Date: Fri 25-Sep-1998
Date: Fri 25-Sep-1998
Publication: Ant
Author: JUDYC
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Slawinski
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High Notes At Slawinski
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FELTON, CALIF. -- Slawinski Auction Company held its Labor Day estates sale
September 7. The firm reported record attendance through the three-day
preview, with 519 bid cards issued.
Highlighting the auction were items from two large local homes, including a
prominent doctor's estate in Los Gatos. Four hundred thirty-nine lots grossed
over $421,000, with numerous lots going to bidders out of state via telephone
and absentee bids.
A rare Eighteenth Century Dutch bracket clock with musical strike and full
calendar front attracted several bidders from out of state and surpassed its
high estimate, selling for $13,000. An Empress disk playing music box in
mahogany case sold at $3,250, while a Mills "Liberty Bell" five cent slot
machine went out at $1,250.
Top lot of the sale was a Steinway baby grand piano with original duo-art
mechanism, in original condition, which sold for $18,000.
A selection of Mission oak was led by a Gustav Stickley china cabinet which
sold for $8,500. A Gustav Stickley sideboard #814 brought $5,500, and an L&JG
Stickley 36 inch two door bookcase, in original condition went to a phone
bidder at $7,000. A grouping of pottery was topped by a nine inch Rookwood
vase, decorated by Elizabeth Lincoln, which sold for $2,400, and an Elizabeth
Keith woodblock print, which fetched $600.
A grouping of Victorian furniture was topped by a 60 inch oak dining table,
with griffin supports and eight original leaves, which climbed to a final bid
of $11,000. Another highly carved piece of oak furniture, a large hall tree
with lion supports under the arms and Northwind crest, sold at $5,500.
Paintings included a large Charles Rollo Peters, which brought $7,000.
Prices quoted do not include a ten percent premium. Slawinski Auction Company
conducts estate auctions monthly at its gallery. The next such sale will be
held Sunday, October 25. For information, 831/335-9000.