Date: Fri 07-Aug-1998

Publication: Ant

Author: DONNAM

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Stanley-J-Paine-Auction

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Pre-Brimfield Dealer Crowd Competes At Paine

(W/ 3 Cuts)

By Rita Easton

DEDHAM, MASS. -- Following a morning preview, Stanley J. Paine held an auction

of estate antiques at the Holiday Inn. Three hundred forty-three lots were

offered to a "buying crowd," according to Paine, who credited a pre-Brimfield

atmosphere with the turnout, "because so many dealers were looking for fresh

items to take there."

Predictably, it was a dealer who won the starring lot of the day, a Charles

Loof carousel camel, circa 1895, at $5,250.

The runner up, garnering $4,750, was also the day's best buy, as the dealer

who won the lot left with 11 pieces: a dining suite, comprised of 8 chairs, a

round inlaid mahogany round pedestal base dining table, an inlaid mahogany

sideboard, and an inlaid mahogany server, all matched turn-of-the-century

pieces.

A pair of mahogany pineapple post twin beds reached $1,800; and a Nineteenth

Century bench made Hepplewhite style mahogany sideboard with bellflower inlay

rang up $1,900.

Jewelry was sought after, with an 18 karat yellow gold rooster pin, with three

carats of diamonds, selling at $3,500; a double strand pearl necklace, having

81 pearls 7.5mm to 7.8mm in size, with a .35 carat diamond clasp, bringing

$700; a pendant watch with bracelet band, having five carats of diamonds

realizing $3,500; and a 28-carat carved emerald ring with 3.5 carats of

diamonds fetching $2,000, the emerald having a small chip.

Tableware included a pair of matching sterling silver Tiffany compotes, which

realized $2,000; a 101-piece Copland Spode set of dinnerware, service for 12

in the "India Tree" pattern, which achieved $850; a Tiffany sterling silver

pie server which made $350; an antique silver gilt epergne, supported by three

cherubs, standing 20 inches high, brought $550; and a Nineteenth Century

Venetian glass epergne, with three graduated trays, which sold at $400.

Thirty-two antique Battersea boxes, sold chiefly in lots of five, ranged form

$225 to $500 for a total of $3,200; eight majolica pitchers in varying sizes,

sold as one lot, brought $500; a Moser five part centerpiece, a center bowl

and four vases; all in cobalt blue, went for $550; a collection of seal

stamps, ranging in age from the Eighteenth Century to the turn-of-the-century,

45 pieces in all, garnered $1,700; and 151 pieces of gilt decorated Noritake

china sold at $525.

An oil on canvas by George F. Higgins, (American, Twentieth Century) depicting

a scene of still water and woods against a blue sky, was purchased at $4,250;

a turn-of-the-century mahogany partner's desk made $1,900; a custom

Chippendale slant lid desk in mahogany reached d$1,800; two identical single

handled Moser pitchers in amber glass, sold as a pair, achieved $250; a

Sharp's model #1849 .44 calibre percussion breech loader went out at $1,500;

and a Springrifle model #1842 percussion musket, .69 calibre, brought $1,000.

Prices quoted do not reflect a required ten percent premium.