Childe Hassam, ‘New York City,’ estimated at $50,000-$75,000. Image courtesy of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
THOMASTON, Maine – In addition to the sailing, scenery and seafood, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ biggest sale of the year, scheduled for Tuesday, August 25, Wednesday, August 26 and Thursday, August 27, is another great reason to love summertime in Maine. Titled August Grandeur and starting at 11 am Eastern time each day, this auction will present important art, antiques and decorative rarities sourced primarily from local collections and estates. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Featured artworks include George Inness’ Banks of Tin Brook, depicting a stream near Waldon, N.Y.; New York City, an oil on panel by Childe Hassam, estimated at $50,000-$75,000; Fairfield Porter’s painting titled December 1967, estimated at $35,000-$55,000; and Selling the Wool, an early 19th-century painting by British artist Thomas Paine, estimated at $25,000-$40,000. Additionally, there will be works by Winslow Homer, John Sloan, Diego Rivera, David Teniers the Younger, Pierre Auguste Renoir, James Buttersworth, Stephen Scott Young, Frederic Church and Bernard Buffet.
Another highlight will be Robert Indiana’s (American, 1928-2018) complete Numbers portfolio of signed, titled and numbered (11/35 AP) serigraphs dating to 1968 that are backstamped with Indiana’s Vinalhaven, Maine and New York City addresses. There will also be modernist works by Christiaan Beekman, Rene Portocarrero, Ron Walotsky, Oscar Dominguez, Raymond Parker and Wolf Kahn.
Robert Indiana, ‘Numbers (the Complete Portfolio),’ estimated at $20,000-$40,000. Image courtesy of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
August auctions at Thomaston Place typically include an extensive collection of Maine art, and this year will be no exception. Choices include a one-of-a-kind three-panel folding screen decorated with 25 frolicking pug dogs, painted in 1957 by Dahlov Ipcar, noted by the artist as one of her first “big commissions,” and estimated at $20,000-$30,000; and Cape Elizabeth, a beautiful seascape painted in 1918 by George Luks. There will also be works by Jamie Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer, Eric Hopkins, Waldo Peirce, Charles Rousse, Percy Sanborn, William Zorach, William Stubbs, William Thon, Stephen Etnier and Carroll Thayer Berry.
The sale will offer a range of folk art as well, such as a full-bodied codfish weathervane, estimated at $2,000-$3,000; two carved and painted figural plaques by Clarke Voorhees, Jr.; a group of sculptures by Gil Russell and Larry Koosed; a monumental Wilhelm Schimmel carved rooster; and a selection of shorebird carvings, ship dioramas and scrimshaw.
The 114-lot collection of estate jewelry and watches will be led by an Edwardian platinum ring set with a four-carat diamond, estimated at $20,000-$30,000, and a men’s 1972 Red Submariner model Rolex wristwatch. Standouts within the silver group include an 18th-century coffee pot by Boston silversmith Barnabas Webb (active 1756-1789) and a 1920s-era three-piece Blossom pattern beverage set by Georg Jensen.
Featured among the selection of Asian artifacts will be a Chinese Ming dynasty bronze seated Guanyin figure and a Qing dynasty celadon glazed porcelain stem cup.
The diverse 108-lot furniture collection will include fine antiques and also modern custom pieces, such as a Thos. Moser Element writing desk in walnut and cherry, estimated at $1,500-$2,000; an American Pilgrim century painted chair-table, and an elegant Louis XVI style three-part gilt bronze and marble cocktail table in the manner of Maison Jansen.
There will be a group of classic automobiles on offer, including a 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk and also a 1940 Plymouth Super Deluxe coupe originally owned by Maine politician Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995), the first woman to serve in both houses of the US Congress. Its estimate is $15,000-$20,000.
Full-bodied codfish weathervane, estimated at $2,000-$3,000. Image courtesy of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Other items of interest will include an early 20th-century coin-operated Nickelodeon music machine by Stultz & Co., New York, estimated at $5,000-$10,000; an intricately carved 17th-century oak pew door in a custom stand, estimated at $1,000-$2,000; an ancient Greek bronze mount depicting the head of Dionysus; a circa-1920s Louis Vuitton monogram wardrobe trunk; a circa-1860 life size Carrara marble bust of Abraham Lincoln by Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895); and two Old Town canoes.
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