Date: Fri 25-Sep-1998

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Author: JUDIR

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Barbara Prindle Estate Offered At Croul

(with cuts)

By Rita Easton

NEWBURGH, ME. -- Robert E. Croul Estate Services held an on-site auction on

August 22, offering the estate of Barbara Prindle, formerly of Maryland but

more recently a resident of Castine, Me.

"It was lifetime accumulation of furniture and accessories," said Croul, "and

a good many family items that were passed down."

Five hundred thirty lots crossed the block, with dealers snapping up the most

coveted lots. "I would say 85 percent of my sales are to dealers," Croul

noted, "and I'd say that in this particular auction the smalls were the most

sought after."

A primitive oil on board was the starring lot at $9,000. The 40 by 32 inch

painting, which featured a girl in a red dress holding a book, went to a

dealer.

An oil on canvas titled "Corinna" by Nineteenth Century Yale teacher J.H.

Niemeyer, painted in 1882, fetched $7,600 from a dealer. The three-quarter

portrait of a woman was unusual in that the back of the subject faced the

viewer, with the head turned to show a profile.

A group of eight color lithographs of flowers by Thornton, dated 1798 to 1804,

ranged from $1,000 to $3,000, with "Roses" bringing $2,000, "Primrose"

reaching $2,400, and "Carnations" going for $1,700. A Canton tea caddy

realized $1,600, and a pair of 12 by 16 inch theorem still life paintings on

velvet, in original lemon-gold frames, garnered $4,000.

A Seventeenth Century relief-carved panel, which appeared to be a fragment

from a church door, the carving depicting a sheep, sold at $2,000; a German

Seventeenth Century iron strong box realized $1,500; a sampler done by Mary

Jane Frost made $1,350; a mahogany oxbow Chippendale desk went out at $1,400;

an English mahogany corner cupboard was a good buy at $1,050; and a pair of

steeple top Nineteenth Century andirons brought $1,100.

A swell front mahogany chest of drawers realized $1,800; a simple six board

pine blanket chest in old blue paint was purchased at $800; a snake foot

candlestand made $950; a pair of Sandwich glass bottles fetched $550; a flat

top highboy, thought to be a married piece, sold at $2,500; a mahogany four

drawer chest dated 1790, brought $800; and a pair of early garniture urns, 15

inches high, sold at $1,400.

In keeping with his philosophy of auctions with a country flair, Croul does

not take phone bids, and all items are sold without reserve.

Prices quoted do not reflect a required ten percent buyers premium.