: Property from the estate of New Hampshire collector George Baker
D'Arcy set the pace for Northeast Auction's November 5 sale at
the Center of New Hampshire. Leading the 150-selection of
American furniture, glass, silver and paintings was D'Arcy's
favorite piece, a 32-inch-long painted wooden tiger by Portland,
Maine, carver Gus Wilson (1864-1950). The feline fetched $160,000
including premium, selling to an absentee bidder against an
estimate of $35/50,000.
From the same consignment, a Rochester, N.H., tall case clock by
James Charles Cole, its inlaid case possibly by Charles Dennett,
went to Milly McGee for $127,000 ($50/70,000). Massachusetts
clock specialist John Delaney underbid the Maryland dealer on the
timepiece that is illustrated in Brock Jobe's Portsmouth
Furniture.
Northeast continued on November 6 with English and Continental
furniture, silver and ceramics, and Chinese Export porcelain.
Full details of the sale will appear in a future issue.
-Laura Beach
