:"Needless to say, the eagle has flown," quipped Kaja Veilleux
moments after he hammered down a rare Bellamy carved and painted
eagle with banner at his Thomaston Place auction this past
Saturday, November 12. The lot had been one of several consigned
from a Christmas Cove home that initially yielded only a few
lots, according to the auctioneer - that is until Veilleux got
into the attic and garage to inspect the items that the heirs had
passed on.
The rare eagle in original paint was discovered by Veilleux in an
attic eave, in a box marked "old eagle" that was found inside a
larger box marked "Lionel trains." The lot exceeded expectations
when it crossed the auction block with six phone bidders pushing
it well beyond the $25/35,000 presale estimate to a final price
of $101,750. Also among the top lots was a rare Thomas
Gainsborough charcoal drawing that went to a London phone bidder
for $92,800, and a rare Eighteenth Century man's waistcoat that
was the property of John Hancock selling at $33,000. -DSS
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