In Dallas, the Talbert Art Glass Collection Shatters Records

DALLAS, TEXAS

:Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers' (HGA) latest decorative arts auction was anchored by the collection of renowned Texas art glass expert and dealer Dot Talbert.

A total of 949 bidders competed for 970 lots, 137 of them successfully. The sale realized $510,193 for 934 lots sold (96.3 percent of the total).

"Dot Talbert, whose collection accounted for the vast majority of this sale, was an extremely advanced art glass collector, with a great eye for quality," said Bryan Abbott, consignment director for HGA. "As is often the case with high-quality consignments, we knew that this collection was going to cause a feeding frenzy amongst collectors, and we weren't disappointed.

"There were several pieces in this sale that have most likely set records in the art glass world," Mr Abbott continued, "including the Tiffany paperweight vase that was featured on our cover, which realized $44,813, a Honesdale Art Nouveau vase, which sold for $3,107, and a Steuben Plum Jade Canton pattern bowl, which brought $5,975."

Another sale highlight included an American Favrile glass vase, Tiffany & Co., circa 1908, which realized $19,120. The vase featured a tapering cylindrical form frosted and etched with grapes and leaves in green and purple, color only to the midsection, and was 12.3 inches high.

A Danish "Flora Danica" tureen, Royal Copenhagen, mid-Twentieth Century, comprising tureen, lid and underplate, sold for $9,261.

Two English overlaid and etched glass vases did well. One example by Thomas Webb & Sons, circa 1890, with frosted cranberry ground overlaid in ivory and etched to depict blossoming branches and foliage with a beetle and two dragonflies on reverse, unsigned, 10 inches high, sold for $6,095.

Another example attributed to Woodall for Thomas Webb & Sons, circa 1885, fetched $5,975. This vase had a six-paneled form with blue ground overlaid in ivory, each panel etched with a unique foliate design, one panel with a bird and one featuring a moth, rim and shoulder with Oriental design.

Prices reported include buyer's premium.