Date: Fri 11-Sep-1998

Publication: Ant

Author: JUDYC

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Knottypine

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Pinched Grueby At Knotty Pine

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By Rita Easton

WEST SWANZEY, N.H. -- A New Jersey bottle collection was the centerpiece of a

July 26 auction held by Gallery at Knotty Pine Auction Service. In addition,

furniture and decorations from New England, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

estates were offered for a total of 406 lots. John Pappas of the gallery

estimated the audience at approximately 250, with dealers making up about 75

percent of it.

Starring in the bottle collection, a Kimball's jaundice bitters example by the

Stoddard Manufacturing Company was purchased by a collector at $1,000. A group

of ink bottles featured a top seller at $650. It was a Stoddard Farleys with

eight sides, in shades of olive and amber, and it went to a collector.

Hitting the high note of the entire auction, a Grueby pinched vase standing

eight inches high, in matte green, reached $2,550; a five-inch-high Rookwood

vase decorated with pansies fetched $550; a historical domed coffee pot

depicting a scene featuring Lafayette brought $1,400; and an American Indian

coiled Papago olla, approximately eight inches high, achieved $1,350.

Covered in light green upholstery, a New York scroll-arm Empire sofa with claw

feet, in original untouched condition, made $2,150; a 12-inch-high Liverpool

jug bearing the image of an American clipper ship went at $1,150; a rare

yellow thistle decorated cup and saucer inspired a $1,450 bid; a pair of

signed Roycroft sconces drew $525; and a folky paint-decorated horse on

pull-toy wooden wheels brought $275.

An elegant carousel horse attributed to Frederick Heyn, a Twentieth Century

reproduction having a long hair tail, sold at $1,250; a Nineteenth Century

many-masted ship diorama was purchased at $950; a Federal four-drawer chest in

cherry, having a bow front, reached $850; and a bowfront Victorian corner

cupboard with gallery top, in oak, garnered $1,500.

A Weller vase depicting a bear, with repaired damage, standing 12 inches high,

made $850; and a 12-inch-high Roseville "Vista" vase went out at $650.

A "Charlestown Dancers" doorstop sold at $850; a Nineteenth Century

grain-painted four-drawer blanket chest in old red reached $725; a rare blue

Canton box with repair to the lid, square in shape, fetched $650; an Elgin

National 13-inch coffee mill sold at $625; a Jenny Lind calabash in unusual

colors, having yellow and green running into aqua, was purchased at $500; a

Nineteenth Century hutch table with a round top achieved $850; and a KPM lamp

with damage went out at $400.

Prices quoted do not reflect a required premium.