Date: Fri 01-Oct-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: GWARD

Quick Words:

Entwistle-Garth's-Easton

Full Text:

Entwistle Collection Offered At Garth's

(with 4 cuts)

By Rita Easton

DELAWARE, OHIO -- A two day antiques auction featuring early American

furniture and accessories was held at Garth's Auctions, Inc. on September 3

and 4. The event was preceded by three preview sessions. Seven hundred forty

lots were offered, with 325 competitors bidding, escalating the gross to a

final $700,000. Consignments included the collection of Bertha

Garrett-Entwistle of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Harry and Connie Lockwood of

Cincinnati, Ohio whose Ohio and Zoar furniture generated extensive interest

among collectors.

The Garrett-Entwistle collection was the lifelong passion of Bill and Bertha

"Buffa" Garrett Entwistle, who died in 1987, and was consigned by her daughter

Tancy. It was the antique setting furnishing the home the Entwistles built

after 1948, a replica of Wakefield, which was George Washington's birthplace,

built with the materials of the previous home standing on the spot, which they

tore down.

Starring with a hammer price of $55,000 was a circa 1760 New Hampshire curly

maple Queen Anne highboy from the Entwistle collection, purchased at the

Mireau auction in Doylestown, Pa., in 1953. The lot was purchased by a

dealer/collector from the East.

A walnut Queen Anne side chair with ex-Israel Sack provenance reached $3,850,

going to the trade; a country Chippendale linen press from a North Carolina

collection, in poplar with old red finish, circa 1780, having two raised

panelled doors over two long drawers, made $4,400, going to the trade; and a

country turkey-breast corner cupboard with old finish, possibly an Ohio piece,

in pine and poplar with double panelled doors over double cupboard doors,

garnered $4,400.

A Serapi rug with dimensions of 11 feet 8 inches by 14 feet 3 inches in fine

condition realized $18,700, purchased by the rug trade. Additional rugs ranged

from the $18,700 high to $137.50. A Lavar Kerman with ivory field and all over

pattern, 11 feet 3 inches by 18 feet 6 inches, went out at $12,650.

A dealer/collector won a curly maple mellow finish Queen Anne lowboy, with old

replaced brasses, ex-Kenny Hammett, descended in the Dana family of

Massachusetts, at $12,100; a Queen Anne two part mirror with reverse cutting

on top, having walnut veneer frame with a gilded liner, fetched $2,200; and a

similar second mirror was even better liked at $2,750.

A country pie safe in poplar with old red paint was purchased at $4,840; a

collection of early lighting, including blown glass, ranged from $192.50 to

$522.50, the high going to a lacemaker's lamp, a clear handblown candlestick

with a globe top; a two-piece step back cupboard in old worn finish with curly

maple drawer fronts, attributed to Ohio, having double six light doors over

three short drawers over double cupboard doors, brought $7,425.

A 9 by 7‹-inch pin prick watercolor on paper, framed, depicting a woman

working with yarn on a swift, sold at $2,035, the highlight of a group of wall

hangings that ranged down to $660; the Ohio furniture collection ranged from

$550 to $9,350 for a Zoar, Ohio, work table in walnut with old finish, turned

legs, and two dovetailed drawers, with relief carved diamonds on the drawers;

a Chippendale serpentine chest from a private Columbus collector, off the

market for 27 years, in mahogany with string inlay, achieved $9,900; and a 24‹

by 29«-inch oil on canvas portrait of an old woman, attributed to Sheldon

Peck, restored, garnered $11,550.

Prices quoted above reflect a required buyer's premium.