DOUGLASS, Kan. – Part 1 of the Ron Blessing estate collection – featuring quality Victorian antiques, French cameo art glass and period American furniture – will come up for bid on Saturday, October 29, beginning at 9:30 am Central time, at Woody Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
The sale lineup includes several signed Galle French cameo art glass pieces roughly dating to the turn of the previous century. One, a lamp manufactured around 1920, boasts a yellow ground with blue and amethyst cameo carved Japanese chrysanthemum overlay having butterfly highlights. It carries an estimate of $60,000-$80,000.
Another standout is a vase with an ice blue ground with white cameo carved overlay featuring 16 seagulls in flight over ocean waves. Its estimate is $25,000-$35,000.
Yet a third signed Galle French cameo art glass vase, this one a 9 ½in-tall blown mold example, doesn’t carry the lofty estimates of the other two, but is just as beautiful. It features a clematis design with yellow and white ground amber cameo cutback overlay and has an estimate of $6,000-$12,000.
Also up for bid is a museum-quality two-piece urn, signed Moser. Estimated at $20,000-$30,000, it is rendered in incredibly rare yellow opaque art glass with extensive colorful enamel leaf decor and applied acorn highlights. The upper section features a scene of two children.
A 12-piece dining set by R.J. Horner in the Oak Busted Lady pattern, estimated at $30,000-$60,000, is “the most complete Horner dining set Woody Auction has ever had the privilege of selling,” said Jason Woody of Woody Auction. The highly detailed set includes a china cabinet with four glass shelves, a buffet with beveled mirror, a sideboard, a dining table with three leaves capable of extending to 95 ½in in length and eight dining chairs.
Also from R. J. Horner is a gorgeous three-piece bedroom set made of quarter-sawn oak. The matched set, which is estimated at $20,000-$30,000, includes a full-size bed, a dresser and a wardrobe featuring elaborate griffins, cherubs and a figural head bust with serious depth. It’s one of the finest Horner bedroom sets available.
A laminated rosewood parlor table by J. & J. Meeks will also attract attention. Graced with a finely carved fanciful horned beast with fruit spilling from an open mouth and a possibly replaced white marble top, its estimate is $7,500-$15,000.
One furniture item with an interesting back story is the circular bank or hotel foyer cabinet by Phillip Kopp, made in 1850 from burl walnut. The two-tiered cabinet, having four sections of white marble with mirrors set at 90 degree angles, was on display at the Crystal Palace Expo in New York, with one panel indicating the original price was $3,000 (more than $112,000 in today’s dollars). Other features included 16 lockable drawers and eight lockable doors. It is estimated at $10,000-$30,000.
Also, collectors please take note: Woody Auction has attempted to call any flaws that can affect the value of an item, but final determination is left to the buyer. Common nicks and scratches have not been called.
To consign a single item, an estate or an entire collection, please call Woody Auction at 316-747-2694 or email info@woodyauction.com. To learn more about Woody Auction, please visit www.woodyauction.com.
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