Birger Sandzen collection adds color to Soulis Winter Fine Art sale Feb. 24

Birger Sandzen, 'Scene from Rocky Mountain National Park,' estimated at $40,000-$50,000 at Soulis.

LONE JACK, Mo. — An amazing collection of 11 works by Swedish American landscape master Birger Sandzen (1871-1954) provides the focus of Soulis Auctions‘ Winter Fine Art sale on Saturday, February 24. The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

A native of Sweden, Sandzen received a position at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas in 1894, where he would spend the next 52 years teaching art. During that time, he amassed a highly respected and valuable body of work that performs well with contemporary collectors. The sale’s top-estimated lots are both Sandzen oils. Scene from Rocky Mountain National Park dates to 1936 and demonstrates the artist’s knack for capturing the reflectiveness of water, while Study from the Rocky Mountain National Park is from 1922 and from what is known as Sandzen’s ‘middle period’, in which his technique was to use ‘short, singular, confident strokes’ to his brushwork. Both paintings are estimated at $40,000-$50,000.

The sale includes a number of signed Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) lithographs issued in the 1940s and 1950s by Associated American Artists. Chief among them is a 1955 lithograph titled Running Horses. In the stylized image, a trio of horses keep pace with a steam locomotive passing by in the background. It carries an estimate of $6,000-$9,000.

Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) is a French sculptor who also produced limited editions in bronze. This 1902 example in dark green-brown patination is Le Petite Mediterranee or La Mediterranee, etude. It bears the foundry mark Alexis Rudier, Fondeur, Paris and has the artist’s interlaced AM monogram. The piece is currently in France for authentication. It is estimated at $20,000-$30,000.

Birger Sandzen, 'Scene from Rocky Mountain National Park,' estimated at $40,000-$50,000 at Soulis.

Birger Sandzen, 'Scene from Rocky Mountain National Park,' estimated at $40,000-$50,000 at Soulis.

Birger Sandzen, 'Study from the Rocky Mountain National Park,' estimated at $40,000-$50,000 at Soulis.

Birger Sandzen, 'Study from the Rocky Mountain National Park,' estimated at $40,000-$50,000 at Soulis.

Thomas Hart Benton, 'Running Horses,' estimated at $6,000-$9,000 at Soulis.

Thomas Hart Benton, 'Running Horses,' estimated at $6,000-$9,000 at Soulis.

Aristide Maillol, 'Le Petite Mediterranee,' estimated at $20,000-$30,000 at Soulis.

Aristide Maillol, 'Le Petite Mediterranee,' estimated at $20,000-$30,000 at Soulis.

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte has worked in editorial, design and the toy and auction industries for more than 30 years. He co-founded Auction Central News in 2007.

Antique weathervanes and shooting gallery targets hit the mark at Soulis

LONE JACK, Mo. – Everyone loves a big multi-day antiques auction because of the sheer amount of goods from which to choose, but sometimes it’s more fun to bid at a smaller, studiously curated sale where every piece has a story to tell. That was the case at Dirk Soulis’ colorful 196-lot Mid-Americana Gallery Auction on December 10, which took in $240,000, inclusive of buyer’s premium.

Racing to the top of its category, an early 20th-century C. W. Parker iron shooting gallery target took the form of a striding whippet with a bullseye on its side. As would be expected, its patina reflected the effects of its prior use, but its paint appeared original and untouched. Signed C W Parker Abilene, Kansas on the verso, the sleek 27-inch-long hound crossed the finish line at $16,000 ($19,200 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $6,000-$9,000.

Also pictured in Parker’s Catalog of Shooting Galleries is an uncommon deer-form iron target. This 13in example, which trotted to $5,000 ($6,000 with buyer’s premium), was admired for its good condition and for its original brass and copper plated finish. A direct hit to the protruding heart would release the mechanism, causing the head to drop back.

Attributed to Emil Hoffman of Chicago, a ‘Pancho Villa’ cast-iron target was bid to $5,000 ($6,000 with buyer’s premium). It was probably made soon after Christmas Day, 1912 when Villa escaped from prison and fled to El Paso – his notoriety inspiring a ‘Mexican Head Target’ that appeared in the Hoffman catalog. Its eye openings are backed by a circular iron gong that rings if a shot passes through an eyehole. 

A substantial ‘fishing boy’ shooting gallery target was a type never previously offered at auction. Formed from a single 3ft 10in iron casting mounted to an iron base plate, the right arm (once holding a rod or perhaps a flag) pivots with a successful shot. Formerly part of the Tucker collection, it made $5,500 ($6,600 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $2,000-$3,000.

A scarce 1930s sheet-iron Cowboy Gunfighter shooting gallery target drew comparisons to a larger model that was made by William F. Mangels of Coney Island, New York. While not as detailed as the similar target produced by Mangels, the cowboy auctioned by Soulis was a nice buy at $6,500 ($7,800 with buyer’s premium), roughly the midpoint of its estimate range.

Figural weathervanes that adorned the rooftops of 19th-century rural barns and houses are staples in Americana collections, so the opportunity to acquire a rare form at the sale was appealing to many bidders. The auction’s top lot, ambling its way to $19,000 ($22,300 with buyer’s premium), was a three-dimensional vane in the shape of a dairy cow. Attributed to the Boston firm A. J. Harris & Co. (active 1868-1882), it was modeled in fine detail and proportionate to a real-life cow. Its copper body exhibited an attractive time-generated layer of verdigris, with a powdery, granular oxidation present on the iron head. “Weathervanes like this, with a heavier, more solid head, would balance a vane properly and be more likely to keep the figure facing into the wind,” said Dirk Soulis, owner of Soulis Auctions.

Also selling well was an important mid-19th-century carved and painted pine whirligig of a gentleman in a top hat and jacket with tails worn over a mustard-colored waistcoat and brownish-red trousers. Well known to the collecting community, it has been attributed by some as the circa-1860 work of a Bucks County, Pennsylvania carver named Amos Schultz. Against an estimate of $3,000-$4,000, it left the building with an Iowa collector who paid $18,000 ($22,140 with buyer’s premium).

Another standout in the folk art category was a pull toy depicting an animated top-hatted man on an articulated horse with an articulated dog running alongside them. A book example, the toy had previously been exhibited at several prestigious institutions, including the Museum of American Folk Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the New York Historical Society. It sold to a prominent New England dealer for $6,500 ($7,995 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $2,000-$4,000.

C. W. Parker whippet iron shooting gallery target, which sold for $16,000 ($19,200 with buyer’s premium) at Soulis Auctions.

C. W. Parker whippet iron shooting gallery target, which sold for $16,000 ($19,200 with buyer’s premium) at Soulis Auctions.

C.W. Parker brass-plated cast-iron deer target, which sold for $5,000 ($6,000 with buyer’s premium) at Soulis Auctions.

C.W. Parker brass-plated cast-iron deer target, which sold for $5,000 ($6,000 with buyer’s premium) at Soulis Auctions.

Early 20th-century ‘Pancho Villa’ cast-iron target attributed to Emil Hoffman of Chicago, which sold for $5,000 ($6,000 with buyer’s premium) at Soulis Auctions.

Early 20th-century ‘Pancho Villa’ cast-iron target attributed to Emil Hoffman of Chicago, which sold for $5,000 ($6,000 with buyer’s premium) at Soulis Auctions.

Heavy iron fishing boy shooting gallery target, which sold for $5,500 ($6,600 with buyer’s premium) at Soulis Auctions.

Heavy iron fishing boy shooting gallery target, which sold for $5,500 ($6,600 with buyer’s premium) at Soulis Auctions.

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte has worked in editorial, design and the toy and auction industries for more than 30 years. He co-founded Auction Central News in 2007.

Soulis promises ‘something for everyone’ at its Annual Year-End sale Dec. 28

Sun Manufacturing stimulator, estimated at $4,000-$6,000 at Soulis Auctions.

LONE JACK, Mo. — An eclectic mix of Americana rounds out Soulis Auctions‘ 2023 season Thursday, December 28 with its Annual Year-End Auction, promising “something for everyone.” The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

The top estimate in the sale, at $5,000-$7,000, belongs to the ever-popular Western Union stock market ticker. Available by contract from the once-dominant telegraph network operator, the device would print out transmitted stock prices from the Dow Jones exchange in New York for financiers and investors able to pay the hefty monthly fee. The tapes would become obsolete at the end of every trading session, hence the use of them as confetti in what would become known as ‘ticker tape parades’ in Manhattan.

Trade stimulators were once a common sight in watering holes around America. The idea was to convince patrons to drop a penny or nickel and take their chances to possibly win a prize (often, a cigar). This Sun Manufacturing stimulator features a balloon-tired bicycle that when activated, spins its wheels in roulette fashion, eventually stopping to indicate whether the patron has won anything. It carries an estimate of $4,000-$6,000.

The post-World War II period in the United States saw an unprecedented boom in hobby activities as newly returned soldiers got married and started families. Largely forgotten now, ‘thimbledrome racing’ featured gas-powered miniature vehicles racing a banked circular track while tethered around a central anchor point. A huge industry of manufacturers, fresh off wartime efforts, flooded the space with hundreds of designs and brands of so-called ‘tether cars’, as this selection from Soulis illustrates. Leading the group is a Bremer Whirlwind racer complete with its original drive train, estimated at $2,000-$3,000.

Reverse-on-glass advertising signs have long been highly sought after by collectors. Created by applying the design in reverse on the back side of the glass, the artwork would then be more likely to last longer in commercial use than a front-decoration version. This billiards and barber sign is believed to have been originally displayed at a Wabash Avenue building in downtown Chicago, and was included in a 2003 book on billiards collectibles. Marked for Jas. D. Ahearn Company of Chicago (founded in 1914, the firm still exists), the lot is estimated at $3,500-$5,000.

Western Union stock market ticker, estimated at $5,000-$7,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Western Union stock market ticker, estimated at $5,000-$7,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Sun Manufacturing stimulator, estimated at $4,000-$6,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Sun Manufacturing stimulator, estimated at $4,000-$6,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Bremer Whirlwind thimbledrome racer tether car, estimated at $2,000-$3,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Bremer Whirlwind thimbledrome racer tether car, estimated at $2,000-$3,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Billiards and barber reverse-on-glass sign, estimated at $3,500-$5,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Billiards and barber reverse-on-glass sign, estimated at $3,500-$5,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte has worked in editorial, design and the toy and auction industries for more than 30 years. He co-founded Auction Central News in 2007.

Weathervanes and shooting gallery targets gathered in Soulis’ Mid-Americana Gallery Auction Dec. 10

Large iron mechanical shooting gallery target of a lady lion tamer facing a rampant lion, estimated at $5,000-$10,000 at Soulis Auctions.

LONE JACK, Mo. — A fine selection of antique weathervanes forms part of Soulis’ Sunday, December 10 Mid-Americana Gallery Auction in suburban Kansas City. The offering is led by a copper vane replicating the legendary harness-racing horse St. Julien that is estimated at $15,000-$20,000.

In this well-known model by the New York firm J. W. Fiske, the horse dubbed ‘King of the Trotters’ is shown running at full speed, with his celebrated real-life trainer and driver Orrin A. Hikok at the reins. The design was based on a Currier & Ives print dating to circa 1880, and it was consigned for sale in good original condition from a collector in Denver, Colorado.

A series of figural copper vanes of farm animals include two full-bodied models of dairy cows: one by Cushing & White of Waltham, Massachusetts, and the other attributed to Harris & Sons of Boston. They are estimated at $3,000-$5,000 and $5,000-$7,000, respectively.

In September 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, Soulis Auctions posted record prices for the Richard and Valerie Tucker collection of carnival shooting gallery targets. The collection was arguably the finest of its type to come to auction. The firm has found more of the same for the December 10 sale.

The most unusual target is a 4ft 1in tall artwork on sheet metal depicting a lady lion tamer standing face to face with a rampant lion. Made circa 1890, the oversize target is probably of English or Continental European origin and has a clever mechanical action: a successful shot to the bullseye causes the lady’s arm to lower and the lion’s jaw to open, revealing fearsome upper and lower teeth. Its estimate is $5,000-$10,000.

Attributed to Emil Hoffman of Chicago is a ‘Pancho Villa’ cast-iron target estimated at $2,000-$4,000. It was probably made soon after Christmas Day 1912, when Villa escaped from prison and fled to El Paso — his notoriety inspiring a so-called ‘Mexican Head Target’ that appeared in the Hoffman catalog. Its eye openings are backed by a circular iron gong that rings if a shot passes through an eyehole.

A scarce, large, iron whippet target signed C.W. Parker, Abilene, Kansas is estimated at $6,000-$9,000. In the early 1900s these 2ft 3in targets zipped along a rail in pursuit of a similarly-sized rabbit in full stride. This example, made before Parker moved his operations to Leavenworth, Kansas in 1911, has a particularly fine surface described as ‘japanned.’

19th-century copper weathervane attributed to J.W. Fiske of New York, depicting St. Julien, King of the Trotters, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at Soulis Auctions.

19th-century copper weathervane attributed to J.W. Fiske of New York, depicting St. Julien, King of the Trotters, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Large iron mechanical shooting gallery target of a lady lion tamer facing a rampant lion, estimated at $5,000-$10,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Large iron mechanical shooting gallery target of a lady lion tamer facing a rampant lion, estimated at $5,000-$10,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Dairy cow weathervane attributed to Harris & Sons, estimated at $5,000-$7,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Dairy cow weathervane attributed to Harris & Sons, estimated at $5,000-$7,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Early 20th-century Pancho Villa shooting gallery target attributed to Emil Hoffman of Chicago, estimated at $2,000-$4,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Early 20th-century Pancho Villa shooting gallery target attributed to Emil Hoffman of Chicago, estimated at $2,000-$4,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte has worked in editorial, design and the toy and auction industries for more than 30 years. He co-founded Auction Central News in 2007.

Soulis Auctions shines spotlight on giants of American Regionalism Oct. 14

Birger Sandzen, 'Golden Aspens,' which sold for $160,000 ($196,800 with buyer’s premium) at Soulis Auctions.

LONE JACK, Mo. – Pride in homegrown artists who’ve achieved success on a much larger stage has spurred the meteoric rise of interest in Regionalist art. The American Midwest, home to Soulis Auctions, is the focus of its Saturday, October 14 320-lot October Gallery Auction. The catalog is now available for bidding on LiveAuctioneers.

The sale is highlighted by original works of Midwest Regionalist and Kansas City art, including examples from those dubbed “The Big Three”: Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood.

The sale’s top lot comes from Birger Sandzen (Swedish and American, 1871-1964). Sandzen viewed his paintings as “nature studies” and, as he wrote in a letter to his brother, he strived for “the simplest possible means of expression.” Golden Aspens, from 1929, is from the artist’s desirable Middle Period. It previously resided in the public library of Lindsborg, Kansas, having been acquired directly from the artist, and now comes to market with an $80,000-$120,000 estimate.

America’s heartland is where painter, muralist, printmaker and art educator Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was born and spent most of his life. Benton was a champion of Realism whose initial opposition to the Modernist movement seemed untenable, but in the early 1920s, Benton reconsidered and opted to explore the new style.

That sea change in Benton’s career is embodied in an associated pair of artworks to be auctioned on October 14 as one lot. His mixed-media painting on board, executed circa 1922, is titled Benton Family on South Beach. The 13.75 by 9.5in work served as the study for a much larger (53 by 33in) textile which he envisioned his wife, Rita, embellishing with needlework. The linen panel was never fully stitched, thus leaving much of Benton’s original composition visible. It has an estimate of $60,000-$90,000.

Grant Wood (1891-1942) is an enduring representative for Regionalism, having created American Gothic in 1930, one of the most recognized paintings of rural America.  The sale includes a number of Wood-signed lithographs, topped by Seed Time and Harvest, dating to 1937. It is estimated at $2,500-$3,500.

With a swirling tornado behind him as he summons support from his fellow abolitionists, John Brown is a striking example of the work of John Steuart Curry (1897-1946). The pencil-signed lithograph from 1939 is estimated at $3,000-$5,000.

Birger Sandzen, 'Golden Aspens,' estimated at $80,000-$120,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Birger Sandzen, 'Golden Aspens,' estimated at $80,000-$120,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Thomas Hart Benton, 'Benton Family on South Beach,' estimated at $60,000-$90,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Thomas Hart Benton, 'Benton Family on South Beach,' estimated at $60,000-$90,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Grant Wood, 'Seed Time and Harvest,' estimated at $2,500-$3,500 at Soulis Auctions.

Grant Wood, 'Seed Time and Harvest,' estimated at $2,500-$3,500 at Soulis Auctions.

John Steuart Curry, 'John Brown,' estimated at $3,000-$5,000 at Soulis Auctions.

John Steuart Curry, 'John Brown,' estimated at $3,000-$5,000 at Soulis Auctions.

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte has worked in editorial, design and the toy and auction industries for more than 30 years. He co-founded Auction Central News in 2007.

Family collection of 1904 World’s Fair memorabilia at Soulis Sept. 30

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LONE JACK, Mo. — A fascinating collection of memorabilia from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition comes to the block at Soulis Auctions on Saturday, September 30.

Also known as the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the event celebrated the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, a transaction between the United States and France in which the US paid $15 million for a large swath of land ranging from the Canadian border to Louisiana, along the western bank of the Mississippi. St. Louis, being centrally located within that territory, made it a natural location for the World’s Fair.

As with any major public fair, there was an incredible array of items available for purchase by fair-goers, and this auction illustrates the range and depth of items made for the St. Louis World’s Fair.

The 166 lots of material come from the Herman family collection and appears to be first to market. Pottery, ribbons, hand fans, tip trays, medals and photo books, then a still-new phenomenon, are all found in the collection.

Revisit one of the great public events of American history by registering to bid in Soulis Auction’s 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition auction Saturday, September 30, beginning at 2 pm Eastern time.
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1904 St. Louis World’s Fair souvenir puzzle mug, estimated at $50-$500 at Soulis Auctions.
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1904 St. Louis World’s Fair ‘Show Me’ souvenir figures, estimated at $50-$500 at Soulis Auctions.
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1904 St. Louis World’s Fair souvenirs, estimated at $50-$500 at Soulis Auctions.
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1904 St. Louis World’s Fair 15-piece set of ruby flash glassware, estimated at $50-$500 at Soulis Auctions.
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1904 St. Louis World’s Fair $50 stock certificate, estimated at $50-$500 at Soulis Auctions.
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Franz von Stuck painting rediscovered after century out of public eye

Franz von Stuck (né Franz Stuck, German, 1863-1928), ‘Lauschende Faune (Listening Fauns),’ circa 1899, oil-on-panel, as depicted (left) in a black & white photograph in the 1904 edition of the German art journal ‘Die Kunst,’ and (right) as it appears today, in need of professional cleaning to reveal its full image. To be offered without reserve on Sept. 23, 2022 at Soulis Auctions in suburban Kansas City, Missouri. Estimate: $75,000-$125,000

LONE JACK, Mo. – A Met-exhibited artwork by the influential German Secessionist painter Franz von Stuck (né Franz Stuck, 1863-1928) has been rediscovered after being out of public sight for more than a century. It will be auctioned on September 23 by Soulis Auctions, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.

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