Date: Fri 29-Jan-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: JUDIR

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Alderfer

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Alderfer's Winter Sale

(with 6 cuts)

HATFIELD, PENN. -- On December 10, The Alderfer Auction Company held a Winter

Quarterly Catalogued Auction at its facility, featuring displays of French and

American furniture, Meissen, Sevres, Limoges, Saxe, Dresden and other

porcelain, as well as fine art. Both national and international buyers

participated.

The highlight of the sale was a Henry Wismer tall case clock from Bucks

County, Penn., which sold to a phone bidder for $23,100, and a Jacob Hege tall

case clock, from a private collector in Montgomery County, Penn., which

brought $17,600.

A 38-inch-high monumental Sevres bronze ormolu mounted urn sold for $9,625. An

ormolu handled and based Sevres card tray sold for $550, and a grouping of

more than 100 pieces of Meissen in the "Blue Onion" pattern sold for a

combined price of $4,690.

Two KPM figural salts brought a final price of $880. Both were double wells

centered by children in drape and were decorated with birds and insects.

More than 40 lots of Orientalia were offered, among them a Satsuma lidded box,

heavily decorated, which sold for $1,265. A six-piece lustre garniture in

crystal, gilt and enamel brought $2,530; a castor set of Georgian silver, with

an armorial shield engraving and chase decoration, sold for $1,980; and a

Watson Company for J.E. Caldwell sterling bowl and two covered vegetables, in

the "Navarre" pattern, realized $2,310.

Historical items included a Civil War period manuscript Regimental Order

Copybook of the 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, depicting copies of

orders issued by and to the regiment from 1861 to 1863, which sold for $1,320.

Oriental rugs attracted a strong buying market. Among the top features was a

9'10" by 7'10" antique Sarouk, which sold for $4,510. A 13 by 10 foot European

Kashan sold for $6,325, and a nine by four foot Shirvan runner realized

$3,630. A 24 by 8 foot Kirman sold for $3,410, and an 11' by 11'9" Aubusson

garnered $6,600.

Pennsylvania furniture also attracted a very strong market. A walnut

Pennsylvania Chippendale slant-front desk sold for $4,950; and a western

Pennsylvania Dutch cupboard, in walnut and tiger maple, as well as a Sheraton

corner cupboard in striped cherry and mahogany, each brought $4,950.

In the folk art category, two miniature houses equipped with interior fountain

fixtures and owned by three generations of a Souderton, Penn., family, had

wonderfully preserved paint in yellow, green and red, mounted on matching

table bases. Towers housed oil lamps, and gardens were encased by fencing. The

larger, at 53 inches tall, brought $22,000, and the smaller, at 40 inches

tall, brought $13,750.

A pair of 47-inch painted wooden angels soared to $1,265 each.

A selection of French furniture included a Vernis Martin vitrine in mahogany,

with ormulo mounts and a bombe style base, which sold for $4,675. An Empire

pier table saw a final price of $3,300.

A Rockport, Mass. artist, Harry Aiken Vincent, was represented by an oil on

canvas harbor scene, which brought $11,825, and Buck County's S. George

Phillips was represented by an oil landscape painting which brought $8,250. An

oil on panel by Aaron Henry Gorson of New York City, of a Pittsburgh

industrial scene attracted a great deal of pre-auction interest and despite

damage, fetched $4,125.

Three Antonio P. Martino oil on canvas paintings, "Oakview Road," "Autumn

Trees" and "The Red Barn," sold for $13,200, $8,250 and $5,500 respectively.

Walter E. Baum's double-sided painting, "Woodland Brook" and "Lehigh Hills in

Upper Bucks County," sold for $5,775; his "Lehigh Mountain Road," an oil on

canvas, brought $3,410; and his winter Sellersville landscape sold for $4,950.

An oil on canvas of "Gould St., Gloucester Mass," by Baum's student and

Zionsville Pennsylvania artist Melville Stark, sold for $3,575.

Two paintings by Philadelphia's Paul Carl Weber were featured: An oil on board

river landscape brought $3,630 and an oil on canvas scene of "Willow Creek

Park, Philadelphia" brought $2,860. Stamford artist Du Bois Fenelon Hasbrouck

was represented by an oil on board painting titled "Evening," which fetched

$3,410.

Prices quoted include a ten percent buyer's premium. Alderfer is at 501

Fairground Road. The firm's next catalogued auction is scheduled for March 11.

For information, 215/393-3000.