Date: Fri 06-Nov-1998

Publication: Ant

Author: DONNAM

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Autumn

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Autumn Auction At Copake

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COPAKE, N.Y. -- The autumn auction season got under way at Michael & Seth

Fallon's Copake Auction on September 26 with another catalogued Americana

auction. "We had a very busy and successful summer," commented general manager

Seth Fallon, "and we're looking forward to continuing that success throughout

the fall and winter. Our latest sale has sustained our expectations."

Included were the contents of an untouched Nineteenth Century Sheffield, Mass.

farmstead, and the partial contents of a large country estate in Ghent, N.Y.

In addition the Fallon's offered their usual eclectic assortment of period,

country and formal furniture, rugs, folk art, period accessories, and other

interesting items that keep regular customers returning and new customers

arriving.

Auctioneer Mike Fallon commenced by taking the bidders outside the hall for

the first 36 lots which included an array of Nineteenth Century horse drawn

carts and sleighs, cast stone garden furniture, Adirondack chairs and other

funky outdoor accessories. One Nineteenth Century horse drawn single seat

sleigh in old apple green paint dashed away to a local merchant for $550.

Back inside, the auction continued with examples of Victorian furniture

including a circa 1870-80 walnut pedestal dining table with five leaves,

$1,210; a Nineteenth Century Victorian two-part walnut stepback bookcase, with

a two drawer base and twin pane double glass door top section, $1,045; and a

Nineteenth Century Victorian paneled oak "S" roll top desk with a complex

interior made by the "Standard Company," $1,760.

Among the early country furniture offered was a circa 1800 country Hepplewhite

cherry two-drawer drop leaf serving table with bread board ends and tapered

legs for $1,100, handsome early Nineteenth Century Quebecois two part raised

panel stepback cupboard for $2,530, and from Quebec, a circa 1780 bucket

cupboard in original green paint surface, $1,870.

Probably the most exciting lot was a circa 1800 Connecticut tall case clock

from the Sheffield estate. Signed "Hopkins & Lewis, Litchfield, Conn." this

clock featured a matchstick molded hood with fluted columns and original

glass, the case with a shaped door and reeded quarter columns, a French fluted

base, and a dry red original surface. After aggressive bidding in the audience

and on three phone lines, a Great Barrington dealer triumphed for $5,500.

Several examples of tramp art included a monumental six tier spice box in

super red patina with circle and triangle details for $1,650, and an

exceptional "memory style" frame in gold surface (featured in Helaine

Fendleman's 1975 book Tramp Art An Intinerants Folk Art, $4,950), both going

to an absentee bidder in Texas.

Shaker Mt. Lebanon production #1 child's armchair with original seat, finish

and decal, garnered $1,045 from the audience. Other highlights include an

Eighteenth Century French Provincial cherry two-door armoire from the Ghent

estate at $2,750, a room size Oriental rug from the Sheffield estate, $1,650;

a Seventeenth Century Spanish carved walnut three drawer stretcher base

refractory table went to a phone bidder from Ohio for $3,850; a Nineteenth

Century oak stretcher base two-drawer sideboard, $990; a Twentieth Century

French style Berkey & Gay bedroom set consisting of a five drawer tall chest,

a two drawer lady's chest, a vanity, two mirrors, a nightstand, and a

headboard for $770; and a 1920s-30s French style carved, curved sided

serpentine sofa, also from the Ghent estate, at $1,375.

Coming up will be two of the annual sales, one on Thanksgiving Weekend,

November 28 at noon and the other on New Year's Day at noon.

For more information or to arrange a consignment, 518/329-1142.