Date: Fri 05-Feb-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: LIZAM

Quick Words:

Easton-Apple-Tree

Full Text:

Apple Tree Postsale

(with 2 cuts)

By Rita Easton

NEWARK, OHIO -- A sale featuring 5,000 lots took place at Apple Tree Auction

Center on January 7, 8, and 9. Along with 500 bidders were numerous absentee

bids, estimated at 1,500, with many additional phone bidders, due to an ice

storm in the area at the time, "the worst storm of the year," as described by

auctioneer Sam Schnaidt. "We were lucky to have the crowd that we got."

Garnering the highest bid of the day, an antique Ushak measuring 9 feet 6

inches by 17 feet 6 inches reached $4,700, selling to a dealer.

A mahogany bonnet top breakfront chest-on-chest, probably centennial, fetched

$3,000; an outstanding centennial George III settee with inlay, with open arms

and an oval back having a modest crest carving, sold at $3,000; and a number

of Heriz rugs of various sizes ranged between $1,500 and $3,000.

The buyer of a Chickering piano was lucky to have won it at $2,400. The 1857

model was a rosewood example of a "cocked hat" parlor grand, in all original

condition. An early Imari bowl, 25 inches in diameter, having an old repair,

achieved $3,900; a 24-inch high bronze, a man on a horse with hounds, by P.J.

Mene, went out at $1,800; and a bronze Scottish huntsman, also by Mene,

standing 21 inches high, sold at $1,500.

A group of cloisonne, including bowls, covered bowls, vases, plates and

platters, were purchased within a range of $100 to $500, with the exception of

a Japanese cloisonne charger featuring an image of lotus blossoms, which

realized $1,200; a pair of 16-inch ivory tusks with applied decoration of

flowers and leaves in mother-of-pearl, signed and mounted, were sold at

$3,900; an open carved 24-inch ivory tusk reached $1,100; and smaller ivory

carvings fetched $300 to $800.

French and German porcelain ranged from $500 to $1,500, including French

bisque, which Schnaidt considered to be low figures for the lots; while a

group of Tiffany studio pieces were found to have several pieces not thought

to be original, including a lamp which went out at $1,500, and questionable

vases and lamps selling at $200 to $300.

"They would have brought a lot more if everybody had felt good about them,"

said Schnaidt.

A signed Stickley small table went to a New York gallery at $3,000; and a

group of early Navajo rugs fetched $200 to $1,400, the high going to a

knockout dazzler.

Apple Tree Auctions does not require a buyers premium or reserve.