DOUGLASS, Kan. – The collection of Emerson and Freda Moore of Wichita, Kansas, consisting of 10 artworks by the Swedish-born American painter Birger Sandzen (1871-1954), plus fine examples of French cameo, miniature lamps, Loetz, Nippon and Rookwood will be sold by Woody Auction on Saturday, Feb. 18. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
“The Moores were longtime collectors who had continued their aunt’s antique collection they’d inherited years before,” said Jason Woody of Woody Auction. “There are many truly beautiful pieces in this auction.”
As with every Woody auction, all 380 lots will be sold to the highest bidder without reserve.
The Sandzen artworks are expected to generate keen bidder interest. The group includes four oil paintings, three lithographs, one drypoint, one watercolor and one student oil. Sandzen’s works are highly collectible.
Studying at art schools in Stockholm and later Paris, Sandzen in 1890 joined a group of artists that became known as the Artists League. He was best known for his landscapes and produced most of his work while teaching as an art professor at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, from 1894 to 1946.
Collectibles will feature an unmarked Loetz Streifen und Flecken ruffled bowl (below) made from iridescent amethyst, with a silver punte and stripe design, a signed La Verre Francais French cameo vase with a lavender cameo carved overlay of stylized tree design and the rare “candy cane” mark, and a marked Zsolnay art pottery jardinière with an elaborate iridescent scene of ducks flying over trees and hills.
Fans of Rookwood will be treated to a rare art pottery pitcher (below) dated 1889, done in a brown glaze and having an exceptional décor of frogs in suits, artist signed (“A.R.V” for Albert R. Valentein), in perfect condition, 10 3/4 inches tall; and a set of two art pottery handled mugs, one depicting a frog holding a flute and flower (1889), the other a frog holding a rose branch (1890), both mugs signed by Valentein.
Miniature lamps will feature a hard-to-find figural Santa Claus lamp (below), 9 1/4 inches tall, with a milk glass base and shade, all original, with strong color and a glass display dome; and a rare miniature hanging kerosene parlor lamp, 5 1/5 inches in height, with milk glass shade having an embossed shell design.
For details contact Woody Auction at info@woodyauction.com or 316-747-2694.
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