Date: Fri 11-Sep-1998

Publication: Ant

Author: SHIRLE

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Klinger

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Hidden Paul Revere Creamer Found At Klinger

w/3 cuts

By Rita Easton

HYANNIS, MASS. -- The Four Points Sheraton Hotel was the site of an August 5

antique collectors auction held by Klinger & Co, following two previews. Three

hundred thirty-six items were offered for a gross of $113,000.

The most interesting lot was also the piece bringing the highest bid of the

day at $16,000. Consigned by a couple living in the Florida Keys, a

3×inch-high Paul Revere (1735-1818), Eighteenth Century cream pitcher,

weighing in at four troy ounces of sterling silver, was discovered in the

bottom of an old sewing machine. The lot was purchased by a dealer/collector.

A 137-troy-ounce Whiting sterling silver tea set realized $2,300; a 51 by 147

inch "Tree of Life" Kazak rug, dated 1894, garnered $6,250; a Civil War set of

surgical instruments reached $1,700; a small Smith & Wesson gun case sold at

$1,300; and a round tavern table, with several coats of worn old paint showing

through, the round top set on a square apron, went out at $2,200.

A mahogany slant lid desk with three drawers below, the lid opening to an

attractively fitted interior, with some restoration, reached $1,000; an

unsigned oil on canvas depicting sheep in a meadow fetched $2,100; a

well-framed new Hampshire landscape oil on panel by Benjamin Chapney,

depicting water, sky, and a treed landscape, brought $700; a four drawer

bowfront chest in mahogany, with some restoration, sold at $1,400; while a

painted step-back cabinet with open shelves above a drawer and two cabinet

doors, thought to be a Peter Hunt piece, was passed.

Twelve matching oyster plates in fine condition reached $1,350; a set of game

plates comprising a serving plate and 11 plates was purchased at $1,100; and a

fish set, which included a serving plate and 11 other plates, also brought

$1,100.

Toy collectors were in attendance, snapping up a Hercules coal truck with

chute at $1,400, and a fine replica of an early touring car with a hood that

opened to reveal the engine at $850.

"Prices were strong," said Klinger, "and we were especially busy on the phones

with exceedingly strong absentee bids in addition. It was a very business-like

crowd. They knew what they wanted, and if it was high quality, it exceeded

estimates."

Prices quoted above do not reflect a required 10 percent buyer's premium.