Date: Fri 05-Feb-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: JUDIR

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Blackwood/March

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Blackwood/March January 6 Fine Art And Antiques Auction Results

(with cuts)

ESSEX, MASS. -- Two hundred-ninety-six lots crossed the block at the January 6

Blackwood/March auction. Contents of Wellesley and Cape Ann estates, together

with a Cape Ann art collection, comprised the bulk of the sale.

Top furniture lots were a triple-base mahogany banquet table, which sold at

$3,410; a Massachusetts Neoclassical mahogany card table, which went to a

North Shore collector for $1,980; a mahogany veneered Neoclassical chest,

probably built in Salem, which found a home for $1,100; and a Centennial

bench-made child's slant-lid desk drew bids to $1,210.

Accessories ranged from a carriage clock with painted panels, which induced

bidders to pay $3,740, to a ten-inch brass Chelsea ship's clock, which chimed

in at $2,420, and an early New England banjo clock, which found a home at

$1,320.

Estate jewelry included a one-carat diamond ring, which drew $1,850, and a

diamond and pearl brooch, which attained $1,100.

Nautical artifacts included a launch half model, which sold at $660; another

half model, which was bid to $715; a pair of anchor form andirons, which were

bid to $176; and a whale bone corkscrew, which hit $220.

One hundred thirty works of art found a market. A small Emile A. Gruppe harbor

oil drew bids from across the nation and settled at $4,400. A seven by nine

inch Frederick Mulhaupt street scene realized $2,090, a small Paul Strisik oil

landscape attained $1,045, and an Arthur Diehl city oil found a home at $797.

Prices include a ten percent buyer's premium. The next Blackwood/March auction

is scheduled for early March and will feature Cape Ann and New England

estates.