Date: Fri 24-Jul-1998

Publication: Ant

Author: SHANNO

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Slawinski Auction Company Had Great Estates Auction June 28

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FELTON, CALIF. -- Slawinski Auction Company held its most recent estates

auction June 28 with a crowd of more than 250 present and numerous phone and

absentee bids.

A good variety of American and European furniture attracted buyers from all

over northern California and several from out of state. The auction house

reported total sales of nearly $400,000. Prices quoted do not include a 10

percent buyer's premium.

Top prices in the auction included a roomsize Herez carpet at $7,500, far

surpassing its estimate of $2,5/3,500. A collection of 134 Victorian match

safes were sold in nine groupings and garnered a total of $12,275.

Several paintings performed well. A nocturnal painting by Charles Rollo Peters

measuring 29 by 46 inches hammered at $6,500, while a smaller example by the

same artist earned a top bid of $3,500. A group of four paintings by A.D.M.

Cooper sold between $500 and $3,000 each.

A selection of Continental furniture and accessories included a French bronze

and marble gueridon with bird form supports. It sold at $1,750. A French style

giltwood curio cabinet with gilt metal mounts earned $1,300, and a pair of

Louis XIV style bronze sconces were a nice buy at $1,400. An Italian Madonna

and Child painting in the manner of Carlo Dolci was purchased for $2,250.

Other results included a Federal pine corner cupboard, which was a bargain at

$1,300; a good Windsor rocker in old red paint, $475; and a pair of dated

jacquard coverlets, bought very reasonably at $145 and $135.

A ten-inch Daum Nancy cameo glass vase was bid to $1,750; an unframed Louis

Icart colored engraving, "Spring Blossoms," sold for $900; and a small Edward

Curtis blue-toned "Aphrodite" was a great buy at $600.

A group of Mission oak included a Gustav Stickley leather-top trestle table in

fine original condition that sold to a phone bidder at $2,500. A Harden wavy

arm rocker brought $1,000; a Stickley Brothers highboy and matching dresser

earned a combined bid of $3,050; a Gustav Stickley Morris chair hammered for

$2,150; and a Rookwood pottery lamp, complete except for the fabric on the

shade, sold at $3,000.