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FIRST WAREHOUSE GALLERY AUCTION SUCCESSFUL FOR G & CO. w/6 cuts

DEDHAM, MASS. - Grogan & Company held its first Warehouse Gallery Auction at

its new location in Dedham on May 29 and 30. The two-day auction offered

jewelry, silver, paintings and Oriental rugs and netted over a half million

dollars in sales. "We are pleased to be operating out of our own space again,"

quoted Michael Grogan, president and chief auctioneer, "Our clients were

pleased with the exhibition space and the turn out for both sales was

excellent."

The highlight of the jewelry sale, a diamond and platinum bow brooch by J.E.

Caldwell, sold for $8,050 (est $7/9,000) and a diamond and ruby brooch in the

form of a swallow also by J.E. Caldwell sold for $3,450 (est $1/1,500).

The silver session realized the highest prices of the sale. A four piece tea

service and tray, blossom pattern, by Danish maker Georg Jensen brought

$12,650 (est $5/7,000); and a flatware service, acanthus pattern, by the same

maker sold for $12,075 to a last minute phone bidder. Four Georgian

candlesticks formerly from the collection of the Countess of Essex fetched

$6,612.50 (est $3/5,000).

Works on paper were the featured highlights of the paintings session and

included "Rolling Down," a contemporary gouache by Alexander Calder, which

fetched $10,350 and "View from the Sandcastle," a watercolor by Sears

Gallagher, which brought $4,600. Two rare watercolors of songbirds by

well-known author and illustrator Roger Tory Peterson, sold for $2,645

(unsigned) and $2,875 (signed) to a private collector. "Quail and Grouse," by

another well-known bird illustrator, Francis Lee Jaques, fetched $2,300 (est

$400/600). "The Swan," an impressionistic oil on canvas circa 1917 by Chicago

artist Benjamin Kelman, brought $5,715, a potential auction record for this

artist. "Kneeling Amenhotep III," an oil on canvas by American artist, Joseph

Lindon Smith, sold for $7,475.

For information regarding future sales call 781/461-9500.