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Gray’s Auctioneers offering extensive Americana collection on Oct. 25

A Queen Anne figured maple fan carved flat-top highboy circa 1776 from Massachusetts. Image courtesy Gray's Auctioneers.

CLEVELAND – Gray’s Auctioneers will conduct an Oct. 25 Americana, Fine Arts and Antiques auction at its Cleveland gallery. Notable items include an 1885 cast-bronze bell by Meneely and Co., estimated at $3,000-5,000, a circa-1776 Queen Anne figured maple fan-carved flat-top highboy estimated at $5,000-7,000, and a very large selection of stick spatter hand-decorated tableware.

The Meneely Bell Foundry was established in 1826 in West Troy, N.Y., and produced more than 65,000 bells before closing in 1952. Some locations that house a Meneely Bell are the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge National Park in Pennsylvania, and Wofford College in South Carolina.

New England estate treasures in John McInnis Auctioneers’ Oct. 19 sale

Park Sookeun (Korean, 1914-1965) A seated woman with jar, oil on panel retains original frame with label on reverse, signed in Hangul, 13 5/8 inches by 9 7/8 inches.

AMESBURY, Mass. – John McInnis Auctioneers will begin its Fall Auction schedule with an Important October Estates sale on Sunday, Oct. 19, commencing at 11 a.m. EST. The auction will feature Americana, silver, porcelain, sculpture, pottery, fine art and historical memorabilia.

The sale opens with a rare and important discovery from the descendants of Nicholas Pike, an author on mathematics from Newburyport, Mass. The lot includes the first 1786 edition Pikes Arithmetic, a new and complete system of arithmetic (Nicholas Pike’s copy with hand written notes), and a three-page letter from George Washington dated 1788 written to the author commending him on his accomplishments and the importance of the work.

Clarke Auction Gallery to conduct 5th Annual Fine Art Auction Oct. 27

Fabio Fabbi. Image courtesy Clarke Auction Gallery.

LARCHMONT, N.Y. – Estate-fresh, unusual and exceptional works by artists such as Larry Rivers, Jane Freilicher, Jose Guerrero, Gladys Bates, Fabio Fabbi. A.T. Millar and Mary Cassatt will be offered at Clarke Auction Gallery’s fifth annual Fine Art Auction on Monday, Oct. 27. The sale will feature a dazzling array of 19th- and 20th-century paintings and sculptures.

Also slated to cross the block will be works of historical and artistic significance by African-American artists such as Beauford Delaney, Al Loving, Jr. and Purvis Young. International art will include works from Thomas Rowlandson, Eugene Berman, Cristobal Toval, Brett Whiteley, Wynne Apperley and Gabriel Spat.

Machmer Americana collection showcased in Pook & Pook’s Oct. 24-25 auction

Rare Philadelphia stoneware pitcher, attributed to Richard Remmey, 10.5 inches h. $40,000-60,000

DOWNINGTON, Pa. – Painted birds, fanciful tulips, colorful hearts, vibrant parrots, fans and stars are all decorative elements of American painted furniture and folk art to be offered as Pook & Pook, Inc. presents the collection of Richard and Rosemarie Machmer October 24-25. The Machmers were well known for their scholarship, hard work, historic community involvement and impeccable taste. As veteran collectors, “Dick” and “Rosie” amassed exceptional pieces of painted furniture and accessories, carvings, fraktur, textiles and Native American objects.

Among the 816 lots are many local carvings primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of these carvings were pictured in Just for Nice, Carving and Whittling Magic of Southeastern Pennsylvania, written by the Machmers in 1991. One of the favorite carvers, John Reber, is well represented in the auction. Reber, born in 1857 in Lehigh County, Pa., is known for his realistic work and attention to detail. Reber highlights include: a “Dan Patch” figure of a horse with sulky and driver (Est. $25,000-$35,000), a stallion (Est. $12,000-$18,000), a 17″ long pheasant, a guinea hen and several roosters.

Long-held private collections of two sisters star in Morphy’s Oct. 10-11 sale

Circa-1880 Thullier (France) A.T. bébé with pale pressed-bisque socket head incised A.7T., light blue paperweight eyes, finely painted brows and lashes with mauve eye shadow, closed mouth, pierced ears and long-tailed blonde mohair wig with cork pate. Straight-wrist French composition and wood body, antique pink wool dress, ivory satin and lace blouse, antique velvet hat and matching shoes. 18 inches tall. Estimate: $45,000-$55,000.

DENVER, Pa. – As the follow-up to a heavily attended May 17-18 debut that grossed $1.5 million, Morphy Doll Auctions has prepared an equally diverse selection of dolls, dollhouses, miniatures and teddy bears as the foundation of its Fall Fine Doll event. The 950-lot auction will take place on Oct. 10 and 11, and features dolls of excellent pedigree from select private collections, including those of noted sister collectors Eleanor Lakin and Patricia Lemkuhl.

Friday’s session includes a treasure trove of 18th, 19th and 20th-century dolls of all types, including German and French bisque dolls; exceptional Lenci dolls, German character dolls including a Kammer & Reinhardt model 112X, more than 50 coveted porcelain half dolls, mignonettes, French fashion dolls, and an impressive grouping of antique French automata.

X-ray reveals Steiff teddy is rare rod bear

Here it is, in black and white: A-Rod’s inner workings.

VINELAND, N.J. – Veterinarians are accustomed to seeing animals of all shapes and sizes in the course of their daily work, but few – like Dr. Hal Blumenthal of Millville, N.J. – can say they’ve had a teddy bear for a patient.

It all started when Bertoia Auctions, antique toy specialists in Vineland, N.J., received a circa-1903 Steiff bear as a consignment to their Nov. 7-9 sale. Bertoia’s experts immediately identified it as a rare production from the early 20th century, but they knew that if they could confirm it was, as suspected, a Steiff “rod” bear, it would greatly increase its value and desirability to collectors.

Auktionshaus Dr. Fischer to sell fine European and studio glass on Oct. 18

Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova's 1958 rendition of the famous sculpture The Kiss could sell for $24,500-$31,900. Image courtesy Auctionhaus Dr. Fischer.

HEILBRONN, Germany – Auktionshaus Dr. Fischer will present more than 1,100 lots of fine European and studio glass at the auctioneer’s fall sale that has been dubbed El Dorado. The Oct. 18 auction will start at 1 a.m. Pacific (4 a.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. European Time).

The title piece is an El Dorado vase by Italy’s Dino Martens, which is estimated to sell for $11,625. Another beauty of the post-1950s category is a Merletto vase by Archimede Seguso, which is expected to top $13,600. Other famous Murano glassmakers represented will be Venini, Barovier Toso, Barbini and Cenedese.

Julia’s hails $5 million sale as the best summer affair yet

Starring in James Julia’s summer auction was this awe-inspiring life- size figure of the Goddess of Liberty, which sold for $143,750. Image courtesy Julia Auctions.

ROCKLAND, Maine – James D. Julia’s spectacular antiques and fine art auction at the Samoset Resort has long been a favorite of the summer auction season. This year the Fairfield, Maine, auction company’s three-day extravaganza, Aug. 26-28, featured more than 1,700 lots with sales topping $5 million, making it their biggest summer antiques auction to date.

Bidders in attendance were treated to the breathtaking display in the posh ballroom and adjoining halls of Maine’s most luxurious resort. The sale featured nearly 750 pieces of fine artwork, high style Victorian contents of a Gulf Coast mansion, early American furniture, folk art, pottery, and fine antiques of every kind from some of the finest estates and collections to hit the auction block in many years. Included were the contents of the Richard Paine estate of Seal Cove, Maine, whose auto museum was a world-renowned attraction. His tremendous collection of folk art included a variety of rare weather vanes highlighted by one in the form of a full-bodied standing mule, which carried a $20,000-30,000 estimate. Circa late 19th century, this possibly unique form was a must have for two phone bidders who refused to let it go without a fight. Only one could be victorious, and that is the one who was willing to pay $117,300.

3 ‘Peanuts’ strips fetch $110,740 at Philip Weiss Auctions

Peanuts creator Charles Schulz drew this Sunday comics page in May 1953. Done in pen and ink, the strip sold for $67,800 at Philip Weiss Auctions. Image courtesy Philip Weiss Auctions.

OCEANSIDE, N.Y. – An original “Peanuts” Sunday page, rendered in pen and ink in May 1953 by the late comic illustrator Charles Schulz, soared to $67,800 at a multi-estate sale Sept. 13-14 at Philip Weiss Auctions. The eight-panel strip showed Charlie Brown and Snoopy playing fetch. In addition, two daily “Peanuts” strips sold for $21,470 each, bringing the three-strip total to $110,740.

All things considered, this sale was way better than I expected, with lots of surprises along the way,” said owner and auctioneer Philip Weiss. “I didn’t expect this level of activity – it was very exciting. Toy trains, comic books and animation art, in particular, did very well.”

Exciting photographs, daguerreotypes to modern, to be sold at Be-hold Oct. 30

NEW YORK – Powerful and revealing images documenting war will be front and center at the 52nd Be-hold catalog/internet auction of photographs that will take place Thursday, Oct. 30, starting at 2 p.m. Eastern.

A large series of photographs dealing with 20th century wars will be offered. Some of the material is disturbing, yet these photographs show how art and documentation are closely entwined. A major group of offerings deals with Vietnam. These are grouped chronologically, from the end of the French involvement up to the aftermath in Cambodia. Most of the images are press photographs, with the original “slugs” attached that provide important context. The photographers are often credited. Photographs by some of the major photographers such as Sean Flynn, Kyoichi Sawada, Philip Jones Griffith and Don McCullin will be offered individually.

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