmVDVeAaXZBR6AfExL96Nwxf1hxA8hFzDxWqSijJ3PyLGz74Td6GyIldUBnw-zAgTfaplAqOIRVRz19RvWQVsT5apKbp4YsZLxTYrGjDZHJLb2I6exvVQsXiAB6MDuNZW2Q/s320/waiter_marco--300x300.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424918448964462562" /></a><br /><br />One of my earliest culinary New York City memories is closing its doors, according to the New York Post and it makes me sad that this landmark seems to be another victim of this endless recession and union bickering, which means in the end, people out of work.<br /><br />I don't think I was yet ten when I was taken for the first time to Gino's Restaurant on the UES just across the street from Bloomingdale's (the real one). I'll never forget seeing those dancing Zebras against the tomato red wallpaper. Me, "I love a good chicken parm." Grazie Gino's.<br /><br />New York Post: "A legendary Upper East Side Italian restaurant may wind up sleeping with the fishes as a bad economy and a union fight threaten to drive it out of business.<br /><br />Gino, a 64-year-old Manhattan red-sauce staple where the likes of Frank Sinatra once dined, is slated to close on Jan. 31, said Marco Dell'Aguzzo, the head of the eatery's union.<br /><br />"We're very sad; we're like a family," said the 45-year-old waiter. "We've all been working for very many years."<br /><br />Reports surfaced this month that the troubled Gino would be saved as a white-knight buyer rode in to scoop up the joint, famous for its zebra wallpaper and old-school dishes like veal parmigiana and chicken cacciatore.<br />BITTER TASTE: Waiter Marco Dell'Aguzzo blames the impending closure on the economy and a union contract fight.<br /><br />But Dell'Aguzzo told The Post this week a buyer has not materialized and that the Lexington Avenue eatery will not survive.<br /><br />Co-owner Salvatore Doria told The Post he couldn't talk about details of the restaurant's problems.<br /><br />"In a few weeks, we'll know exactly what's the story," he said. "The place is known worldwide. It's a piece of Manhattan. The problem is the economy."<br /><br />Dell'Aguzzo believes the owners of Gino floated the notion of a buyer so workers would stay on for one last Christmas season before the inevitable closing.<br /><br />The union and management have been fighting since October, when the workers' contract expired and they balked at a request to pay half their health insurance and pension in a new pact.<br /><br />Dell'Aguzzo said he was told that because of the economy, the owners wanted to sell but couldn't because of the labor contract.<br /><br />News that the restaurant is on its deathbed left longtime patrons distraught.<br /><br />"There's a general sadness and disbelief; it's a great tragedy," said Allen Falcona, 77, a patron since 1957.<br /><br />"It will have a huge effect upon a lot of customers, who come daily and sometimes twice a day."Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-11115963547096525412010-01-05T19:29:00.000-08:002010-01-05T20:06:42.306-08:00A Second City $100 - $200 Dollar Estimate Auction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRloYsXytmInpkXIEime1PxpTefS6UOE0jjL2YXUBN_0YAccVQwQbgWoLxlXiw4N6Rvios-tJaBuomKWAkOC0FrpuN4Sqa66nse5w-u39Vwc5WVfO1vc4iIhEIyxOH5EcKpUiPEuhRcQ/s1600-h/lot+2226+Sus+est+1-2h.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRloYsXytmInpkXIEime1PxpTefS6UOE0jjL2YXUBN_0YAccVQwQbgWoLxlXiw4N6Rvios-tJaBuomKWAkOC0FrpuN4Sqa66nse5w-u39Vwc5WVfO1vc4iIhEIyxOH5EcKpUiPEuhRcQ/s320/lot+2226+Sus+est+1-2h.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423472087177062818" /></a><br /><br />I know the holidays are over and who wants to spend any money, but a deal is a deal. I just went through Susanins Auction catalogue for their January 16th sale and think I found some great finds. Everything posted below except the glass coffee tables are estimated at between $100-$200 dollars. Most are decorative items and add so much to a room or end table. Lets take a look. <a href="http://www.susanins.com">Full catalogue here.<br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eYSJMu5cgTqdv2WCKlSyerLaH4nVVxgswJ6kWmd6PKgsHQ78qEyXlB51HS9-Ie0lxDUOzEbItKeA2FzvqGAEclaQ6JfPxHlBdLO1pJE5X_ujWrP02vBjpwGYfd_i78R3FFqyotF7whY/s1600-h/lot+5016+Sus+est+1-2H.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eYSJMu5cgTqdv2WCKlSyerLaH4nVVxgswJ6kWmd6PKgsHQ78qEyXlB51HS9-Ie0lxDUOzEbItKeA2FzvqGAEclaQ6JfPxHlBdLO1pJE5X_ujWrP02vBjpwGYfd_i78R3FFqyotF7whY/s320/lot+5016+Sus+est+1-2H.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423470911037192738" /></a><br />CHINESE ART DECO RUG.<br />6'1"x3'<br />$100/$200 <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGtx_tvLXCQyYQRZSyEsENw7eJQvZtF3iEQZo8RvJeN8zjA2R0mpA5TeIwQE_AZ3e4BNcY5pviPYw-75_TZaNx3ObPPTrL2QEj1CVuXFLHDx8bmEPiODY4ycgVn9ca8lQ31qOffJGHEQ/s1600-h/lot+3116+Sus+est+1-2H.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGtx_tvLXCQyYQRZSyEsENw7eJQvZtF3iEQZo8RvJeN8zjA2R0mpA5TeIwQE_AZ3e4BNcY5pviPYw-75_TZaNx3ObPPTrL2QEj1CVuXFLHDx8bmEPiODY4ycgVn9ca8lQ31qOffJGHEQ/s320/lot+3116+Sus+est+1-2H.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423470349845023634" /></a><br />PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE FOO DOGS.<br />Height: 6.5"<br />$100/$200 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigREfFt2Sz-SyOGCdZU4zMMupK2BzYsb2TuHm7fYnCnfJo1kkUB6HnGc-mrb_dutLzXgKn-smGeKrLyiVIvitXhukPhH1R8eK8eyMBRrwZaTdfG79xvpVt0NK13sVCbjduUiUOY9Sgqt8/s1600-h/lot+3109+Sus+est+1-2H.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigREfFt2Sz-SyOGCdZU4zMMupK2BzYsb2TuHm7fYnCnfJo1kkUB6HnGc-mrb_dutLzXgKn-smGeKrLyiVIvitXhukPhH1R8eK8eyMBRrwZaTdfG79xvpVt0NK13sVCbjduUiUOY9Sgqt8/s320/lot+3109+Sus+est+1-2H.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423469888756346802" /></a><br />CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN TEMPLE JAR.<br />16"<br />$100/$200 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LEPeKZTmeyxl0yOEP0IFqe1Ig_c_h4gk75K_8V_Kw1Y3EoDRY93fieUYfH_lzx9OKDhjxzsKXQO877qaGZ8gzOHLX2FfKtJRybZU3wnVBg7VMPvivpkXpGUYMD39SQRuvAK0BSS0tl0/s1600-h/lot+3054+Sus+est+1-2H.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LEPeKZTmeyxl0yOEP0IFqe1Ig_c_h4gk75K_8V_Kw1Y3EoDRY93fieUYfH_lzx9OKDhjxzsKXQO877qaGZ8gzOHLX2FfKtJRybZU3wnVBg7VMPvivpkXpGUYMD39SQRuvAK0BSS0tl0/s320/lot+3054+Sus+est+1-2H.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423469421635110946" /></a><br />THAI GILT BRONZE BUDDHA.<br />19th centruy<br />13"<br />$100/$200 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiur4zZfpF8I9IgnUZgs5Ab4W2R91raq6eddH4546U81OOnxxMObO_BYJXiLD7DNVohXRxRk6qoJWuVM85h3DUs1A7rKus-QXQNFc3XLx5AoBrjGuBKrgG-MC6_sNlSGeCm9tcooeUZiL8/s1600-h/lot+2226+Sus+est+1-2h.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiur4zZfpF8I9IgnUZgs5Ab4W2R91raq6eddH4546U81OOnxxMObO_BYJXiLD7DNVohXRxRk6qoJWuVM85h3DUs1A7rKus-QXQNFc3XLx5AoBrjGuBKrgG-MC6_sNlSGeCm9tcooeUZiL8/s320/lot+2226+Sus+est+1-2h.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423469117413911618" /></a><br />CHINOISERIE STYLE PAINTED MIRROR.<br />In a figural and floral motif<br />46" x 35"<br />$100/$200 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-eiYGmwuhl8AhLDSP2T1_t8wlFDb5SUGWfVDxoAVt7WW0G8eov2JOEpjFFi2Jv18GU-J1IuTfXG5n4IYh-HTeTE7ou-1PX6th7w9hdeOq97pLl7KniFVJOadG5RNbEZC-ubKT0AGQkU/s1600-h/lot+2212+Sus+est+75-125.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9xJNJeWAz_8PZO9F7OoPx2-vIYWp-tsoJECscioPGAek8efc8x_6NcxO-pmoE6VOv_FkO2K8uA3TCp7CVzcQGPhCAyTbpNtIHqVI98E5bt3rQoTcGwNY8bw6BTqSCpK0sXekSC8_xWE/s320/lot+1074+Sus.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423465985828951522" /></a><br />GEORGIAN MAHOGANY BOW FRONT CHEST OF DRAWERS, 18TH CENTURY.<br />H: 35" W: 34.5" D: 19"<br />$800/$1,200 <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjLvUpHgt2lpQbQzkATRJDPskCtZ-kFwhCcHc2-Y6r-PHy6E42fBSYnTb0SiVwzMEdmHU2d6fzBoeZe7jScCMzupGCBSkXJn5q7wtgs0PB61u6xpAMB3maoDKJYCpq6VSMG8lJ2MgQ4M/s1600-h/Lot+1032+Sus.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjLvUpHgt2lpQbQzkATRJDPskCtZ-kFwhCcHc2-Y6r-PHy6E42fBSYnTb0SiVwzMEdmHU2d6fzBoeZe7jScCMzupGCBSkXJn5q7wtgs0PB61u6xpAMB3maoDKJYCpq6VSMG8lJ2MgQ4M/s320/Lot+1032+Sus.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423465581114244018" /></a><br />CONTEMPORARY BRONZE AND GLASS COFFEE TABLE.<br />H: 18" W: 53.75" D: 30"<br />$200/$400Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-40145575953836274582010-01-05T13:10:00.000-08:002010-01-05T13:10:00.270-08:00Art Market Still Suffering Recession-Induced Blue Period<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQO6rz_WOEPDZuatwB1IvvbYjMHNdH1nJicVO1ZqdB-dU4MGXv71cwWvN_UUsirJm0-w0rmOcetD6bqr5VVUp786cWBoOOgWKfuJeQz3p5Rs8nHY8SvyMJfQMea2nIWIPqGoM-4-903B0/s1600-h/Giacometti+sculpture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQO6rz_WOEPDZuatwB1IvvbYjMHNdH1nJicVO1ZqdB-dU4MGXv71cwWvN_UUsirJm0-w0rmOcetD6bqr5VVUp786cWBoOOgWKfuJeQz3p5Rs8nHY8SvyMJfQMea2nIWIPqGoM-4-903B0/s320/Giacometti+sculpture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423088879107206242" /></a><br /><br /><br />Wall Street Journal: 1/4/10<br />By KELLY CROW<br /><br />The recession battered the art market for much of 2009, as prices for some of the world's top artists fell by a third and auction houses struggled to win over wary collectors.<br />The Journal Report<br /><br />Some buyers who fled when the art market crashed in late 2008 have stepped back in recently, and a few paid record prices for masterworks. But the marketplace, from Miami to Moscow to Mumbai, remains pockmarked with shuttered galleries, smaller auctions and scaled-down art fairs. In the U.S., many museums have postponed pricey exhibits.<br /><br />Sotheby's said it auctioned off about $2.3 billion of fine and decorative art last year, down 53% from 2008. The 2009 total included $441 million in contemporary art, down 68% from 2008; $471 million in Impressionist and modern art, down 57%; and $190 million in jewelry, down 13%.<br />[ART] Sotheby's<br /><br />Alberto Giacometti's sculpture "L'Homme Qui Chavire"<br /><br />Rival Christie's International PLC said it auctioned at least $2.5 billion of art, down 45.6% from $4.6 billion in 2008. Closely held Christie's said it would release complete sales figures later this month.<br /><br />In a year of uncertain art values, some collectors sought stability in the Old Masters. Raphael's black-chalk drawing of a serene figure, "Head of a Muse," sold at Christie's in London last month for $48 million—the highest price paid for a work of art at auction all year. In the same sale, Christie's sold an earthen-hued oil by Rembrandt, "Portrait of a Man With Arms Akimbo," for $33.2 million.<br /><br />Sotheby's, meanwhile, sold a rare, early silkscreen by Pop master Andy Warhol, "200 One Dollar Bills," for $43.8 million in November, more than tripling its high estimate. Sotheby's also got $19.3 million for an Alberto Giacometti sculpture of a toppling man, "L'Homme Qui Chavire," and $18.8 million for an Edgar Degas bronze ballerina, "Petite danseuse de quatorze ans."<br />video <br />News Hub: Buying Smart Art in 2010<br />2:44<br /><br />Kelly Crow discusses which undervalued artists show promise in 2010.<br /><br />The most striking sale of the year was the collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, nearly 700 objects—from Roman antiquities to Art Deco furniture to modern paintings—that were auctioned off by Christie's and the designer's partner Pierre Bergé for $443.1 million last spring.<br /><br />Critics said the sale epitomized the excesses of the art world: Christie's printed $400 auction catalogs and conducted the sale in Paris's glass-domed exposition hall, the Grand Palais. But the spectacle helped draw thousands of bidders and fetch several record prices, including Henri Matisse's "Les coucous, tapis bleu et rose," which sold for $46 million; Constantin Brancusi's wooden totem, "Madame L.R. (Portrait de Mme. L.R.)," which fetched $37.7 million; and an Art Deco chair by Eileen Gray that sold for $28 million, 10 times its estimate.<br /><br />The sale even sparked a diplomatic fracas after a Chinese antiques collector, Cai Mingchao, refused to pay the auction house $40.4 million he had bid for two bronze sculptures of animal heads, saying the pieces had been looted from China in the mid-1800s and should be returned to the government there free of charge. Mr. Bergé wound up keeping the bronzes, he said.<br />[ART2] Christie's<br /><br />Piet Mondrian's "Composition avec grille 2."<br /><br />The Yves Saint Laurent sale couldn't fix the art market's woes, however. Throughout the spring, auction houses cut staff and costs and struggled to secure enough top material to entice potential bidders, said Sotheby's Chief Executive Bill Ruprecht. Sellers wouldn't part with their prized offerings "unless the gas was about to be turned off," Mr. Ruprecht said, compelling auction houses to sell privately or make do with slimmer pickings offered at a fraction of boom-era prices.<br /><br />In May, for instance, Sotheby's sold a blue Easter egg sculpture by Jeff Koons, "Baroque Egg with Bow (Turquoise/Magenta)," that belonged to hedge-fund executive Daniel Loeb for $5.5 million. Sotheby's got nearly four times as much for a Koons sculpture from the same series two years earlier.<br /><br />Fewer than 550 artworks crossed the million-dollar mark at auction last year, half as many as in 2008, according to Artprice, a Paris-based database that tracks global auction results.<br /><br />Yet those lower art prices—coupled with inflation fears—were the same factors that helped drive some international collectors back into auction sales rooms and art fairs during the fall, particularly buyers from Europe, Brazil and China who bought art as a hedge against possible inflation. Price levels have also begun to stabilize: Since September, Mr. Ruprecht said, 82% of Sotheby's artworks have sold for at least their minimum suggested prices.<br /><br />So far, wine has been among the first collecting niches to regain its prerecession momentum, thanks largely to interest from China. Overall, Asian bidders took home a third of the wine sold last year at Sotheby's in New York, up from 4% four years ago.<br />Top Art Sales of 2009<br /><br /><br />Henri Matisse's "Les coucous tapis bleu et rose" was among the top selling artworks of last year.<br /><br />Ed Dolman, Christie's chief executive, said he expects Asia to play an increasingly powerful role in the market's turnaround. After the last art crash in 1990, Mr. Dolman said, the "Japanese collectors disappeared and didn't come back for years, but the latest shock to our system hasn't really affected these newer Asian buyers." (Christie's switched its sales of contemporary Chinese art from New York and London to Hong Kong in early 2009.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRBcy9yFC52fSaXvITYLg5DDVd2MlkbnP56FdRWCu_tThNh-EsV9NVffqr9Bu2Be7RgelEs_YtBkvKtvZSyRNN413hY9ZNcQXPYE1LanF469mjGlNC2yEzQA1tWtJ95rFNB8DXaiKxQc/s1600-h/Mondrian.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRBcy9yFC52fSaXvITYLg5DDVd2MlkbnP56FdRWCu_tThNh-EsV9NVffqr9Bu2Be7RgelEs_YtBkvKtvZSyRNN413hY9ZNcQXPYE1LanF469mjGlNC2yEzQA1tWtJ95rFNB8DXaiKxQc/s320/Mondrian.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423089018515869778" /></a><br /><br />Although Americans sat on the sidelines for much of 2009, in recent weeks some contemporary collectors in the U.S. have rejoined the competition for top examples of artists' work.<br /><br />American collectors and dealers won 82% of the offerings at Christie's Nov. 10 contemporary sale in New York, including pieces by Alexander Calder, Robert Motherwell and Donald Judd.<br /><br />The recession has begun influencing the roster of sought-after artists. While art advisers expect prices to keep climbing for curatorial favorites like Louise Bourgeois and Cindy Sherman, whose prices didn't soar on speculation during the boom, they caution that the market may continue to test price levels for boom-era favorites like Takashi Murakami.<br /><br />Banks are maintaining lower profiles in the art world these days. UBS AG closed its art-banking division last spring. The bank, a longtime sponsor of Art Basel Miami Beach, also decided not to host its traditional raw-bar and caviar buffet in a white tent on Miami Beach during the art fair last month. Also gone: the corporate art collection of Lehman Brothers. In November, 238 artworks that once hung on the walls of the failed securities firm were auctioned off at Freeman's Auctioneers for $1.3 million, doubling its presale estimate.<br /><br />Robert Read, an art insurer at Hiscox, says banks may distance themselves even further from sponsoring art events and exhibits until the recession ends. "It's hard to stand in front of shareholders and say you're not hiring people but you're still buying art."Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-37392250371639429282010-01-04T13:27:00.000-08:002010-01-04T16:21:57.045-08:00The Tucker Car Auction, A Question Of Authenticity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcitA0sTu0GXSzDIMZOBJAE83UyRfyqJ_JxTYWhbBdsuuoRLLU7-BjboO1W9qLTqEssp934JKQIud_k15PBvTk7CMrAGSzkBRcCNllqL9nwazUmCLgP0ZOuMuedL4ZwqiszjgHb6FG5jQ/s1600-h/tucker_the_man_and_his_dream.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcitA0sTu0GXSzDIMZOBJAE83UyRfyqJ_JxTYWhbBdsuuoRLLU7-BjboO1W9qLTqEssp934JKQIud_k15PBvTk7CMrAGSzkBRcCNllqL9nwazUmCLgP0ZOuMuedL4ZwqiszjgHb6FG5jQ/s320/tucker_the_man_and_his_dream.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422350202005723458" /></a><br /><br />I received this email tonight and feel compelled to pass it on as the letter seems very responsible.<br /><br />A TUCKER CONVERTIBLE? <br />Over the past twenty years, the Tucker Automobile Club of America, Inc.—recognized as the foremost authority on Tucker Automobiles—has been asked repeatedly to make an official statement or a detailed response in regards to the authenticity of a purported Tucker convertible.<br /><br /> <br /><br />With the upcoming public auction of a vehicle which the sellers contend is an actual uncompleted Tucker Corporation convertible concept car, we feel compelled to restate our long-standing position:<br /><br /> <br /><br />The Tucker Automobile Club of America, Inc. (TACA) has never been presented with—nor have been able to find—any credible evidence to prove the authenticity of this or any other vehicle as being a Tucker Corporation intended convertible and therefore we can not certify it as such.<br /><br /> <br /><br />While TACA is certainly not ready to completely dismiss the possibility that a Tucker convertible could have been built by the Tucker Corporation, we have never discovered nor been presented with sufficient evidence to prove such a car was planned for or started at the factory.<br /><br /> <br /><br />It is worth noting that TACA maintains the Tucker Historical Collection and Library, an archive collection of several thousand original company documents, factory photos, and other materials. This includes production records for the prototype, known as the Tin Goose, and the 50 pilot-production Tucker sedans completed prior to plant operations ceasing, as well as inventory documents identifying surplus bodies, engines, and various parts. The National Archives holds vast amounts of Tucker Corporation-related material: the SEC investigation papers, trial transcripts, bankruptcy proceedings, and lawsuit documents. There are two private collections containing multiple copies of original company records including over 60,000 original blueprints for the 1948 Tucker Sedan. Yet, to date, no evidence has been found in any of these materials to support the claim of a Tucker Corporation convertible.<br /><br /> <br /><br />TACA and independent historians alike have investigated this contention at great lengths. While many respect the visual appeal and presentation of this “Tucker convertible," the overwhelming consensus of individual opinions continues to be that inadequate evidence exists to support the claim of this being an original Tucker convertible (with many believing that the evidence to date negates the possibility of it being a genuine Tucker convertible).<br /><br /> <br /><br />TACA recognizes that this vehicle appears to have been built using many authentic Tucker parts, such as an engine, some body panels, and etc. It may well represent, as a tribute car, what a Tucker convertible would have looked like had one been produced by the Tucker Corporation.<br /><br /> <br /><br />This vehicle has never been presented to TACA for a comprehensive review per our certification / authentication process, nor has the seller responded to our request seeking the engine serial number and data plate information. TACA has insufficient evidence to otherwise authenticate this vehicle as being a genuine attempt by the Tucker Corporation to produce a convertible model or concept. As always, the burden of providing adequate evidence to establish authentication falls on the presenter. TACA can only rely upon Primary evidence—direct, uninterrupted historical documents and materials—and formulate an opinion accordingly. If other such documentation proving (pointing to, indicating) the existence of a convertible project existed, it has not (never) been made available to TACA.<br /><br /> <br /><br />This is not a case of TACA having an interest in the existence or non-existence of such a vehicle: either way, TACA neither gains nor loses anything. We have no financial stake in taking sides. Our position is clear: without credible evidence, we cannot rewrite history; we cannot state that Tucker Corporation planned for or started a convertible project; nor can we certify this or any other vehicle as being an authentic Tucker Corporation convertible.<br /><br /> <br /><br />The Tucker Automobile Club of America, Inc. would welcome both the current owner and any prospective purchaser to become members of our organization, share in the ongoing research and findings, and join together as we strive to preserve the fascinating history of the Tucker automobile and all those who contributed to it.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Respectfully,<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Jay A. Follis, President<br /><br />Officers and Board of Directors<br /><br />Tucker Automobile Club of America, Inc<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNRLDjKGC1wc5VLaA6jHrqCRX0hr7J-vZnv3frgCAutxblY9Fh57GLtGth4S07d_epbBbbtrRWjf_etJgv5V2YH7fGsccIlCn9eDP7iw_6LwXSbeSyM48Szmv4OB9ETtLLyW6BqQXxyU/s1600-h/42-6409.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNRLDjKGC1wc5VLaA6jHrqCRX0hr7J-vZnv3frgCAutxblY9Fh57GLtGth4S07d_epbBbbtrRWjf_etJgv5V2YH7fGsccIlCn9eDP7iw_6LwXSbeSyM48Szmv4OB9ETtLLyW6BqQXxyU/s320/42-6409.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422352720121223842" /></a><br /><br />"The Most Important American Car,"a 1948 Tucker 48 Convertible, Crosses the Russo and Steele Auction Block in Scottsdale, Arizona<br /><br /><br />For Immediate Release: Russo and Steele:<br />Scottsdale, AZ. (Dec 30, 2009) -- One of the nation’s premier collector car auctions, Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions, will auction off the only Tucker Convertible ever made. Specializing in European sports cars, American muscle cars, hot rods and customs Russo and Steele's All Reserve format has continued to attract automobiles of the highest caliber. Celebrating its tenth anniversary this January 20-24, 2010 it held its first auction event in January 2001 with only 45 automobiles; today it offers over 600 of the finest automobiles in Scottsdale over a five day span.<br /><br />This is THE Tucker Convertible, the one and the only. This is, for all intents and purposes, a newly finished Tucker 48, completed upon the specially box-wrapped ovular body/frame #57 from the Tucker Experimental Department. Only by seeing it in person can you fully realize how perfectly this car fits into Preston Tucker's original dreams for the Great American automobile and what a piece of automotive art that stands before you.<br /><br />The Tucker 48 Convertible is painted Waltz Blue, a color said to come from Mrs. Vera Tucker's favorite dress. The light tan of the interior and convertible top are as if they've just rolled off the line in Chicago. The fit and look of the convertible top are astounding. The chrome...well, the chrome is perfect, from that massive prow to the six individual tips on the exhaust. Out front, you'll find a Tucker hallmark, the center headlamp that turns with the steering wheel. And, this one works!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cdRqy_XFTH-rHzM4M2Va2mtcrghl2YdM3unCPy2qiPoJXkbT8z05xGY9EmySvgp6GmRsAmF0nsuTmTGPstUVYS5qiLkU5IUqbClkhv0lm84_dKm5cGpsK3pAmld1ueQSSCcHQkQhNbs/s1600-h/42-6409_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cdRqy_XFTH-rHzM4M2Va2mtcrghl2YdM3unCPy2qiPoJXkbT8z05xGY9EmySvgp6GmRsAmF0nsuTmTGPstUVYS5qiLkU5IUqbClkhv0lm84_dKm5cGpsK3pAmld1ueQSSCcHQkQhNbs/s320/42-6409_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422353179272516802" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.russoandsteele.com/press_release.html?prid=117">Full story here.</a>Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-48086904986197059182010-01-03T08:07:00.000-08:002010-01-03T08:07:00.260-08:00A foreclosure auction for the super-rich<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiqNcbb0X6QQmH3kmHW6pYv0NnH4eWRl9kc70_s7M8WDSTv_asVnQUakBeT_9zTjpax-QrntpY7b3-WRH3REpvAKuaAZhd9fdB_KF2LCrkHuZ_RYGnwtyOq3udq5ZnMmC84fngylJUkE/s1600-h/50555011-17154610.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 187px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiqNcbb0X6QQmH3kmHW6pYv0NnH4eWRl9kc70_s7M8WDSTv_asVnQUakBeT_9zTjpax-QrntpY7b3-WRH3REpvAKuaAZhd9fdB_KF2LCrkHuZ_RYGnwtyOq3udq5ZnMmC84fngylJUkE/s320/50555011-17154610.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422360699977053122" /></a><br /><br />The bids rise in $100,000 increments at this seven-bedroom, 11-bathroom Tarzana estate.<br />LA TIMES 1.2.10<br />By Lauren Beale<br />The bargain hunters jockey gingerly for a spot to park their luxury sedans and SUVs along Brewster Drive, a winding road in the hills of Tarzana.<br /><br />It's a woodsy neighborhood of large homes behind wrought-iron gates, and more than two dozen shoppers are here to bid for a piece of it.<br /><br />Housing auctions are plentiful these days, including builders' closeouts that lure hundreds of bidders to hotel ballrooms and public sales of foreclosures on the courthouse steps. But this time the steel-nerved speed-talkers at Kennedy Wilson Auction Group are unloading a palatial 13,500-square-foot bank-owned spec home that had been listed for $9.775 million just a year earlier. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lux-auction2-2010jan02,0,4264480.story">Full Story here and its a good read.</a>Kellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.com1