April 25, 2010 Auction
    
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PRICE RESULTS - APRIL 25, 2010 AUCTION
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Lot 1 :
GRANT WOOD (American, 1891-1942)
portrait of young woman wearing kerchief
sgn. l.r.
GRANT WOOD
pencil on paper/mounted, 12 by 7.5 in., unframed
From a Pennsylvania family. Authenticated James M. Dennis, professor of Art History and the University of Wisconsin/Madison, author of
Grant Wood...A Study in American Art and Culture
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Realized: $5,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 2 :
ARTHUR SMITH KIMBALL (American, 1856-1937)
haystacks in a sunlit field
sgn. l.r.
A.S. Kimball
o/c, 16 by 22 in., framed
Artist was good friend of Arthur Wesley Dow, Ipswich, MA

Estimate: $500 - $700
Realized: $325 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 3 :
MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS (American, 1825-1902)
floral still-life with loaf of bread and glass of wine
sgn. l.l.
M.E.Williams
o/c (relined), 20 by 18 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $300 - $500
Realized: $225 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 4 :
CLIFFORD B. GRAYSON (American, 1857-1951)
ocean inlet view with sailboat
sgn. and dated l.r.
C.P. Grayson 84; also inscribed l.r. To my friend Jose Smith
o/c (relined), 12 by 21 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Realized: $550 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 5 :
CHARLES WOODBURY (American, 1864-1940)
waves
sgn. and dated l.l.
Woodbury 1900
o/c, 14 by 18 in., framed; (needs cleaning)

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Realized: $2,300 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 6 :
THOMAS BIGELOW CRAIG (American, 1849-1924)
Early Autumn
sgn. l.l.
Thos. B. Craig
On canvas reverse:
Early Autumn, Thos. B. Craig, A.N.A., 1905
o/c, 10 by 14 in., ornate gilt frame

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Realized: $1,600 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 7 :
WILLIAM BIRDSALL GIFFORD (American, 1842 -1929)
camel riders on the shoreline
sgn. and dated l.l.
W. B. Gifford '02
o/c, 16 by 28 in., framed
Early works by Gifford are rare because much of his work was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Estimate: $600 - $800
Realized: $500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 8 :
SZENTES (Continental, 20th c.)
young sisters, summer at the faucet
sgn. l.l.
Szentes
o/c, 21 by 26 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $300 - $500
Realized: $700 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 9 :
WILLIAM JURIAN KAULA (American, 1871-1953)
evening
sgn. and dated l.r.
William J. Kaula 1900
2 paper labels on reverse with artist, title and address:
Boston Society of Water: Color: Painters
and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 71st Exhibition
watercolor, 17 by 20.5 in. (sight), framed, under glass

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Realized: $325 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 10 :
GEORGE H. CURRIER (American, 19/20th c.)
Newbury marshes in moonlight
sgn. l.r.
George H. Currier
o/c, 15 by 18 in., gilt frame
condition: crease with minuet flake in sky near horizon

Estimate: $300 - $500
Realized: $400 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 11 :
J. AMBROSE PRITCHARD (American, 1858-1905)
house in a meadow
sgn. l.l.
J. Ambrose Pritchard
watercolor, 13.5 by 19.5 in. (sight), matted, under glass, original Foster Bros. gilt frame

Estimate: $300 - $500
Realized: $350 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 12 :
CHARLES GORDON HARRIS (American, 1891-1963)
New England saltbox house
sgn. l.r.
C. Gordon Harris
o/c (relined), 18 by 22 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $600 - $800
Realized: $600 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 13 :
GEORGE GARDNER SYMONS (American, 1863-1930)
resting in the shade
sgn. l.l.
Gardner Symons
o/b, 12.5 by 15.5 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Realized: $900 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 14 :
WILLIAM JEWELL (American, 1904-1990)
New Hampshire mill in autumn
sgn. l.r.
William Jewell
watercolor, 21 by 28.5 in., matted, framed under glass

Estimate: $300 - $500
Realized: $125 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 15 :
FRANK HENRY SHAPLEIGH (American, 1842-1906)
Boats on a Newburyport Inlet
sgn. and dated l.r.
F. H. Shapleigh 1878
On reverse in pencil on stretcher:
Newburyport
o/c, 14 by 24 in., gilt frame

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Lot 16 :
ESTHER M. GROOME (American, 1857-1929)
Spring in Vermont
sgn. l.r.
E.M. Groome
Paper label on reverse:
North Shore Arts Association of Gloucester Fouth Annual Exhibition 1926
o/c, 22 by 22 in., gilt frame
Carlisle, Pennsylvania artist

Estimate: $400 - $600
Realized: $1,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 17 :
JOHN CUTHBERT HARE (American, 1908-1978)
End of Winter
sgn. l.r.
John Hare
titled on stretcher
End of Winter, John Hare, South Amherst, Mass
o/c, 30 by 40 in., unframed

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Realized: $850 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 18 :
EDWARD HENRY POTTHAST (American, 1857-1927)
casual portrait of girl in bathing suit
sgn. l.r.
E. Pottthast
o/b, 18 by 14 in., framed
From a Pennsylvania family. Authenticated by Mary Ran.

Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000
Realized: $5,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 19 :
EDWARD TAYLOR SNOW (American, 1844-1913)
still-life with guitar, books, newspaper
sgn. and dated l.r.
E.T. Snow
o/c (relined), 22 by 27 in., gilt frame
Partial old label on reverse:
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine... sixty-sixth Annual Exhibition 1896-1897. Title:The.?... Table...Artist: Edward...Snow
Estimate: $500 - $700
Realized: $225 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 20 :
DAVID L. SWASEY (American, 20th c.)
Columbia defeating Sceptre, 1958
sgn. and dated l.r.
Swasey 59
On reverse: title and
Painted for James Caldwell Esq. by David L. Swasey
o/c, 24 by 20 in., framed
Swasey was a Pennsylvania artist.

Estimate: $600 - $800
Realized: $300 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 21 :
17TH C. OLD MASTER
St. John the Baptist's head on a platter
unsigned, o/c (old reline), 40.5 by 34 in., unframed, scattered inpaint
John was executed by King Herod, (Matthew chpt. 14). Herod granted the demand of Salome, his step-daughter, to give her the head of John the Baptist on a platter in return for dancing her dance of the 7 veils.

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Realized: $2,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 22 :
(pair) CONTINENTAL, 19th c.
Saint Margaret (Marina) the martyr, with slain dragon;
the other, a cardinal praying

unsigned, o/tin, 7.5 by 11 in., gilt frames

Estimate: $300 - $500
Realized: $550 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 23 :
(pair) SPANISH SCHOOL, 17/18th c.
still-lifes of fruit and flowers on a table
unsigned, o/c (relined), 22.5 by 28.5 in., framed

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Realized: $2,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 24 :
MATTHIAS SCHMIDT (Continental, 19th c.)
Vale of St. Nicoli
sgn. and dated on reverse
M. Schmidt Sept. 1863
o/c, 24 by 20 in., framed (4" patch in center)

Estimate: $200 - $300
Realized: $275 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 25 :
JEAN-PAUL HAAG (French, 1854-1906)
The Pets
sgn. l.r.
Haag
o/p, 9.5 by 7.5 in., gilt frame
Remnants of old paper label on reverse:
Haag, The Pets
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Realized: $1,300 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 26 :
JEAN CHARLES MEISSONIER (French, 1848-1917)
The Dispatch
sgn. l.l.
Charles Meissonier
o/c, 18.5 by 15.5 in., original gilt frame (1" subtle tear in upper middle woodwork)

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Realized: $3,200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 27 :
ITALIAN OLD MASTER
saint holding knife and severed head
o/c (relined), 33 by 23 in., reframed

Estimate: $200 - $300
Realized: $200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 28 :
(pair) CONTINENTAL, 18/19th c.
classical figures in a garden with ruins
sgn. l.l.; the other sgn. l.m.
A. Rad.?malior?
sepia watercolors, 8.25 by 8 in., matted, framed under glass

Estimate: $700 - $900
Realized: $1,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 29 :
ITALIAN OLD MASTER, 18th/19thc.
Madonna and Christ child surrounded by angels
unsigned, o/c, ornately carved gilt frame

Estimate: $500 - $700
Realized: $550 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 30 :
JOHN TUDGAY (British, 1836-1879)
Battle of the Nile, the explosion of the French ship L'Orient at Aboukir Bay, 1798
sgn. and dated l.r.
J Tudgay 1864
o/c (relined), 27 by 42 in., framed

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 31 :
CONTINENTAL, 18th c.
oval portrait of bearded gentleman
unsigned, o/p, 9 by 6.5 in., unframed

Estimate: $200 - $300
Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 32 :
H. RIGGI (Russian, c. 1910)
fishing boat, Yalta
sgn. l.r.
H. Riggi
o/p, 9 by 13 in., gilt frame
Boston Graphic Society sticker on reverse

Estimate: $500 - $700
Realized: $150 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 33 :
ITALIAN OLD MASTER, 18/19th c.
Madonna and child
unsigned, o/c (relined), 18 by 20 in., ornate gilt frame

Estimate: $600 - $800
Realized: $300 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 34 :
EDNA HIBEL (American, b. 1917)
mother and child
sgn. l.r.
Hibel
silk laid down on board, 10 by 8 in., gilt frame (center split in silk)

Estimate: $100 - $200
Realized: $500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 35 :
JOHANN BERTHELSEN (American, 1883-1972)
New York City street in Winter
sgn. l.r.
Johann Berthelsen
o/canvas board, 12 by 9 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Realized: $5,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 36 :
JOHANN BERTHELSEN (American, 1883-1972)
New York City winter, Empire State building
sgn. l.r.
Johann Berthelsen
o/b, 8 by 6 in, gilt frame

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Realized: $2,750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 37 :
JOHANN BERTHELSEN (American, 1883-1972)
New York City snowy street
sgn. l.r.
Johann Berthelsen
o/b, 8 by 6 in, gilt frame

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Realized: $2,750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 38 :
WILLIAM LESTER STEVENS (American, 1888-1969)
waves and rocky shoreline
sgn. l.r.
W. Lester Stevens
o/c, 25 by 30 in., framed

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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Lot 39 :
WILLIAM LESTER STEVENS (American, 1888-1969)
Penobscot Bay - Vinalhaven, ME
sgn. l.l.
W. Lester Stevens NA
Titled on reverse.
watercolor, 21.5 by 28 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Realized: $500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 40 :
MAE BENNETT BROWN (American, 1887-1973)
still-life with peonies and larkspur
sgn. l.r.
M. Bennett Brown
o/c, 30 by 25 in., framed
Brown was a Massachusetts artist.

Estimate: $600 - $800
Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 41 :
PAULINE BLISS WILLIAMS (American, 1888-1962)
still-life with pine branch and teapot
sgn. l.r.
Pauline B. Williams
o/b, 25 by 32 in., framed

Estimate: $700 - $900
Realized: $250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 42 :
THOMAS ANDREW NICHOLAS (American, b. 1934)
still-life with chrysanthemums and bonsai tree
sgn. l.r.
T. Nicholas
o/p, 14 by 12 in. (sight), linen mat, framed

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Realized: $1,800 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 43 :
HELEN MARIA TURNER (American, 1858-1958)
interior scene with 2 women viewing jewels
sgn. l.r.
Helen M. Turner
o/p, 20 by 24 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Realized: $5,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 44 :
WILLIAM HENRY HOWE (American, 1846 -1929)
Louisiana Bayou with egret
sgn. and dated l.l.
W H Howe '7?
o/c, (wax reline), 12 by 18 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 45 :
EDWARD BURRILL JR. (American, 1835-1913)
hens and rooster
sgn. l.l.
E. Burrill
o/c, 5 by 8 in. (sight), matted, under glass, Victorian gilt and sponge decorated frame

Estimate: $400 - $600
Realized: $700 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 46 :
LEWIS HENRY CHARLES MOELLER (American, 1855-1930)
elderly sisters, reading and needleworking
sgn. l.r.
Moeller
o/c, 18 by 24 in., ornate gilt frame (some in-paint in background at top)
Moeller was a New York artist.

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 47 :
School of THOMAS SULLY (American, 1783-1872)
sleeping child
unsigned, o/c, 4 by 3.5 in., gilt frame

Estimate: $500 - $700
Realized: $750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 48 :
(pair) ITALIAN SCHOOL, 19th c.
men in road with village in distance, images5 by 7 in.;
the other, formal garden with figures, town in distance, 4.75 by 6.5 in.
both sgn. l.l.
J. Maggi F; one dated 1837
watercolor, matted, framed under glass
Estimate: $300 - $400
Realized: $300 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 49 :
ROSS E. MOFFETT (American, 1888-1971)
trees with Spanish moss on shoreline
sgn. and dated l.r.
Ross Moffett 1968
watercolor, 12.5 by 19.5 in., matted, framed under glass

Estimate: $200 - $300
Realized: $375 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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