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MORFORDS MAXFIELD PARRISH AUCTION

(with 3 cuts)

CAZENOVIA, N.Y. -- Wm Morford Antiques' third Maxfield Parrish absentee

auction closed for bidding on Saturday, November 7. The unreserved sale

consisted of 183 lots. A majority of the items had been selected from three

long-established collections.

Seventeen complete Edison Mazda calendars were offered. Large-sized examples

included a 1926 "Enchantment," without pad, which brought $2,200; a 1927

"Reveries" with complete pads, which reached $2,800; and a 1930 "Ecstasy,"

which rang up at $1,950.

Included in the small-size Edison Mazda's were a 1923 "Lampseller," without

pad, which sold for $800; a 1924 "Venetian Lamplighter" with full pad, which

garnered $2,100 and a 1925 "Dream Light, full pad, which realized $1,050.

Among the Brown & Bigelow calendars were a 1951 "Daybreak" executive, which

fetched $475, and a medium 1938 "The Glen," which hammered down at $550.

Included among the many Parrish illustrated magazines and periodicals were a

November 1912 Hearst Magazine with a Parrish cover, which went for $400, and

an illustrated page from the December 1927 illustrated London News, titled "A

Departure," which also brought $400.

Art prints included an exceptional "Sing A Song of Six Pence," which sold for

$2,200; a large "Rubaiyat" in fancy original frame, which brought $1,800; and

a medium-sized "Cleopatra," which reached $1,550.

Advertising posters and cropped calendars again proved most popular. Top lots

included a framed "Peter Peter" illustration, cropped from Ferry Seeds

advertising poster, which sold for $2,800; a "Spirit of the Night," cropped

from a small 1919 Edison Mazda calendar, which brought $1,950; and a cardboard

"Jack Sprat" poster advertising "Swift's Premium Hams," which realized $3,100.

Miscellaneous items of note included an 1897 handwritten letter to an

individual who had commissioned a picture, which rang up $1,100; a 1897

Wanamaker's catalogue with Parrish illustrated cover design, which sold for

$550; a "Tea Tray" illustrated postcard, which was purchased at $475; and a

large birdhouse designed and built by Parrish for use at his home and studio

at "The Oaks," which brought $3,100.

Prices quoted do not include a ten percent buyers premium. Morford's next

Parrish sale is planned for the spring. For information, 315/662-7625.