Woody Auctions wows the ABCG world with $132K centerpiece

J. Hoare three-handled American brilliant cut glass centerpiece with sterling silver mounts, $110,000 at Woody Auction. The winner looks to be a LiveAuctioneers bidder, and 86 people were watching the sale.

DOUGLASS, Kan. – It was, said Woody Auctions, an “exceptionally rare opportunity to add an outstanding one-of-a-kind-piece to your collection.” And one very eager bidder did not let that opportunity go. At the firm’s Presidential Auction Weekend on March 16, an American brilliant cut glass (ABCG) centerpiece set in elaborate sterling silver mounts soared past its estimate of $20,000-$25,000 to bring $110,000 ($132,000 with buyer’s premium). The winner was a LiveAuctioneers bidder.

This 14.5in bowl is well known in collecting circles and has been featured in many publications, including Jane Shadel Spillman’s 1999 book The American Cut Glass Industry: T.G. Hawkes and His Competitors. The glass element, cut with the design variously known as the Crystal City or the Wedding Ring pattern, is by J. Hoare & Co., the Corning, New York firm established by the Cork, Ireland glasscutter John Hoare in the 1860s. Although the winged serpents are mounts are marked only ‘Sterling’, the firm worked with both Tiffany and the Gorham Manufacturing Company.

The bowl, consigned in near-perfect condition, save for a small pattern chip, had provenance to the collection of respected members of the American Cut Glass Association, the late Tom and Mildred Jacks.

For three decades before the First World War, American brilliant cut glass was perhaps the finest in the world. Fighting the prejudice that claimed that the best glass was made in Europe, American companies steadily earned their stripes at a succession of international exhibitions. In 1893, J. Hoare & Co. entered a punch bowl into the Chicago World’s Fair; it took two months to make and weighed 70 pounds. The bowl won several medals for its quality and artistic design.

J. Hoare three-handled American brilliant cut glass centerpiece with sterling silver mounts, which sold for $110,000 ($132,000 with buyer's premium) at Woody Auction.

J. Hoare three-handled American brilliant cut glass centerpiece with sterling silver mounts, which sold for $110,000 ($132,000 with buyer's premium) at Woody Auction.

Roland Arkell

Roland Arkell

Roland Arkell is editor of Auction Central News and deputy editor at Antiques Trade Gazette. He has been writing about all aspects of the art and antiques market for more than 25 years.

Glassware shattered expectations at Magnum Auctions

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UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio — The only known copy of a Greentown McKee two-headed chick dish blew past its upper estimate at Magnum Auctions‘ two-day Fall Harvest of Antiques sale September 9-10 (Day 1, Day 2).

Greentown glass is highly sought after by an avid collecting base, thanks to the wide and whimsical variety of the glassware from Greentown, Indiana. Chick dishes are a popular variety, but the example sold by Magnum for $6,750 ($8,100 with buyer’s premium) is apparently unique: the dish’s chicken lid features not one but two heads. It had been estimated at $2,500-$4,500.

Fine examples of vintage glassware dominated the sale. A pair of Boston Sandwich vaseline glass dolphin-form candlesticks had been estimated at $300-$500 but hammered at $1,900 ($2,280 with buyer’s premium).

J. Hoare & Company was located in the capital of American glass — Corning, New York — with high demand for their items today. This sterling whiskey jug, attributed to J. Hoare with a Gorham Sterling stopper, was estimated at $200-$400, but fierce bidding between the internet and floor drove the final price to $1,900 ($2,280 with buyer’s premium).

The Imperial Glass Company of Bellaire, Ohio perfected the creation of glassware without molds in the early 1920s. Its Imperial Freehand line featured hand-crafted items, no two the same. A drag loop ruby irridescent onionskin vase that retains its original manufacturer’s label sold for $2,800 ($3,360 with buyer’s premium) to an internet bidder. It had been estimated at $600-$1,000. An Imperial glass green and gold luster drag loop bowl brought $1,900 ($2,280 with buyer’s premium) against a $300-$600 estimate.

Yet another strong performance was seen with a Victorian Tufts silverplate cherub vaseline glass boat relish, hammering at $2,600 ($3,120 with buyer’s premium), far above the $300-$600 estimate.
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Greentown McKee chocolate glass two-headed chick dish, sold for $6,750 ($8,100 with buyer’s premium) at Magnum Auctions.
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J. Hoare American Brilliant Gorham sterling whisky jug, sold for $1,900 ($2,280 with buyer’s premium) at Magnum Auctions.
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Imperial Freehand glass drag loop ruby irridescent onionskin vase, sold for $2,800 ($3,360 with buyer’s premium) at Magnum Auctions.
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Imperial glass green and gold luster drag loop bowl, sold for $1,900 ($2,280 with buyer’s premium) at Magnum Auctions.
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Victorian Tufts silverplate cherub vaseline glass boat relish, sold for $2,600 ($3,120 with buyer’s premium) at Magnum Auctions.
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Boston Sandwich vaseline glass dolphin-form Victorian candlesticks, sold for $1,900 ($2,280 with buyer’s premium) at Magnum Auctions.
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