Date: Fri 26-Mar-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: CAROLL

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Butterscotch

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Modest Estimates Ignored At Butterscotch

By Rita Easton

BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Bedford Historic Hall in Bedford Village was the site of a

January 17 sale held by Butterscotch Auction Gallery. The event was preceded

by three preview sessions. Various estates and partial estates were

represented.

Fetching the high bid of the day at $6,030 was a Japanese antique carved

ivory, also making it the surprise of the day. The 18-inch high lot, depicting

a warm scene of a mother carrying her child in a basket on her back, amusing

the infant with a bird she holds in her hand at her shoulder, was estimated at

a modest $900/1,500.

Another escalation drove a jewelry lot from an estimated $2/3,000 to a final

$5,290. The ladies' ring was set with a green glass emerald-like stone that

was flanked by two mine-cut diamonds, one a carat and the other a carat and a

half in weight, in a gold setting.

Three small holes and overall end wear did not keep a Kirman rug with overall

pattern from a winning bid of $4,370 for the 19'8" by 11'5" lot; and an

Eighteenth Century American stained and carved birch bonnet top highboy, with

carved upper and lower fan drawers, garnered $4,313, within estimate. The lot,

of Northeast origin, had Timmerbeil family provenance since the early

Twentieth Century.

A pair of bronze busts, 18-inches high, by Eugene Antoine Aizelin (French,

1821-1902), both with Barbedienne Foundry mark, only one artist signed,

reached $3,450; a group of nine wrist watches (est $100/150 for the lot),

realized $2,645; and a Chinese Peking rug, having an ivory field with a dark

blue border, 5'10" by 5'10", more than doubled its high estimate at $2,645.

A signed Japanese antique carved ivory, 14«-inch high, depicting a peasant

woman with a basket of parsnips, with age staining and cracks, soared past a

$700 high estimate to garner $2,645; a pair of Bohemian amber-to-clear cut

stem vases with hunt scenes, petal base and cut rim, 14-inches high, sold at

$2,990; a group of 24 framed Japanese woodblock prints reached $2,484; and a

set of four Meissen figurines, approximately five-inches high, with some

damage, went out at $2,415.

Waterford stemware, comprising eight red wine glasses, 12 white wine glasses,

three sherry and six cordial glasses, brought $1,955; a lot of jewelry

comprising a three piece coral and 14-karat yellow gold parure, a five strand

necklace, an eight strand bracelet, and a pair of earrings, achieved $1,495. A

Twentieth Century Italian walnut bureau bookcase, 70-inches high, having a

domed top with mirrored front, with two piece construction, reached $2,070.

Prices quoted include a required buyers premium.