Folk Art from The Lynne Ingram Collection 2009-11-07 Auction - 865 Price Results - Slotin Folk Art in GA - Page 5
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Buford, GA, United States
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Folk Art from The Lynne Ingram Collection

Slotin Folk Art

Slotin Folk Art

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1,200 Lots. Two-Day Sale. Slotin presents the lifetime self-taught Art collection of Lynne Ingram, early folk art collecting pioneer and author of Not By Luck. Ms. Ingram lives in New Jersey but is originally from North Carolina. Beginning in the 1980s, she started collecting folk art when the genre was still in its relative infancy. But she didn't just passively acquire pieces. She actually traveled around the Southeast and visited the artists who became her friends. All the while she was amassing an outstanding collection filled with the earliest and best examples created by these artists. Many of the lots featured in this sale are illustrated prominently in Ingram's book. Sale highlights include the Southern Folk Pottery of Lanier Meaders, B.B. Craig, and Billy Ray Hussey, Photography, Slave-made furniture, African American Quilts, Rock 'n Roll Posters, Outstanding new discoveries in including American paintings that have been in storage for more than 60 years, Self-taught art masterworks by Bill Traylor, Adolf Wolfli, Calvin Black Possum Trot Doll, Dilmus Hall Sculpture, William Hawkins, Sam Doyle, Gustav Klumpp, Vestie Davis, James Castle, Antonio Esteves, Justin McCarthy, Sterling Strauser, Jon Serl, Lawrence Lebduska, Howard Finster, S.L. Jones Sculpture Raymond Coins, Charlie Willeto, George Lopez, Clementine Hunter, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Daniel Pressley, Elijah Pierce, Thornton Dial, Nellie Mae Rowe, B.F. Perkins, Eddie Arning, Andrea Badami, Malcah Zeldis, David Butler, William Dawson, Charlie Lucas, J.B. Murry, Pappy Kitchens, Leroy Almon, Edgar Tolson, Linville Barker, James Harold Jennings, Georgia Blizzard, Malcolm McKesson, Bernice Sims, Woody Long, George Williams, Philadelphia Wireman, Mose Tolliver, Anatolio Alexandrovich Sokoloff, Jimmie Lee Sudduth, Purvis Young, Mary T. Smith, Jack Savitsky, Sybil Gibson, works by John Edward Welch, African American Sign Maker, International Folk Art, Religious Banners, Erotica, and so much more!
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Anonymous. Giant Brown Crock.: Two lug handles. 22" h x 18.5" diameter. Over 20 gallons. Possibly sewer tile. Small chip on rim and hairline crack, but otherwise very good condition. Est. $300-500. Ship: $200
0097: Anonymous. Giant Brown Crock.Est. $300-$500
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Fred Johnson. Half Rat, Half Rabbit Banner.: c. 1960's. Paint on tent canvas. Signed in lower right front. 82" x 78". Ready to display with original board attached across top and original straps and rings. Excellent condition. Est.
0098: Fred Johnson. Half Rat, Half Rabbit Banner.Est. $1,000-$3,000
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Fred Johnson. Giant Rat Freakshow Banner.: (attributed to Fred Johnson). c. 1960's. Paint on canvas with attached board and original straps. 82" x 78". Ready to hang. Excellent condition. Est. $1,000-3,000. Ship: $125
0099: Fred Johnson. Giant Rat Freakshow Banner.Est. $1,000-$3,000
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Arthur Weindorf. The Main Attraction.: Arthur Weindorf (1885-1979, NY). Oil on canvas. c. 1950's. 20.5" x 26"h. With original frame, 25.5" x 31". Excellent condition. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $45
0100: Arthur Weindorf. The Main Attraction.Est. $800-$1,200
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Carnival Head. Black Man's Head.: Carved and painted wood with plastic eyes. 16" h x 10" long x 13" w. Excellent condition. Est. $500-800. Ship: $45
0101: Carnival Head. Black Man's Head.Est. $500-$800
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Carnival Head. White Man's Head.: Carved and painted wood with plastic eyes. 16" h x 10" long x 13" w. Excellent condition. Est. $500-800. Ship: $45
0102: Carnival Head. White Man's Head.Est. $500-$800
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Anonymous Circus Plaque with Face: Carved and painted wood with light sockets. Original paint and wiring with porcelin insulators. c. 1920's. 21" x 28" x 4". Most likely display for traveling circus wagon. Excellent condition.
0103: Anonymous Circus Plaque with FaceEst. $500-$800
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Videtta G. Shaver. Vaudeville Tamborine.: Paint on parchment with tin disks. c. 1920's. Signed on back. 11"diameter x 1.5". Excellent condition. Est. $100-200. Ship: $25
0104: Videtta G. Shaver. Vaudeville Tamborine.Est. $100-$200
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Carnival Knock Down Doll: Paint on canvas, wood, wool and original hinge. 15" x 11.5" x 4.5". Est. $100-200. Ship: $35
0105: Carnival Knock Down DollEst. $100-$200
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Stereoscopic Co. Admiral Dot CDV.: CDV (carte de visite) Photographic card. 2.5" x 4". Matte is 11" x 14". Reads, "With P.T. Barnum's Traveling World's Fair. Admiral Dot. Sixteen years old; Twenty-five inches high. Weighs only
0106: Stereoscopic Co. Admiral Dot CDV.Est. $200-$300
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Tramp Art Frame of Immigrant Couple.: Piece Commemerates American Citizenship of Immigrant Couple. Carved and painted wood frame with reverse glass paint and foil. photo at top shows immigrant couple with 48 Star Flag. Applied metal
0108: Tramp Art Frame of Immigrant Couple.Est. $200-$300
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G. Schummen. Young Girl with Bulldog.: Fantastic Charcoal Drawing! c. 1840's. Charcoal on paper. Be sure to check out the dog's humanlike face. c. 1840's. Image is 22" x 32". Original frame is 38" x 47.5" has some flaws. Original
0109: G. Schummen. Young Girl with Bulldog.Est. $1,000-$2,000
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James Van Der Zee. Lady w Goldfish Bowl.: James Van Der Zee (1886-1983).Hand tinted original silver gelatin print. It is very rare to find hand tinted works by Van Der Zee. 7.5" x 9.5", frame is 14" x 18". Excellent condition. Provenance:
0110: James Van Der Zee. Lady w Goldfish Bowl.Est. $1,000-$2,000
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James Van Der Zee. Family Portrait, NY, 1931.: Black and white original silver gelatin print. Signed and dated, on front. 9" x 7", frame is 18" x 14". Excellent condition. Provenance: Dr. Regenia Perry. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $35
0111: James Van Der Zee. Family Portrait, NY, 1931.Est. $1,000-$2,000
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Joe De Casseres. 3 Black & White Photos.: Subjects are: Don Byas, Tony Scott from 1941, & Unidentifed. 10" x 8" each. Excellent condition. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
0113: Joe De Casseres. 3 Black & White Photos.Est. $200-$300
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Anonymous. Hand-Tinted Photograph.: Hand-Tinted Photograph of a Baby and a Dog. 21" x 25" including frame. Est. $100-200. Ship: $35
0114: Anonymous. Hand-Tinted Photograph.Est. $100-$200
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African American Slave Made Desk: Sawtooth elements, decorative sun crest, cross hatched incisions and abstracted snake design. TN origin. 72" h x 29" long x 22" w. Excellent condition. Provenance: Ricco Maresca Gallery, NY.
0115: African American Slave Made DeskEst. $2,000-$3,000
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Brooks Thompson. Alter From St. Paul's.: Alter From St. Paul's Cabela Catholic Church, North Florida. Southern pine, c. 1900. Many coats of white paint. The alter measures 57" h x 50" x 34". Intricate scarification details carved on
0116: Brooks Thompson. Alter From St. Paul's.Est. $1,000-$2,000
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Alabama Pine Safe.: c. 1830's. Pickens Co. Sapps, AL. From the Charles Davidson Family. All wood. 49" h x 53.5" x 22.5". Attached label says piece exhibited at The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL.
0117: Alabama Pine Safe.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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Southern Cedar Chest.: Turn of the century. Beveled boards, square pegs, bat wing skirt, all handmade. Original condition. Never painted or stripped. 28.5" h x 53.5"x 22". Excellent condition. Est. $2,000-3,000.
0118: Southern Cedar Chest.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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Punched Tin Pie Safe.: c. 19th century. 12 punched tin pie safe with drawers. Original mustard paint surface on tins. Matching mustard pulls on drawers. 60.5" h x 39" x 17. Excellent condition. Est. $1,000-2,000.
0119: Punched Tin Pie Safe.Est. $1,000-$2,000
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Blanket Chest.: c. turn of the century. Base is all pine, top is birch. Elegant simple design. Hand turned feet and legs. 25"h x 42" x 18". Excellent condition. Est. $1,000-2,000. Buyer arranges for shipping.
0120: Blanket Chest.Est. $1,000-$2,000
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