Date: Fri 22-Jan-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: CAROLL

Quick Words:

Cyr-Easton

Full Text:

Local Offerings Attract Buyers To Cyr

(with 3 cuts)

By Rita Easton

GRAY, ME. -- The partial contents from homes in Winslow, Raymond, and Yarmouth

were offered in a 616-lot sale held by Cyr Auction Gallery. Approximately 200

were in attendance at the December 16 event, which grossed $86,000.

"There wasn't anything offered that was historically important," said Pam

Labonte of the gallery, "but there were a lot of local people who wanted to

buy from the local estates."

Members of the trade snapped up several of the highest-priced lots, including

a room-sized Oriental rug which brought $2,800; a mahogany shaped-top

Hepplewhite card table with inlay, which reached $2,300; and another

room-sized Oriental rug, which sold for $1,800.

One of the most charming pieces to cross the block was a Twentieth Century

Shreve, Crump, and Low inlaid grandmother clock, surmounted with three finials

and a fretwork crest, which realized $1,200. A weight-driven Waltham banjo

clock, with reverse painted scene of a house, the lot surmounted with an

eagle, made $1,650.

Two mahogany Federal chests sold at $1,150 each, one with white Sandwich pulls

and hairy paw feet; a collection of shaving mugs ranged from $35 to $250; an

oil on canvas by Joachim Franz Beich, depicting towering trees in the

foreground, sky and mountain in the background, with a winding path

integrating the scene, reached $700; a pastel by Horace Champagne garnered

$450; and a lot of clothing, comprising delicate, lacy, white period pieces,

garnered $275.

African art from the Dino D'Angelo collection of Chicago ranged from $175 to

$350. The pieces included a Dogon ancestor figure, a Fang dance mask, a Janus

mask, and a winged headdress mask of carved wood.

A large Canton Chinese Export platter reached $750; a pair of porcelain vases

brought $500; and a Staffordshire bowl and pitcher achieved $400.

A Samuel Aiken oil on canvas of cockfighting roosters was passed.

Prices quoted do not reflect a ten percent buyers premium.