Date: Fri 26-Jun-1998

Publication: Ant

Author: JUDYC

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N.H. Dealers' Victoriana At Brookline/EWM

Rita Easton

BROOKLINE, N.H. -- Brookline Auction Gallery hosted a June 6 crowd holding

approximately 100 bidding numbers at its Victorian antiques auction. Ninety

percent of the items sold were consigned by John and Sue Henry, who are

locally known for their antiques business in Nashua's North End.

Three hundred twenty-five lots were offered, with the highest bid of $3,900

going to an early American tall-case clock, weight driven, with English

brassworks, having an attractively painted face and surmounted with three

finials. The lot was purchased by a clock dealer.

Auctioneer Ron Pelletier was pleasantly surprised at the performance of a

Parian pitcher, spotted by a New York dealer who recognized it as rare and

valuable. The approximately 12-inch-high lot had a single handle and was

decorated with a flying eagle and American flag. The circa Civil War item

brought $2,000.

"He [the buyer] spotted it in the ad and got very excited," Cathy Pelletier

said. "He called us immediately."

An item typical of the Victorian era, a wreath made of human hair, framed in

an oval shadow box, the hair laced with dried flowers and ribbon, went to a

Pennsylvania buyer at $400. "They had too much time on their hands," was the

wry comment of Mrs Pelletier.

A period mahogany card table with inlay decorations sold at $1,900; a lady's

English leather top desk reached $700; an early sampler by "Caroline,

Cincinnatti, Ohio," circa 1825, fetched $1,600; and a wide selection of Gone

With The Wind lamps ranged from $150 to a high of $450 for an oil lamp with a

crystal etched shade.

A marble-top sideboard in black walnut with four raised panel cupboard doors

was a good buy at $600; an inlaid sewing table in mahogany reached $650;

several small marble-top tables ranged from $555 to $700; and of a group of

incised, salt-glazed pottery, the highest bid of $375 went to an example

featuring an image of a pecking chicken.

A bronze sculpture of a woman seated on the ground, approximately nine inches

high, the figure wrapped in a serape or cape which had a green patina, the

rest of the sculpture being a bronze color, realized $700. The piece was

marked "Juhlim, #25 of 25."

A collection of American Indian baskets ranged from $45 for small examples to

$100, $205, $225, and $250, depending on size; a collection of cast-iron toy

trains sold as one lot for $260; a red, white and blue quilt with repeat

images of the American flag was purchased at $150; mantel clocks ranged from

$275 to $350; a black walnut high back full-sized bed went out at $500; an

English tallcase clock, needing work, sold at $1,000; and a six-foot-high

Eastlake style Victorian pier mirror, with gilt and inlay frame, achieved

$650.

Prices quoted do not reflect a required ten percent premium.