Silver and gold lead off diverse William Jenack auction June 8

French silvered brass with ivory. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.
French silvered brass with ivory. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

French silvered brass with ivory. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

CHESTER, N.Y. – William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers will conduct a fine art and antique auction Sunday, June 8, at the Jenack gallery, with Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. The sale will commence at 11 a.m. Eastern.

The auction will include a collection of American silver and gold coins, silver flatware and service pieces, ivory objects, artwork, Chinese and Southeast Asian works, furniture, carpets and decorative accessories. This diverse sale should appeal to a wide range of bidders, from casual collectors to interior designers.

Coins and silver will comprise nearly 25 percent of the sale with lots including an 1880 and 1884 Coronet Head $10 gold coins, a 1971 Bahamas $10 Gold coin and a Prussian 1900 20 Mark gold coin. In silver coinage there are lots of assorted Morgan silver dollars, Peace dollars, Liberty, Franklin and Kennedy silver half dollars, Standing Liberty and Washington quarters and Mercury and Roosevelt dimes.

Silver flatware will include a service for eight of El Grandee flatware by Towle, a set 12 Tiffany sterling Shell & Thread teaspoons, a lot consisting of five Gorham Buttercup teaspoons and a child’s place setting in the Fontainebleau pattern and a service for 12 of Wallace sterling Agean Weave. Mexican silver will also have a showing with such examples as a pair of Sanborns sterling compotes, Mexican free-form footed tray and oval tray by Juvento Lopez Reyes, Taxco.

Leading the artwork category will be a small watercolor and graphite by Alexei Von Jawlensky, a Russian Expressionist painter active in Germany from the late 19th century to the first half of the 20th century. The work is signed and dated with provenance from Christie’s New York. A large genre canvas by British artist Solomon Alexander Hart titled The Awakening, signed and dated 1863, will also be offered.

Furnishings will include a Chesterfield-style leather sofa, a designer modern glass draw top dining table, a Chinese carved mountain ash cabinet, a king-size Sheraton-style tester bed, a pair of vintage Leather Craft upholstered library chairs and a 19th century Chinese painted cabinet.

In the arena of Chinese and Southeast Asian art will be an Ayutthaya carved wood and gilt figure of Buddha; a 19th century Nepalese carved and painted mask; a Chinese Five Dynasties terracotta tomb figure, a Chinese Ming period storage jar; a Tibetan coral, turquoise, amber and shell mounted hats; and Amamese (Vietnam) pottery jars and others.

Precious small objects of ivory included in the sale will be a fine ivory card case, a French ivory cased etui with gilt silver implements, a set of eight carved ivory napkin rings, a Gorham folding ivory handled parasol, a finely carved and signed Japanese figure of a lion, and a French silvered bracket clock with ivory mounts. Also in the small category will be several 19th century miniature chest of drawers including Empire, Chippendale and Empire styles.

Rounding out the sale there will be a collection of rugs, carpets, bronzes, glassware, a brass cash register, a Swiss music box and collectibles.

For additional information call William Jenack Auctioneers at 845-469-9095.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

French silvered brass with ivory. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.
 

French silvered brass with ivory. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Alexei Von Jawlensky, watercolor. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.
 

Alexei Von Jawlensky, watercolor. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Miniature Chippendale chest. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Miniature Chippendale chest. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Solomon Alexander Hart, oil on canvas. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Solomon Alexander Hart, oil on canvas. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

French ivory etui. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

French ivory etui. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Bailey’s ‘Pin-Ups’ to star in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury sale June 6

David Bailey (b.1938), David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups, 1965, Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 36 halftone prints, contained in original card box. Estimate £3,000–£5,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

David Bailey (b.1938), David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups, 1965, Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 36 halftone prints, contained in original card box. Estimate £3,000–£5,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

David Bailey (b.1938), David Bailey’s Box of Pin-Ups, 1965, Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 36 halftone prints, contained in original card box. Estimate £3,000–£5,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

LONDON – As David Bailey’s Stardust exhibition enters its final weeks at the National Portrait Gallery, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions offer Bailey lovers the opportunity to take home his iconic 1965 Box of Pin-Ups, featuring one of Bailey’s most celebrated images of Mick Jagger with a fur collar. The 243-lot sale will be Friday, June 6. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

Box of Pin-Ups is a portfolio of 36 portraits that epitomises the fashion, art and music scenes of the ’60s, with faces such as John Lennon, David Hockney, Terence Stamp, Jean Shrimpton and Michael Caine.

The cover notes written by Francis Wyndham state: “Surprisingly few are female – Bailey’s standards here are so rigorous that only four girls qualify.

“But in the age of Mick Jagger it is the boys who are the pin-ups”

The portraits were mostly taken of Bailey’s friends and fellow members of the Ad Lib club in London. “The ’60s were a great time. … everyone we knew became famous. And I’m still working because I still have the passion.”

David Bailey: “I didn’t ever look at Michael and think, “He is an icon, I’m going to take an iconic picture.” It’s the self-confidence that comes from him.”

Michael Caine: “David and I are like Dorian Gray, growing old in the attic”

Although arguably one of his most recognisable works Bailey admits, “As usual I lost money on the project…we couldn’t give it away. Now they sell for £20,000”

It is even rumoured that he burned some of the works.

The set is estimated at £3,000-£5,000 [lot 159].

Among other celebrity portraiture in the sale, supermodel Helena Christensen is portrayed not only in a photograph by Patrick Demarchelier, estimated at £7,000-£9,000 [lot 182] but also behind the camera, as a photographer herself. Her self-portrait, taken in the water and titled Helena is appearing for the first time at auction [lot 183] alongside portraits of her friends Bono [lot 180] and REM lead singer, Michael Stripe [lot 181].

In an interview with Elle magazine Christensen said, “ I love every aspect of photography, specifically the fact that you freeze moments of life that appear beautiful, interesting, eerie, or life-changing, whether big or small.”

The auction also contains a group of stereocards of The Great Eastern (named the Leviathan before its launch), including the famous portrait of English civil engineer Isambard Kingdon Brunel, by Robert Howlett and George Downes, showing the engineer sitting in front of the giant launching chains in the Millwall shipyard [lot 20], another of a View from the Stern [lot 21] and a third of The Great Eastern funnel with Portraits of Officers[lot 22].

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, (1806-1859) was a leader of the Industrial Revolution who built dockyards, the Great Western Railway, steamships bridges and tunnels. In 2002 he was named second on the BBC’s 100 Greatest Britons.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

David Bailey (b.1938), David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups, 1965, Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 36 halftone prints, contained in original card box. Estimate £3,000–£5,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

David Bailey (b.1938), David Bailey’s Box of Pin-Ups, 1965, Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 36 halftone prints, contained in original card box. Estimate £3,000–£5,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Portrait of English civil engineer Isambard Kingdon Brunel by Robert Howlett (1831-1858) and George Downes, 1857, two albumen prints pasted on card in stereoscopic format. £1,000-£1,500. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Portrait of English civil engineer Isambard Kingdon Brunel by Robert Howlett (1831-1858) and George Downes, 1857, two albumen prints pasted on card in stereoscopic format. £1,000-£1,500. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Bert Stern (1929-2013), 'Marilyn Monroe, June 1962,' oversized digital pigment contact print, printed later, signed and editioned 6/15. Estimate: £7,000-£9,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Bert Stern (1929-2013), ‘Marilyn Monroe, June 1962,’ oversized digital pigment contact print, printed later, signed and editioned 6/15. Estimate: £7,000-£9,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Edouard Boubat (1928-1999), 'Bretagne, 1948,' gelatin silver print, printed later, signed in ink in the margin, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso. Estimate: £1,000-£1,500. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Edouard Boubat (1928-1999), ‘Bretagne, 1948,’ gelatin silver print, printed later, signed in ink in the margin, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso. Estimate: £1,000-£1,500. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Eugene Atget (1857-1929), 'Petit Trianon, (Versailles), 1921,' albumen print on gold chloride paper. Estimate: £5,000-£7,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Eugene Atget (1857-1929), ‘Petit Trianon, (Versailles), 1921,’ albumen print on gold chloride paper. Estimate: £5,000-£7,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), 'Calle Cuauhtemocztin, Mexico City, 1934,' gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1984, signed in black ink with photographer's blind stamp in the margin. Estimate: £4,000-£6,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), ‘Calle Cuauhtemocztin, Mexico City, 1934,’ gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1984, signed in black ink with photographer’s blind stamp in the margin. Estimate: £4,000-£6,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

William Klein (b.1928), 'Tokyo, 1961,' gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1977, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso. Provenance: A gift from the photographer to the present owner. Estimate: £2,000-£3,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

William Klein (b.1928), ‘Tokyo, 1961,’ gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1977, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso. Provenance: A gift from the photographer to the present owner. Estimate: £2,000-£3,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

California couple’s buried gold coins up for sale

An 1852 US gold dollar coin designed by John B. Longacre. Image courtesy of Lost Dutchman Rare Coins.
An 1852 US gold dollar coin designed by John B. Longacre. Image courtesy of Lost Dutchman Rare Coins.
An 1852 US gold dollar coin designed by John B. Longacre. Image courtesy of Lost Dutchman Rare Coins.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A treasure trove of rare gold coins discovered by a California couple out walking their dog has gone on sale, with one coin selling for $15,000 on Tuesday.

The coins date from 1847 to 1894 and have been valued at $11 million.

Several coins were auctioned at the Old San Francisco Mint on Tuesday, and one of them – an 1874 $20 double eagle that is usually worth $4,250 – sold for $15,000.

Don Kagin, a coin dealer whose firm is handling the sale, says most of the remaining 1,400 coins had gone on sale on Amazon.com and Kagins.com.

The couple, whom Kagin declined to identify, found them last year buried under the shadow of a tree on their rural Northern California property.

Most of the coins are in mint condition, having been stashed away seemingly immediately after they were minted.

Kagin says the couple – a middle-aged husband and wife – does not want to be identified in part to avoid a gold rush on their property by modern-day prospectors. They discovered the coins in eight cans buried in the shadow of an old tree on the property. They plan to keep a few of the coins and use the money from the rest to pay off bills and donate to local charities. Money from Tuesday’s auction will benefit the effort to turn the Old Mint into a museum.

Most of the coins were minted at the San Francisco Mint, according to Kagin. It’s not clear, however, who put them in the ground or how they were obtained, though theories have abounded. Kagin says people have linked the coins to stagecoach bandit Black Bart, outlaw Jesse James and a theft at the San Francisco Mint, but none of the theories has panned out.

The treasure consists of four $5 gold pieces, fifty $10 gold pieces, and 1,373 $20 double eagles. Tthe crown jewel of the collection – an 1866-S No Motto $20 gold piece – is valued at more than $1 million.

Kagin calls this coin find the largest such discovery in U.S. history.

One of the largest previous finds of gold coins was uncovered by construction workers in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1985 and valued at $1 million.

More than 400,000 silver dollars were found in the home of a Reno, Nevada, man who died in 1974 and were later sold intact for $7.3 million.

Gold coins and ingots said to be worth as much as $130 million were recovered in the 1980s from the wreck of the SS Central America. But historians knew roughly where that gold was because the ship went down off the coast of North Carolina during a hurricane in 1857.

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ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

An 1852 US gold dollar coin designed by John B. Longacre. Image courtesy of Lost Dutchman Rare Coins.
An 1852 US gold dollar coin designed by John B. Longacre. Image courtesy of Lost Dutchman Rare Coins.

Military medals stolen from home of WWII veteran

The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest United States Armed Forces' individual military award. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest United States Armed Forces' individual military award. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest United States Armed Forces’ individual military award. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Albuquerque police are asking the public to keep an eye out for military medals stolen from an 89-year-old World War II veteran.

The framed service medals were among items taken from Roy Hopper’s home during a break-in last month. At the time, Hopper was in the hospital after falling and breaking his hip.

Hopper’s name is inscribed on the back of the medals. Police say they could turn up on Craigslist or at pawn shops.

“He is totally devastated. His morale is very low,” said Lewis Wasson, one of Hopper’s friends.

Hopper has been honored by former first lady Laura Bush and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. But his friends say his most treasured honor came in 1991 when he was awarded the Bronze Star for his heroic efforts during World War II.

Hopper participated in the Normandy Invasion before being captured by the Germans. He spent nine months in a camp for prisoners of war.

Investigators searched Hopper’s home for evidence but didn’t find any fingerprints, police officer Simon Drobik said. Investigators believe the suspect was wearing gloves.

Guns and cash were also missing from Hopper’s home.

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ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest United States Armed Forces' individual military award. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest United States Armed Forces’ individual military award. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Chinese antiques dealer sentenced for smuggling rhino horns

Black rhinos in Tanzania. Image by Brocken Inaglory. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
Black rhinos in Tanzania. Image by Brocken Inaglory. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
Black rhinos in Tanzania. Image by Brocken Inaglory. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – An antiques dealer from China has been sentenced to nearly six years in U.S. federal prison after admitting he was the mastermind of an international smuggling ring that specialized in rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory.

Speaking through an interpreter, Zhifei Li expressed remorse for his actions and asked to be reunited with his sick 4-year-old daughter in China before his sentencing Tuesday in U.S. District court in Newark.

The 30-year-old pleaded guilty in December to 11 counts, including conspiracy, smuggling, illegal wildlife trafficking and making fake documents.

The U.S. attorney’s office says Li, operating through his business Overseas Treasure Finding, paid three antiques dealers in the United States to help him smuggle the items to China. Prosecutors say the 30 smuggled rhino horns plus other objects made from the horns and from elephant ivory were worth about $4.5 million.

The horns were allegedly shipped to Hong Kong and then mainland China wrapped in duct tape and hidden in porcelain vases. All species of the rhinoceros are protected under U.S. and international law, and international trade in rhino horns and elephant ivory has been regulated since the mid-1970s.

U.S. Magistrate Esther Salas ordered Li to serve his sentence of five years and 10 months in the U.S. before he faces deportation to his native Shandong Province. He was also ordered to forfeit $3.5 million in proceeds from his admitted criminal activity.

Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey, praised what he said was one of the longest sentences ever imposed in the U.S. for a wildlife smuggling offense.

“The multibillion-dollar illegal wildlife market is supplied by animal poaching of unthinkable brutality and fed by those willing to profit from such cruelty,” Fishman said in a statement.

Salas said she hoped the sentencing would send a strong message to would-be poachers and smugglers in order to “prevent the innocent slaughter of these magnificent creatures.”

Li was arrested as part of “Operation Crash,” a nationwide effort led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Justice Department to prosecute those involved in the black market trade of rhinoceros horns and other protected species.

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ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

Black rhinos in Tanzania. Image by Brocken Inaglory. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
Black rhinos in Tanzania. Image by Brocken Inaglory. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.

Elvis collection to be auctioned at Graceland, Aug. 14

Elvis Presley made his film debut in 1956, starring in 'Love Me Tender.' Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive.
Elvis Presley made his film debut in 1956, starring in 'Love Me Tender.' Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive.
Elvis Presley made his film debut in 1956, starring in ‘Love Me Tender.’ Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Graceland, the longtime home of Elvis Presley, plans to host an auction of authentic artifacts related to the rock ’n’ roll icon in Memphis.

Elvis Presley Enterprises said Wednesday the auction is scheduled for Aug. 14, during the annual celebration of Presley’s life, music and movies known as Elvis Week.

The auction will feature rare, authenticated items from the collection of Greg Page, founding member of the Wiggles and a prominent collector of Presley artifacts. Items from other private collectors also will be auctioned.

None of the auction items will come from the Graceland Archives.

Presley lived at Graceland for 20 years until he died on Aug. 16, 1977. It will be the first auction of its kind at the house-turned-museum.

Elvis Presley Enterprises manages Graceland.

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ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

Elvis Presley made his film debut in 1956, starring in 'Love Me Tender.' Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive.
Elvis Presley made his film debut in 1956, starring in ‘Love Me Tender.’ Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive.

Wheeling sugar bowl tops Jeffrey Evans glass auction at $12,650

A unique citrine-green sugar bowl and cover of acorn form, attributed to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), 1835-1845, sold for $12,650. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

A unique citrine-green sugar bowl and cover of acorn form, attributed to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), 1835-1845, sold for $12,650. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

A unique citrine-green sugar bowl and cover of acorn form, attributed to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), 1835-1845, sold for $12,650. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – A unique citrine-green broad-flute, cut glass footed sugar bowl and cover of acorn form, attributed to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), 1835-1845, sold for $12,650. in a spirited auction at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates on May 21. LiveAuctioneers.com provided Internet live bidding.

Estimated to realize $800-$1,200, the sugar bowl and cover was from an early Mid-Western collection and inspired intense competition from floor, phone and on-line bidders (lot 690). The price was the highest achieved of the 987 lots offered at the Evans auction house.

An exceptional cut overlay open compote, colored ruby to colorless, Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., 1860s-1870s, sold for $11,500 (estimate: $3,000-$5,000). The compote is considered among the most important pieces of American cut overlay glass, and also one of the largest examples made at the time (lot 743).

A rare brilliant deep green Lee/Rose No. 227-C cup plate (lot 947), one of only two recorded examples realized a strong $8,625 (estimate: $1,000-2,000). It was likely made in Philadelphia circa 1830-1835. Sold from the collection of Pam Christoffel, this plate had a stellar provenance stretching from the collection of George C. Cannon, to James H. Rose (who owned it twice) to Louise S. Esterly, to William J. Elsholz, to Frank Burton. As the catalog noted, this was a unique opportunity to obtain this plate since the only other known specimen resides in the Toledo Museum of Art.

Of the lighting offered, a pair of pressed Three-Printie Block whale oil lamps in brilliant sapphire blue, made at the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. around 1850, sold for $6,325, twice their high estimate (lot 258). These were among more than 500 lots sold from the 50-year collection of the late Lois S. Hirschmann of Marion, Mass., being sold to benefit the Sandwich Glass Museum’s Endowment Fund. Prior to Hirschmann, this pair was owned by Gladys and Paul Richards.

A pair of pressed Four-Printie Block whale oil lamps in deep brilliant amethyst, also from the Hirschmann collection, sold for $6,325 (estimate: $1,000-$1,500). Part of the desirability of this pair was their pristine condition (lot 260). Another great example of lighting, an important Transcontinental Railroad engraved commemorative lantern globe, circa 1863-1869, sold within estimate for $5,175 to a major museum (lot 819).

Overall, the auction realized $406,000, with 1,933 bidders, from over 32 countries. Phone and absentee bidders were remarkably active, with nearly 2,000 online live bidders.

After the auction company president and senior auctioneer Jeffrey S. Evans commented, “We were extremely honored to handle the Hirschmann collection for the Sandwich Glass Museum. Mr. and Mrs. Hirschmann were remarkable supporters of the museum over the past 30 years, founding members of the Cape Cod Glass Club, and donated many important objects to the museum’s glass collection for all to enjoy. Lois and Jack were very special people.”

For further information, email info@jeffreysevans.com or call 540-434-3939.

Click here to view the fully illustrated catalog for this sale, complete with prices realized.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

A unique citrine-green sugar bowl and cover of acorn form, attributed to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), 1835-1845, sold for $12,650. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

A unique citrine-green sugar bowl and cover of acorn form, attributed to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), 1835-1845, sold for $12,650. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

Lot 743, an exceptional cut overlay open compote, colored ruby to colorless, Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., 1860s-1870s, sold for $11,500. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

Lot 743, an exceptional cut overlay open compote, colored ruby to colorless, Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., 1860s-1870s, sold for $11,500. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

Lot 947, a rare brilliant deep green Lee/Rose No. 227-C cup plate (lot 947), one of only two recorded examples, realized $8,625. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

Lot 947, a rare brilliant deep green Lee/Rose No. 227-C cup plate (lot 947), one of only two recorded examples, realized $8,625. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

A pair of pressed Three-Printie Block whale oil lamps in brilliant sapphire blue made at the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. around 1850 sold for $6,325 (lot 258). Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.

A pair of pressed Three-Printie Block whale oil lamps in brilliant sapphire blue made at the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. around 1850 sold for $6,325 (lot 258). Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image.