JULY 27

SET JULY 17

AA - #286874 DE FINA HOLDS SILVER & JEWELRY SALE - “DE FINA”

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AUSTINBURG, OHIO – This past May, DeFina Auctions held a two-day affair that was highlighted by silver and jewelry.

With names like Gorham, Reed and Barton, and Towle representing the silver offered many interesting items were to be had. A Japanese late Meiji silver bowl in a Wisteria design with enamel and unusually heavy (32.15 troy ounces) sold for $1,100. Prices include a 10 percent buyer’s premium.

A peacock decanter, 800 silver with hallmarks, sported movable wings and a removable head and brought $770. A Reed and Barton Hampton Court sterling tea and coffee set made up of a footed coffee, tea, covered sugar, creamer and silver plated tray (75.56 troy ounces not including the tray) came in at $1,210.

Jewelry included a platinum and diamond ring with three European cut diamonds that sold for $2,750. The center diamond measured 6 millimeters in diameter and had an approximate weight of .80 carats.

Even more interesting was the 14-karat white gold lady’s diamond solitaire ring. The Old European cut diamond weighted approximately 1.39 carats with a color of H-I and clarity of SI. The ring was hammered down at $3,850.

A platinum lady’s diamond and blue sapphire dinner ring, stamped HWB (H.W. Beattie and Sons), boasted eight, old European cut diamonds accented by five round cut blue sapphires. total diamond weight was about 1.49 carats with the center diamond estimated at 1.27 carats with color being I-J and VS internally. The ring sold for $4,400.

Saturday’s sale finished off with fine art. A Nineteenth/Twentieth Century Belgian School oil on canvas barnyard scene (24 by 32 inches), despite some crackling of paint, commanded $8,250.

American artist Raphael Gleitsmann’s (1910 - ?) oil on masonite scene “The White House” signed by the artist came in at $6,600. Another American, Carl Oscar Borg (1879-1947) was represented at this sale with his oil on canvas “Desert Landscape,” signed by Borg, that made $4,950.

The Sunday session brought smaller items, as well as numerous pieces of furniture, rugs, and ceramics. One of the more interesting groupings offered was the selection of vintage radios. A circa 1938 Fada model 53 listed as very rare brought $5,500.

A major radio buff took home the prize of the day winning the Emerson Model Au190 Cathedral radio for $12,100. This circa 1937 example had a marbleized bluish green catalin tombstone shape with herringbone cloth grille. Though it was missing its back, the rarity of this radio won out. This radio is listed as very rare in any color, but especially in red or blue.

Several fine lamps were also offered, including Pairpoint example with a reverse painted shade of a forest scene with a river and an urn-shaped, signed base that sold for $3,300. A Wilkinson leaded glass lamp having a shade of tulips against a rainbow color background made $4,950.

Of the furniture offered, a Meeks rosewood parlor table with a white turtle top sold for $2,420, even though a small cutout carving was missing from the side of the skirt. In the Rococo high style with Victorian carvings throughout, this was an early example of the American Rococo style by John Meeks when Meeks joined the company in the 1840s.

A flame mahogany library table with a scrolled and carved skirt came in at $1,430. The table sported architectural end supports and a lower shelf ending with four pad feet.

Other items included a cylinder music box made in Paris with inlaid string and mother-of-pearl, $2,200; a Wurlitzer “Caliola” band organ with 52 wooden pipes, snare drum, bass drum, cymbal, 14 note glockenspiel, and animated conductor, $7,150; a Galle cameo glass pillow-shaped vase, green and purple hyacinth cut to cream and clear background, two applied handles, signed Galle, 11 1/2 inches tall, $3,850; and a continental inkwell elaborately decorated with enamel scenes of lovers and putti, winged women figures on sides, possible gilt on silver, $1,980.

For information, 440-275-6674.