When Ford Maddox Ford traveled half way around the world in the 1930’s, he broke his journey on a Pennsylvania hillside near Paoli and described his friend Esherick’s workshop as a kind of sanctuary for the human spirit.
As his studio was a peaceful retreat, high in the woods overlooking the Great Valley, so Esherick was something of a loner. His long and productive career is curiously resistant to description in art historical terms. Like Ford Maddox Ford, many of his closest friends were not artists but men of letters: Theodore Dreiser worked over the stage version of An American Tragedy in Esherick’s kitchen; Spiral Pole, one of Esherick’s finest abstract sculptures, was carved during a visit to Sherwood Anderson (who later asked that his friend be commissioned to design his tombstone).
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2010 All-Dairy Antiques And Collectibles Show To Feature Consignment Auction, Jersey Breed And Family Exhibits Show Now Accepting Exhibitor Registrations, Auction Consignments
The 13th All-Dairy Antiques and Collectibles Show will highlight a unique blend of history and artifacts reflecting rural life in the dairy industry, from September 17 to 22 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center’s Dairy Activities Center during the All-American Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Show hours are Friday, September 17, from noon to 5 p.m.; and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from September 18 through 22. The second annual auction is set for Tuesday, September 21 at 6 p.m. at the PA Preferred Banquet Hall.
As a new feature this year, families are invited to display their large collections of antiques and current items from their farms.
While the Jersey breed will take center stage this year, all antiques enthusiasts are encouraged to participate as the show is an excellent opportunity to not only display, but to buy, sell, or trade items as well. All display items will feature descriptive information, including date-of-origin, to provide show visitors and non-collectors an exceptional educational opportunity.
Americana, Fine Antiques & Decorative Arts
Show hours are Friday, September 17, from noon to 5 p.m.; and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from September 18 through 22. The second annual auction is set for Tuesday, September 21 at 6 p.m. at the PA Preferred Banquet Hall.
As a new feature this year, families are invited to display their large collections of antiques and current items from their farms.
While the Jersey breed will take center stage this year, all antiques enthusiasts are encouraged to participate as the show is an excellent opportunity to not only display, but to buy, sell, or trade items as well. All display items will feature descriptive information, including date-of-origin, to provide show visitors and non-collectors an exceptional educational opportunity.
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Americana, Fine Antiques & Decorative Arts
In Latest J.S.E.A. Sale
On Saturday, June 26, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates conducted its semiannual catalogued auction of Americana, Fine Antiques & Decorative Arts in Mount Crawford, Virginia. The 567-lot auction began at 9:30 a.m. ET and concluded in just under five hours.
The auction included material formerly in the collection of Dr. E. R. Eller (Curator, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA from 1949-1969), deaccessioned material from a Virginia institution, fresh offerings from the Hilda Fried estate of New York City, numerous Shenandoah Valley estates and several private Virginia collections.
The sale’s champion lot was a two-piece Pennsylvania paint-decorated poplar Dutch Cupboard from the Eller collection that retained its original two-tone grain painted surface. In excellent condition with no replacements or major repairs, the cupboard sold to a telephone bidder for $17,250 (lot 339). All prices quoted here include a 15% buyer’s premium.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates is one of the few auction houses that offer an in-house packing and shipping service, carefully preparing all but excessively large objects for transport across the country and around the world, but the packing crew undoubtedly heaved a collective sigh of relief when a floor bidder won lot 409, a pair of French palace urns marked for manufacturer Samson Porcelain Works. Each Chinese-style covered urn, with extensive chinoiserie polychrome decoration and gilt highlights, measured 19" in diameter and 30" high. Despite a rim chip and light hairline to one urn, this monumental pair achieved an astounding $13,800.
The auction included material formerly in the collection of Dr. E. R. Eller (Curator, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA from 1949-1969), deaccessioned material from a Virginia institution, fresh offerings from the Hilda Fried estate of New York City, numerous Shenandoah Valley estates and several private Virginia collections.
The sale’s champion lot was a two-piece Pennsylvania paint-decorated poplar Dutch Cupboard from the Eller collection that retained its original two-tone grain painted surface. In excellent condition with no replacements or major repairs, the cupboard sold to a telephone bidder for $17,250 (lot 339). All prices quoted here include a 15% buyer’s premium.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates is one of the few auction houses that offer an in-house packing and shipping service, carefully preparing all but excessively large objects for transport across the country and around the world, but the packing crew undoubtedly heaved a collective sigh of relief when a floor bidder won lot 409, a pair of French palace urns marked for manufacturer Samson Porcelain Works. Each Chinese-style covered urn, with extensive chinoiserie polychrome decoration and gilt highlights, measured 19" in diameter and 30" high. Despite a rim chip and light hairline to one urn, this monumental pair achieved an astounding $13,800.
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Ask Joe
Dear Joe:
We have an 1864-34 star American flag. It has been in the family for years but received no special care. I took it to a local antiques fair and was told Abraham Lincoln was the sitting president in 1864. The antiques people were particularly interested in the stars being sewn from both sides and the holes for mounting the flag were not metal grommets but small diameter rope sewn around the mounting holes. The flag appears to be linen and has two rows of 8 stars and two rows of 9 stars. What is its value?
Thank you,
C. S.
Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall
We have an 1864-34 star American flag. It has been in the family for years but received no special care. I took it to a local antiques fair and was told Abraham Lincoln was the sitting president in 1864. The antiques people were particularly interested in the stars being sewn from both sides and the holes for mounting the flag were not metal grommets but small diameter rope sewn around the mounting holes. The flag appears to be linen and has two rows of 8 stars and two rows of 9 stars. What is its value?
Thank you,
C. S.
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Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall
Celebrating 14th Annual Labor Day Sale
Event Runs Saturday, September 4th Through Saturday, September 11th
Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall will be hosting its 14th Annual Labor Day Sale, beginning on Saturday, September 4th and running through Saturday, September 11th. Don’t miss the incredible savings! Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall is located at 3371 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, Pennsylvania, on Route 30, four miles west of Route 41 and only six miles east of Rockvale Square Outlet Mall. The mall is minutes away from everything Lancaster County has to offer.
“During the sale,” says owner Dale Womer, “we will be offering huge savings storewide, on almost everything in our over five million dollars of inventory.” Our huge 26,000 square foot facility houses a wide variety of antiques and collectibles, displayed by over 125 dealers. Our dealers feature such fine items as: furniture, glassware, sterling silver, clocks, advertising, jewelry, fine china, toys, books, postcards, trains, Christmas, pottery, linens, primitives, kitchenware & much, much more! It is impossible to list everything we have to offer. Come, and be amazed at the quality selection.”
Housed inside the antique mall, is an Old Time General Store, taking visitors back in time to the Mom & Pop stores of years ago. There’s convenient parking for over 100 vehicles, with a spacious area for campers, trailers, and tour buses at Cackleberry. “Come and shop in our clean, climate-controlled, brightly lit and carpeted mall,” says Womer, “absolutely one of the best shopping experiences in Lancaster County!”
“During the sale,” says owner Dale Womer, “we will be offering huge savings storewide, on almost everything in our over five million dollars of inventory.” Our huge 26,000 square foot facility houses a wide variety of antiques and collectibles, displayed by over 125 dealers. Our dealers feature such fine items as: furniture, glassware, sterling silver, clocks, advertising, jewelry, fine china, toys, books, postcards, trains, Christmas, pottery, linens, primitives, kitchenware & much, much more! It is impossible to list everything we have to offer. Come, and be amazed at the quality selection.”
Housed inside the antique mall, is an Old Time General Store, taking visitors back in time to the Mom & Pop stores of years ago. There’s convenient parking for over 100 vehicles, with a spacious area for campers, trailers, and tour buses at Cackleberry. “Come and shop in our clean, climate-controlled, brightly lit and carpeted mall,” says Womer, “absolutely one of the best shopping experiences in Lancaster County!”
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Collector Chats With Peter Seibert This Week: 20th-Century Silhouettes
Everything always comes around that goes around that comes around again! Okay, perhaps I messed up the phrase, but the point is that when it comes to fine and decorative arts, there always seems to be a revival of something earlier. This is very true when it comes to the simple silhouette.
The earliest profile silhouettes in the United States date to the time of the Revolution. Using a stylus and other tools, cut silhouettes of both everyday folk and national celebrities were part of the American artistic scene in the eighteenth century. These early works were usually small intimate profiles that could be framed and hung on walls or, as I have often found them, tucked away inside of Bibles and other books.
By the 19th century, artists expanded their repertoire to include full length silhouettes, and ultimately family groups. These larger pieces incorporated not only the cut-work of early examples but also the artist hand of watercolorists who added room settings. Such pieces are not as common today as many of the early examples. Why? Because the wooden backings with which they were framed frequently burned the paper - with the result being that many have deteriorated over the years.
The late Victorian period saw a rebirth of silhouette making, following 18th century precedent. These examples were made, (often portraying George and Martha Washington), as part of the Colonial Revival movement that begins around the Civil War and blossomed in 1876 during the Centennial.
Garth’s Annual Labor Day Weekend
Pook & Pook’s Variety Auction -
The earliest profile silhouettes in the United States date to the time of the Revolution. Using a stylus and other tools, cut silhouettes of both everyday folk and national celebrities were part of the American artistic scene in the eighteenth century. These early works were usually small intimate profiles that could be framed and hung on walls or, as I have often found them, tucked away inside of Bibles and other books.
By the 19th century, artists expanded their repertoire to include full length silhouettes, and ultimately family groups. These larger pieces incorporated not only the cut-work of early examples but also the artist hand of watercolorists who added room settings. Such pieces are not as common today as many of the early examples. Why? Because the wooden backings with which they were framed frequently burned the paper - with the result being that many have deteriorated over the years.
The late Victorian period saw a rebirth of silhouette making, following 18th century precedent. These examples were made, (often portraying George and Martha Washington), as part of the Colonial Revival movement that begins around the Civil War and blossomed in 1876 during the Centennial.
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Garth’s Annual Labor Day Weekend
Americana Auction
When someone says the words “diary” or “journal”, it evokes thoughts of young girls ensconced in their rooms, quickly chronicling personal thoughts and school experiences, but to even the average antiques collector, the words more frequently bring to mind a treasure trove of records and inventory lists of antiques and decorative arts discoveries. On September 3 and 4, Garth’s Auctions of Delaware, Ohio, will host its Annual Labor Day Weekend Americana auction, comprised of over 800 lots which will include collections of great 18th-century furniture from a Michigan consignor, and Peaseware from Washington State. Each of these collections is accompanied by the sort of documentation that makes collectors and dealers of antiques smile. Garth’s was given copies of each collector’s diaries in which they recorded each object (with a picture), along with what they bought it as, where they bought it, who they bought objects from, and what they paid. Garth’s auctioneer and appraiser, Andrew Richmond commented “Such collection diaries are HUGELY valuable resources as items are catalogued for auction and for the future owners. With current technology and the potential added value of a well-documented provenance, it is easier than ever for 21st-century collectors not to be keeping some sort of collection diary or journal.”
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Pook & Pook’s Variety Auction -
September 9 And 10
Pook & Pook, Inc.’s first auction to begin the fall season will be a “Variety Auction” on September 9th and 10th. The company will now offer a printed color catalogue for this type of sale for the first time. Customers now have several choices, which include printing the catalogue from the website or obtaining this color catalogue when they preview the auction. As usual, a wide range of objects will be available for sale. The Pennsylvania estates of Bernice Cramer, Naomi David, H. Richard Dietrich, Jr. and Gerald Lestz together with items from the Henry Ford Museum, the Gloucester County Historical Society of New Jersey and others will provide the opportunity to purchase some very interesting items.
A large quantity of toys will be sold on both Thursday afternoon and Friday. Cast-iron vehicles, lithographed tin windup and pull toy vehicles, Schoenhut instruments, figural wind-up toys and games, trains, model forts, banks, Stieff animals, building blocks and boxes games are just a few of the extensive collection. Large lots of space related robots and guns round out the mix.
Furniture will be offered throughout the sale. A Pennsylvania Chippendale walnut slant lid desk, two Hepplewhite mahogany sideboards, a Pennsylvania Queen Anne walnut chest on frame, an interesting Moroccan inlaid games table and a Tindale Cabinet Company specimen chest on frame will be sold on Thursday, as well as several Maryland pieces, a Biedermeyer corner cupboard and a high top painted dry sink. An English breakfast table, painted dower chest, Sheraton secretary, an American chime tall case clock and Georgian hunt table are some of the furniture highlights to be offered on Friday.
Buyers interested in ceramics will have their pick of many lots. Chinese export tableware including turquoise footed bowl, rose medallion pieces, famille jeune jardinière, garnitures, teapots, Celedon plates and serving pieces will be offered. Other Chinese porcelains include cache pots, vases, ginger jars and Blanc de Chine figures. A collection of Blue Onion pattern dinnerware to include service pieces and utensils, Staffordshire figures, flow blue in various patterns, gaudy ironstone, Limoges and queens rose will all attract interest among bidders. Blue decorated stoneware, Majolica and redware add to the ceramic category.
A large quantity of toys will be sold on both Thursday afternoon and Friday. Cast-iron vehicles, lithographed tin windup and pull toy vehicles, Schoenhut instruments, figural wind-up toys and games, trains, model forts, banks, Stieff animals, building blocks and boxes games are just a few of the extensive collection. Large lots of space related robots and guns round out the mix.
Furniture will be offered throughout the sale. A Pennsylvania Chippendale walnut slant lid desk, two Hepplewhite mahogany sideboards, a Pennsylvania Queen Anne walnut chest on frame, an interesting Moroccan inlaid games table and a Tindale Cabinet Company specimen chest on frame will be sold on Thursday, as well as several Maryland pieces, a Biedermeyer corner cupboard and a high top painted dry sink. An English breakfast table, painted dower chest, Sheraton secretary, an American chime tall case clock and Georgian hunt table are some of the furniture highlights to be offered on Friday.
Buyers interested in ceramics will have their pick of many lots. Chinese export tableware including turquoise footed bowl, rose medallion pieces, famille jeune jardinière, garnitures, teapots, Celedon plates and serving pieces will be offered. Other Chinese porcelains include cache pots, vases, ginger jars and Blanc de Chine figures. A collection of Blue Onion pattern dinnerware to include service pieces and utensils, Staffordshire figures, flow blue in various patterns, gaudy ironstone, Limoges and queens rose will all attract interest among bidders. Blue decorated stoneware, Majolica and redware add to the ceramic category.
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Treasures Of Every Kind Offered In Roan’s Sale
Many valuable antiques and collectibles have passed through the gallery at ROAN Inc. Auctioneers & Appraisers in Cogan Station, Pennsylvania. The 2010 season at Roan’s opened with the Annual Memorial Day Weekend Auction 2010 and the sale of an exceptionally clean 1700’s Pennsylvania walnut case Grandfather’s clock signed by maker “Henry Hahn, Reading Pennsylvania,” selling for $17,000. Also, a terrific primitive softwood Pennsylvania Dutch game board in high color polychrome paint brought $6,600, and an extremely rare “Brady” Carte de Viste of General George Armstrong Custer signed “G.A. Custer Brig. Gen.” claimed $6,000.
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