Date: Fri 12-Feb-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: DAVIDS

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Nadeau-Twain-Easton

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Nadeau Postsale

(with cuts)

By Rita Easton

WINDSOR, CONN. -- New Year's Day auction fever struck at Nadeau's Auction

Gallery, attracting between five and six hundred competitors for the 420 lots

being offered. Items deaccessioned by the Mark Twain House in Hartford proved

to be a major draw, despite attractive wares also being offered at numerous

alternate January 1 auctions being conducted in the area. Auctioneer Ed Nadeau

reported a gross for the day of $385,000.

A tall case clock signed by Walter Durfee brought the top bid of the day:

$13,500. The turn-of-the-century mahogany cased lot was purchased by a dealer.

A Margolis bedroom set comprising six pieces, in mahogany, realized $11,250; a

laminated rosewood pierce carved settee, possibly by Modine, upholstered in

pale green, $3,400; a small Tiffany table lamp $2,500; a large covered Imari

porcelain jar decorated with an intricate and colorful design $2,700; and a

sailor's valentine, eight sided, with the message "Home Again," sold for

$3,000.

A pair of French porcelain vases deaccessioned from the Mark Twain House sold

at $3,300; a faux bamboo nightstand with single drawer, $1,300; a petit point

Aubosson tapestry upholstered four-piece Louis XV parlor suit comprising of a

settee, two side chairs and an armchair, $14,000; and a George III mahogany

veneer and inlaid sideboard went out at $4,600.

A Louis XVI style giltwood canape with center crest and open arms sold at

$2,700; a Fineberg mahogany highboy with broken arch top and shell carved

drawers, $3,500; an oil on canvas signed Meeker depicting a mountainous

landscape, $6,250; a Gustav Stickley trestle table, $1,200; two small

Marblehead bowls, $1,700; and a Handel gooseneck lamp, also from the Mark

Twain House, realized $1,800.

A lockside faux bamboo chest went out at 5,300, while a faux bamboo mirrored

chest reached $3,600. A substantial armoire with a single door mounted with a

mirror, attributed to Pabst, was termed a good buy at $3,500, and a French

vitrine was purchased at $2,200.

A couple of roomsize Sarouks were sold, with a 10 by 20 foot carpet bringing

$5,500, and a smaller example, at 10 x 13 feet, sold for $4,000.

Prices do not include the ten percent buyer's premium charged. For further

information contact Ed Nadeau at 860/246-2444.