Date: Fri 25-Sep-1998

Publication: Ant

Author: CAROLL

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Burchard-Galleries

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Seventh Sale Puts Burchard Over The Top

By Rita Easton

ST PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Following their seventh auction of the year on July 26,

Todd Burchard, of J.B. Burchard Galleries, reported that the firm had already

broken the previous record for a year's growth. More than 500 lots crossed the

block on that day, with bidders from all over the US adding to international

competition in the gallery, on the phones, and represented left bids.

The subject of the auction was antiques and investment art. While he declined

to reveal the gross realized, Burchard was pleased. "We've been here for ten

years," he said, "but my dad operated the business for 20 years before that."

Headlining the event was an oil on canvas by Eugenio Eduardo Zampighi

(Italian, 1859-1944). The interior scene depicted a large peasant family and

measured 28 by 41 inches. The lot, typical of the style of Zampighi (est

$35/45,000) went to a dealer in England at $30,000.

A Gustave Leonhard DeJonghe (Belgian, 1829-1893) oil on canvas, "Kind Heart,"

depicting a young girl giving money to the homeless (est $15/20,000) made

$11,500; and a Jacques Francois Carabain (Belgian, 1834-1892), an oil on

canvas of a waterside city scene with figures, titled "Marine View at

Vernazza, Italy," this information verso and signed verso (est $12/14,000),

reached $10,000.

Three Eric Sloane (American, 1910-1985) New England paintings, all oil on

masonite, consigned by a retired Air Force pilot, realized $9,000 for "Hyde

Park Bridge, Vermont"; $6,500 for "Deserted Bridge, South Royalton, Vermont";

and $9,500 for "Near New Milford."

An Emil Soren Carlsen (New York, 1853-1932) oil on canvas titled "Spring

Landscape," signed and dated on the lower right, painted in 1882, went to a

dealer at $3,000; a Colin Campbell Cooper (Santa Barbara, Calif., 1856-1937),

"Gateway to the Generalife Palace, Grenada, Spain," a gouache on paper on

board, went to a dealer at $2,500; and an early map of Europe dated 1706, by

J.B. Homann, 19‹ by 22‹ inches, went out at $800.

A four foot high cast iron garden sculpture depicting a man holding a child,

attributed to Fiske, reached $3,000; a 4'8" by 7'5" handmade Persian Bidjar

rug with red ground sold at $1,300; and a Victorian walnut three drawer

armoire with three doors, unusual carved shell crest and finials, raised

panels of walnut, burl, and crotch grained veneers, with shaped and cut out

designs to quarter columns, 92 inches high, realized $2,000.

Two Chinese carved ivory boats, one resembling a clipper ship, four feet long

and one depicting a cruise liner named Smiling Family, 2« feet long, reached

$4,000 and $2,000 respectively; a 12-panel black lacquer and painted Chinese

screen, with inlaid jade and bone, sold at $4,000; a Herman Miller stick and

ball wall clock fetched $600; and an English Arts and Crafts-era terra-cotta

jardiniere, signed, 10¬ inches high, having four handles, achieved $600.

Prices quoted do not reflect buyer's premium.