: Copake Auction conducted a successful cataloged Americana auction
on August 27. The sale featured about 500 lots, which owner
Michael Fallon sold in about five hours. Brave implementation of
a new auction software made the sale a little more hectic than
usual, said Fallon, but the gallery was well attended and the
prices seemed upbeat.
A Nineteenth Century Canadian bonnet chest sold to a Stone Ridge,
N.Y., dealer for $952. The same dealer also won an apothecary
chest for a reasonable $1,792. From a Connecticut retirement
home, a maple 36-inch slant lid Rhode Island desk sold for
$1,120. "These chests would bring $2,500 or so a few years ago.
The market is tough for midline period furniture," said Seth
Fallon, manager.
A Hudson, N.Y., dealer purchased two Nineteenth Century corner
cupboards for $1,792 and $1,680, respectively. A Nineteenth
Century seascape signed Bunner sold to a New York City gallery
over the phone for $2,800.
This set of Eighteenth Century Hudson Valley chairs, sold
swiftly to the audience for $4,032.
A surprise in the sale was a set of Eighteenth Century Hudson
Valley chairs, which swiftly sold to the audience for $4,032. A
dealer on the floor purchased a pair of Nineteenth Century
appliquéd quilts for $1,344. A new home owner in Copake who
recently moved from Westchester County, N.Y., purchased a folky
Nineteenth Century cupboard for $2,016. Consigned from a
Massachusetts collector were four Albert Nemethy ship paintings.
The first one, depicting the famous Hudson River dayliner Mary
Powell, sold to a collector on the phone for a competitive
$4,816. A New York City dealer on the phone purchased the other
three for $2,464, $2,464 and $1,288.
An art pottery vase signed "A.V. Salon L'Dage France" from the SS
Normandie sold to a dealer on the floor for $728.
"We found the sale to be very successful and seem to have worked
out the bugs with our new software; overall, it will be more
efficient in the long run," said Mike Fallon.
Prices reported reflect 12 percent buyer's premium.
For information, 518-329-1142 or www.copakeauction.com.
