'Woman with Flower Basket' by Graves Gathers $209,000 in Maine

A phone bidder purchased the circa 1925 Abbott Fuller Graves oil on canvas.

'Woman with Flower Basket' by Graves Gathers $209,000 in Maine

"Counsel of the Elders," by J.H. Sharp, sold for $121,000.

KENNEBUNK, ME. -- Auctioneer Bruce Collins with an oil on canvas by Abbott Fuller Graves entitled "Woman With Flower Basket" that attracted national attention at Collins Auction Galleries on August 4.

for $209,000. Another painting that did well was a wonderful, unsigned J.H. Sharp oil selling at $121,000.

A complete review of the auction will appear in a future issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly.