BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions hosted their annual Thanksgiving sale on Nov. 3 and Dec. 1. Top lot was the highly anticipated Frederick J. Mulhaupt winter landscape that was featured on the auction brochure. Numerous phone and Internet bidders were competing for the piece. LiveAuctionerers.com provided Intenet live bidding.

Mulhaupt was a revered North Shore artist, having spent his summers in Gloucester and eventually settling there in 1922. He is well known for his landscape and seascapes of Cape Ann, Mass., and was an active member of the North Shore Art Association. Though not an auction record for the painter, the piece sold well over estimate to a phone bidder for $25,200.

Fine art in the sale did well, as a Ralph Albert Blakelock moonlight scene with a Native American figure sold for $16,800, while a John George Brown titled Girl on Seesaw sold for $11,400. A William Henry Hillard oil on canvas of Eagle Cliff and Profile Lake of Franconia Notch, N.H., sold for $5,280.

Several rare Audubon prints fared well in the sale, a ruby-throated hummingbird by Robert Havell with a J. Whatman 1828 watermark, circa 1859, sold for $8,400 while a similar piece of a painted bunting sold for $2,140. A.J. Bier Audubon chromolithograph of a purple grackle sold for $3,900.

A beautiful mid-19th century Austrian 14-carat blue enamel snuff box encrusted with cabochon square cut sapphires from a New York estate sold for $7,800.

Glass collectors vyed over a Bigelow & Kennard leaded hanging shade in a sunflower pattern that ultimately sold within estimate for $6,300. Additional top glass lots in the sale included a Bohemian enamel decorated glass service for six that sold for $3,900.

The rest of the day one lots were an interesting mix of items. A 1969 Fender Stratocaster guitar sold for $8,400, while a pair of 19th century French blackamoor sconces sold for $2,160. An early 20th century Russian bronze sculpture of Leda and the Swan signed Vladimir Bekiemishev on an onyx base sold for $5,100.

Huanghuali and zitan Chinese items in the sale brought good prices as well. A pair of Huanghuali wood carved chairs sold for $15,600, while a carved Chinese zitan table sold for $2,880.

American furniture in the sale included a Samuel Field McIntyre mahogany Salem chest, with rope turned columns and leaf carving with eagle, shield and cornucopia basket posts, from a West Newbury, Mass., estate. The piece fetched $5,400 and an Irish Chippendale mahogany card table, circa 1790, from a Cambridge, Mass., estate sold for $2,280.

Customers looking for a special piece of jewelry for the Christmas holiday were not disappointed. Jewelry lots were many and varied and all performed very well. In particular an 18K white gold and diamond necklace, approximately 9.0 total carats of diamonds, 16 inches long, sold for $6,600, while an exquisite 18K yellow gold and diamond ring, with 24 princess cut diamonds and a center marquise diamond sold for $6,000.

Day two of the sale presented the personal collection of Marla Maples and Tiffany Trump. The eclectic collection featured Art Deco sculpture as well as original furnishings from their Trump Tower residence. Other personal items of interest included a bottle of 1945 Chateau Laffite Rothschild, given to Marla and Donald Trump at their wedding.

A portion of the proceeds from Marla Maples’ collection benefited the newly formed Brain Cancer Research Institute headed by Santosh Kesari in San Diego, Calif. Having firsthand experience with a loved one battling brain cancer, Maples knows how important this research is to finding the cause and treatment of this terrible disease.

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