American Robin life-size wooden carving by Frank Finney, estimated at $3,250-$3,800
NEW YORK – On Thursday, March 9, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will hold its next sale of Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art. As always, the auction is curated by Clifford Wallach, an expert in tramp art, folk art and Americana. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Amish Trip Around The World pattern quilt, estimated at $1,000-$1,500
NEW YORK – Two Amish quilts, one from Pennsylvania and the other from Missouri, as well as an Adam and Eve-themed sampler dating to circa 1820 will compete for top lot status at Jasper52’s Americana & Folk Art Sale 1, which will take place on Thursday, January 26 at 6 pm Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. As always, the sale is curated by Clifford Wallach, an expert on tramp art, folk art and Americana.
Detail of circa-1910 tulip applique quilt, estimated at $1,500-$2,000
NEW YORK – A circa-1839 New England needlework sampler, a Colina ceramic vessel, and a tulip applique quilt dating to circa 1910 will clamor for top lot status at Jasper52’s next Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art auction, which will be held on Thursday, October 13, starting at 6 pm Eastern time. As always, the sale is curated by the impeccable Clifford Wallach, an expert on tramp art, folk art and Americana. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Civil War carte-de-visite photograph album, est. $500-$800
CLINTONDALE, N.Y. – Kensington Estate Auction‘s Monday, April 11 auction will feature 180 lots of art and objets d’art including Persian rugs, antiquarian books, photographs, 19th-century Americana, Native American beaded objects, sculptures, dolls, manuscripts, British historical documents and stamp collections. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Signed Mose Tolliver painting on wood, est. $1,500-$2,000
NEW YORK – On Thursday, March 24, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will hold a sale of Americana, Folk Art and Outsider Art. The 534-lot auction is, as always, curated by Clifford Wallach, an expert on tramp art, folk art and Americana. Featured in the sale lineup are a trio of museum-quality portrait dolls dressed in silk and satin wedding attire, created in the first half of the 20th century; duck decoys, a wood carving of a Great Dane dog, a Southern country abacus, a quartet of Beatrix Potter Vienna bronzes, and a generous selection of quilts, including a circa-1880s Victorian silk crazy quilt.
Circa-1910 tin pumpkin head Halloween lantern, est. $1,500-$2,000
NEW YORK – A needlework sampler stitched in New Hampshire in 1793, a large carved dolphin head from the bannister of a staircase, and a circa-1910 tin Halloween lantern will likely earn top lot status at Jasper52’s Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art auction, which will be held Thursday, February 24 at 6 pm Eastern time. Other items in the 558-lot sale include a circa-1920s vanity recovered from an Odd Fellows lodge, fitted with secret compartments; a Staffordshire bust of George Washington; a carved Art Nouveau stand; stoneware jugs; trade signs, including one that boasts the single word ‘CHOICE’ in white letters on a black background; a Bakongo maternity figure; windmill weights and whirligigs; a goose decoy from Prince Edward Island; a swing handle Nantucket basket; an elaborate fretwork bird cage; numerous quilts, including a 1930s example with a Wedding Ring pattern and blue accents; an Art Deco nutcracker in the shape of an elephant’s head and a large folk art robot made from found objects. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Circa-1850s princess feather quilt, est. $1,200-$1,500
NEW YORK – On Thursday, January 20, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct a sale of Americana, Folk Art and Outsider Art. It features more than 600 lots, curated with care, as always, by Clifford Wallach, a noted expert on tramp art, folk art and Americana. Selections include a pair of circa-1770 Dutch delft tobacco jars; an 18th-century New Hampshire School Chippendale cherrywood chest; a pair of mid-18th-century English brass candlesticks; a range of quilts, led by a circa-1850s princess feather quilt with a swag border; paintings and engravings; trade signs; daguerreotypes; an early 16th century alms dish, its bowl decorated with the image of an angel; folk art wood carvings; antique toys, many by Hubley; a Black Forest bear carving that functions as a whip holder; a circa-1900 tramp art box decorated with doves, hearts and horseshoes; needlework samplers, including an 1826 example from Philadelphia; alabaster stone fruits; an articulated felt rabbit doll; and an Art Nouveau Bohemian glass bowl decorated with cobalt and silver overlay. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Circa-1830s cotton stars quilt, est. $800-$1,000
NEW YORK – On Thursday, December 9, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct a sale of Americana, Folk Art and Outsider Art. The generous selection, spanning 410 lots, includes a wide range of American quilts and schoolgirl needlework samplers; a circa-1930s Mickey Mouse inlaid folk art Parcheesi game board; a mid-19th-century primitive horse pull toy; an early 19th-century chest on turned feet; and numerous advertising and trade signs, led by an example touting ‘Cuban Cigars from Havana’s Finest’ in gilded letters. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
North Carolina walnut Chippendale desk, est. $156,000-$187,000
NEW YORK – You’re tired, you’re full, perhaps uncomfortably so, and you do not want to watch football. That’s the alternative on Thanksgiving Day? Jasper52 will treat you to holiday entertainment that is far more exciting than broadcast sports. On Thursday, November 25, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will present a 660-lot lineup that has been curated by Clifford Wallach, an expert in tramp art, folk art, and Americana. And while there might be images and representations of turkeys in the sale, not one of the lots on offer is a loser. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Circa-1850s red, green and white coxcomb cotton quilt, est. $1,500-$1,800
NEW YORK – On Thursday, November 11, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct an auction titled New Hampshire Antiques Dealers: Americana. Choices include an early 18th-century Huguenot brass wine cooler; a circa-1850s red and green coxcomb quilt; a circa-1770 mahogany Rhode Island side chair with open work splat and stop fluted legs; a late 17th-century London delft octagonal plate depicting William and Mary; a pair of horse head cast iron finials; and an 1828 needlework sampler from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The 292 lots in the sale are, as always, curated by Clifford Wallach, an expert on tramp art, folk art, and Americana. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.