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MCINNIS BREAKS A SIX FIGURE GROSS AT HOLIDAY AUCTION W/4 CUTS

By Rita Easton

AMESBURY, MASS. -- At a November 27 Thanksgiving Weekend auction, John McInnis

broke six figures with a gross of $1,010,900. Approximately 200 bidders were

in the gallery at the Amesbury Auction House, with additional competition from

85 phone bidders and 75 absentees. American and Continental furniture,

porcelain, paintings, bronzes, silver, and important Oriental rugs crossed the

block.

A pair of Louis XVI-style kingwood and marquetry pedestals made in Paris by

Millet, 56-inches high, elaborately mounted with ormolu, each top fitted with

a marble swivel, garnered $45,000; a French piano signed "Linke, 11970," with

inlaid case and ormolu bronze, reached $19,000; and a French Linke bookcase,

with two side cabinet doors, in kingwood with ormolu trim, fetched $14,000.

An Aubusson rug, early Nineteenth Century, with central rosette, 16 by 15

feet, went out at $15,000 to the trade; an Antonio Jacobsen Nineteenth Century

oil on canvas, "George W. Pride, `pilot boat,' New York," brought $39,000; an

M.F.H. DeHaag oil on canvas, rendering of sailing ships, reached $11,000; and

a Phillips 30-inch globe on a walnut stand, with four fluted columns

supporting and carved stretcher base, sold at $15,000.

A Norman Rockwell original pencil drawing, untitled, depicting two men in a

washroom, one of them shaving, realized $7,500; 42-inch high candelabra on

malachite bases reached $7,200; an Eighteenth Century Italian marquetry

commode made $11,000; a matched set of four carved and gilt Eighteenth Century

sconces achieved $8,500; and a French bronze clock with gold gilt finish,

having Corinthian columns and cupids, reached $9,000.

An impressive gilt silver centerpiece with a three light candelabra, in very

heavy rococo form, with a tripod base on heavy paw feet, by Samuel Hennel,

standing 25-inches high, was won at $11,000; a pair of English sterling silver

and gilt six light candelabra with tripod base sold at $21,000; an engraved

and gilt silver footed salver with intricate borders and scrolled feet, 22«

inches in diameter, by R&S Garrard, London, was purchased at $7,250; and a

solid silver equestrian group of King Arthur, by Garrard, London, mounted on a

bronze plateau, mad $16,000.

A pair of Louis XV needlepoint open arm fauteuils were purchased at $6,500; a

Nineteenth Century Brussels tapestry, 8'4" by 9'8" went out at $7,000; and a

pair of Eighteenth Century walnut provincial armchairs did $7,500. A Steinway

mahogany baby grand piano in original finish was an unusually good buy at

$7,250.

Prices quoted do not reflect a required ten percent buyers premium.