ATLANTA – At the start of each month, ACN columnist Ken Hall gathers top auction highlights from around the United States and beyond. Here’s what made headlines since last month’s Gallery Report (prices include the buyer’s premium unless stated otherwise):
R.S. Prussia marked bowl, $15,000, Woody Auction
An R.S. Prussia marked fall season bowl, 9¾ inches in diameter with poppy highlights, sold for $15,000 at the Part 1 sale of the lifetime collection of R.S. Prussia antique porcelain from the late John and Lavaun Headlee, with nearly all the pieces rare cobalt blue, held May 26 by Woody Auction in Douglass, Kansas. Also, from the same set, the summer bowl fetched $11,000 and the winter bowl realized $7,000; also, an unmarked chocolate set, cobalt blue with a stylized carnation décor, hit $10,000. Prices quoted are hammer.