Jewelry collectors had much to choose from as an Ilias Lalaounis necklace soared past its $2,500 high estimate to bring $8,320 at Eldred’s, while an 18K gas pipe-style snake necklace/bracelet commanded attention at Sterling Associates, where it sold for $7,040. Meanwhile, Doyle broke the artist auction record for Mary Jane Peale with the $349,750 earned by her “Portrait of Phillis.” For these highlights and others, keep reading.
Rock ‘N Roll Relic Soars To Top For Heritage
DALLAS — A 1959 Winter Dance Party poster sold for $100,000 to lead Heritage’s Concert Posters Signature Auction on April 10. This relic was created before the tour to sell tickets for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, Dion and the Belmonts and Frankie Sardo playing at the Les Buzz Ballroom in Spring Valley, Ill., on February 7, 1959. Just five days before that date, the three top headliners died in a plane crash; Holly was laid to rest in his hometown the following Saturday, February 7 — the date of the show on this poster. While all Winter Dance Party posters are rare, this is the only poster from the Spring Valley show to ever surface. For information, www.ha.com or 214-528-3500.
Silver Serves Top-Lot Status At Hudson Valley
BEACON. N.Y. — Gold and silver have been red hot at auctions of late and Hudson Valley Auctioneers’ April 13 sale saw a Reed & Barton Francis I sterling silver flatware set more than double its high estimate to achieve $12,500. Estimated at $1,5/4,000, the set weighed 200 troy ounces (plus 30 handles) and came in a mahogany case. For information, www.hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com or 845-831-6800.
Snake Bracelet Charms Sterling Bidders
NORWOOD, N.J. — An 18K long gas pipe-style snake necklace/bracelet commanded attention at Sterling Associates on April 15, when it sold for $7,040, just over its $5/6,000 estimate. For information, www.antiquenj.com or 201-768-1140.
Lapis Lazuli & Gold String Up Strong Price At Eldred’s
EAST DENNIS, MASS. — A highlight in Eldred’s April 14 Jewelry + Couture auction was an Ilias Lalaounis necklace that soared past its $1,5/2,500 estimate to achieve $8,320 and the sale’s third-highest price overall. The 18K yellow gold necklace featured 27 round lapis lazuli beads, each approximately 10 millimeters, and 28 ribbed gold spacers. Measuring 27 inches in length, the necklace had a box clasp stamped “750 Greece A21 Ilias Lalanuis.” For information, www.eldreds.com or 508-385-3116.
Cane Presents Surprise Result For New England
BRANFORD, CONN. — New England Auctions conducted a 628-lot Estates + Collections auction April 15-16. Astounding its $400/600 estimate, a 10K gold presentation cane finished as the sale’s top lot when it closed for $13,100. On an ebonized wood shaft, the engraved gold handle was marked “Hon. D. P. Markey Sup. Com. from Alexander Tent no. 35 Montreal Que, Oct 5th, 1923.” For information, www.newenglandauctions.com or 475-234-5120.
Japanese Pottery Is Colorful Choice For George Cole
RED HOOK, N.Y. — On April 11, George Cole Auctions conducted its Select Quality Hudson Valley Estate Auction, which featured more than 520 lots of fresh-to-market antique and estate items. The highest earning lot, far surpassing its $150-$225 estimate, was a lot of two Japanese closed-form spherical ceramic pottery pieces, which sold for $7,995. One was purple and the other was a mix of gray hues. For information, 845-758-9114 or www.georgecoleauctions.com.
Crystal Wine Glasses Are Clear Winner At State Line
CANAAN, CONN. — State Line Auctions & Estate Services conducted a 530-lot auction of property from a Sharon, Conn., estate on April 12. The sale’s highest price — $3,321 — was awarded to a set of 20 Saint-Louis crystal wine glasses, 8 inches tall each, which were in the Tommy pattern. For information, 860-453-4370 or www.statelineauctionsandestateservices.com.
Madonna & Child Are Picture Perfect At Edward B. Beattie
HAMPTON FALLS, N.H. — Edward B. Beattie’s Spring Estates Auction was conducted on April 14, offering 131 lots of country items from multiple estates. A French Limoges enamel Madonna and Child earned top-lot status, selling for $2,390 after 57 bids back and forth. According to a label on the item’s base, it had provenance to the collection of General Gorean Jasmine, was made between 1660-1700 and had an early Nineteenth Century frame. For information, www.auctionninja.com/edward-beattie-auctioneers.
Doyle Sets Record For Mary Jane Peale
NEW YORK CITY — Doyle’s April 14-15 An American Story auction offered American Paintings & Prints during session one, while American Silver, Furniture & Decorative Arts were offered during session two. A new auction record for artist Mary Jane Peale (American, 1827-1902) was earned at $349,750 for her “Portrait of Phillis,” an 1849 oil on paper laid to canvas of an elderly enslaved woman. Owned by the family of Eliza Patterson, the wife of Rubens Peale (Mary Jane’s father), Phillis “accompanied the young Peale family from the Patterson home in Pennsylvania to New York” and later Pottsville, Penn., until her death in 1854. For information, 212-427-2730 or www.doyle.com.
