Equestrian painting fetches $23,100 at Leland Little sale
A signed, dated oil-on-canvas rendering of a saddlebred horse and dalmatian in a landscape by the New York artist George Ford Morris (1873-1960) sold for $23,100 at a multi-estate sale held September 15 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales in Hillsborough, N.C. Over 500 lots changes hands and the sale grossed $530,000.
[USPRwire, Sun Sep 30 2007] A signed, dated oil-on-canvas rendering of a saddlebred horse and dalmatian in a landscape by the New York artist George Ford Morris (1873-1960) sold for $23,100 at a multi-estate sale held September 15 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales. Over 500 lots changed hands at the quarterly cataloged sale, which grossed $530,000. Prices include a 10% buyer's premium.
“The day went very well, with a standing room only crowd of about 250 people, and very active Internet, absentee and phone bidding components,” said Leland Little. “The results prove that the market for fine art and high-end collectibles continues to be strong.” Mr. Little added he was quite impressed with eBay LiveAuctioneers.com's real-time audio-visual feature, only recently introduced.
The sale was held at Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales' gallery facility in Hillsborough, N.C., near Raleigh-Durham and convenient to Interstates 40 and 85. Hillsborough is also accessible to Atlanta, Charleston and Washington, D.C. The firm's biggest auctions are typically the quarterly cataloged sales. The next one is scheduled for Dec. 1. Watch the website for details: LLauctions.com.
In other highlights from the September 15 sale:
Fine art led the way, as it does at many of the company's auctions. The George Ford Morris equestrian painting was the top lot of the sale. Close behind was an oil-on-board depiction of a New York City winter street scene by Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962). Showing a view down Wall Street toward Trinity Church, as figures scurried through the blowing snow, the work brought $19,250.
An idyllic summer landscape of a woman holding a parasol and standing beside a woodland pond, executed by the New York and North Carolina painter Elliott Daingerfield (1859-1932), realized $18,700; and a watercolor and gouache on paper by the Italian painter Francesco Ballesio (1860-1923), depicting a carpet merchant showing his wares to a reclining beauty, went for a respectable $17,600.
Period furniture was in abundance. An important pair of Federal inlaid card tables, made in Boston around 1810 of mahogany and mahogany veneer, Sheraton form, hammered for $15,950; a Southern slab mahogany sideboard, made in Tennessee around 1825 and attributed to James Kemper, brought $14,300; and a dish-top tilt-top tea table, made in Norfolk, Va., in the 18th century, hit $11,000.
A gorgeous mahogany sleigh bed, made in the mid-19th century by Thomas Day for the Irvine family of Milton, N.C., crossed the block at $10,450; a Randolph County, N.C., pie safe, made in the second half of the 19th century with original surface over Southern yellow pine, reached $6,050; and an antique cast-iron coffee mill, made circa 1900 by the Nat'l Specialty Mfg. Co., realized $3,850.
In decorative accessories, a diminutive bull's-eye mirror, made around 1810 and standing 34” tall, sold for $10,450; a Tiffany Favrile panel lamp shade, made in 1936 and made to resemble pleated silk, set in a bronze frame with wonderful patination, made $7,150; and four 19th-century antique mirrored candle wall sconces, from an opera house in Niagara Falls, N.Y., went for $2,200.
Fans of silver and pewter were not disappointed. A lovely Georg Jensen “Blossom” sterling tea service, including a coffee pot, tea pot, bonbonniere and creamer, and all bearing hallmarks indicating they were made between 1915-1932, came under the gavel for $7,150; and a pewter quart mug, made in the late 18th century by Joseph Danforth and with a tapered cylindrical form, hit $2,970.
Pottery lovers were in luck, too. A monumental 8-gallon storage jar, made by the renowned North Carolina potter Daniel Seagle (1805-1867), with a rich warm medium brown glaze and marked “DS” on one of the ear handles, soared to $9,350; and a 19th century, 2-gallon crock, inscribed “W.B. Kenner, Strasburg Va.,” salt glazed stoneware with cobalt floral decoration, changed hands for $2,310.
A magnificent Southern tall case clock, beautifully crafted in the first half of the 19th century and attributed to Rockbridge County, Va., and with walnut construction throughout, chimed right on time for $4,400; and a Swiss-made Patek Philippe solar clock with a Tiffany mark, made in the 1960s and featuring a footed brass case and applied brass hour markers on the dial, gaveled for $3,630.
Returning to fine art, a signed oil-on-canvas by William L. Sonntag (New York, 1822-1900), depicting a fisherman along the edge of a lake with the forested cliffs of the Adirondacks rising beneath a clear sky, brought $12,650; and an oil-on-canvas by William Frerichs (North Carolina, New York, 1829-1905), depicting a fisherman, a waterfall and a mountain landscape, went for $12,100.
An unsigned still life oil-on-canvas by Lennart Anderson (New York, born 1928), showing a loaf of bread on a bread board, lemon, nuts, a nutcracker and glass cruet all on a wooden table, rose to $12,100; and a color lithograph with gilt highlights on paper by Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939), signed and dated 1899 and titled “Dry Imperial” (showing Chandon & Moet) saw a final bid of $8,250.
A signed oil-on-canvas by Arthur Parton (New York, 1842-1914), depicting blossoming trees around a small pond where ducks have gathered, reached $8,250; an oil-on-canvas by Amaury-Duval (French 1808-1885), of a blonde-haired odalisque reclining on a tufted ottoman, hammered for $5,775; and a German ivory carving, circa 1800, two spheres with carved biblical scenes, made $2,750.
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd., has been holding high-end sales and quarterly cataloged auctions in Hillsborough, N.C., since 1999. To learn more about the company, and its next quarterly sale (Dec. 1), click on www.LLauctions.com. The firm is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, estate or collection, you may call them directly, at (919) 644-1243. The e-mail address is info@LLauctions.com.
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