Jeffery S. Evans – The Important Collection of H. Marshall Goodman
September 22-23,2023
jeffreysevans.com
2177 Green Valley Lane | Mt. Crawford, VA 22841

MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. — Jeffrey S. Evans & will present a special single-owner auction representing the collection of H. Marshall Goodman Jr of Richmond, Va., to be conducted September 22-23. Goodman has been a fixture in the antiques and fine art community for the last half century, having helped to place numerous important objects and works of art in private collections and institutions throughout the United States, all the while advancing scholarship in several areas of study and amassing an extraordinary collection of his own. The Goodman collection, comprising more than 800 lots to be offered over two days, will feature objects in a wide range of collecting categories and is sure to be a landmark event.

Session 1, beginning at 9 am ET on Friday, September 22, will feature a grouping of Oriental rugs and carpets; British and American silver, including Virginia and other Southern articles; a choice selection of fine art; examples of Eighteenth Century British, American and Chinese ceramics; decorative accessories, including tea caddies, desk articles and a group of early brass candlesticks and other lighting; plus more. Highlights for the day include a rare English Agateware cream jug; a pair of English salt-glazed polychrome wall pockets; two Manhattan snow scenes by Guy Wiggins; a diminutive Chinese export teapot bearing highly unusual Greco-Roman mythological scenes; a trompe l’oeil still life of almonds by De Scott Evans; a Mary DeNeale Morgan California landscape triptych; an Alfredo Zalce Mexican genre scene; an iconic “Arch, Midnight” etching by Martin Lewis, one of four by this artist; and a bronze sculpture of a yawning tiger with undisturbed surface by Anna Hyatt Huntington.

Session 2, beginning at 9 am on Saturday, September 23, will feature a group of stoneware and earthenware, with a heavy emphasis on Virginia folk pottery, including many iconic examples having exhibition and publication history; folk art of all types, including rare carvings, canes, works on paper and a large group of portraiture, along with more than 20 miniature portraits, many with identified sitters; Shenandoah Valley material, including three Stirewalt-School paint-decorated boxes and three Barb-School paint-decorated bentwood boxes; rare fraktur and related drawings; Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century American furniture, including many regional examples, with a special emphasis on Virginia; Civil War and other historical material, including an identified Confederate Bowie knife with scabbard and a selection of early photographic images; country accessories, including several burl bowls and a selection of baskets, many by the Shelton Sisters; rare ephemera, antiquarian books and other printed materials; textiles, including samplers and needlework pictures; Native American objects, including beadwork and a large group of Apache baskets; plus more. Highlights for the day include a Henry Lowndes (Petersburg, Va.) cobalt-decorated stoneware pitcher with molded eagle and star detail; a unique George N. Fulton (Alleghany Co., Va.) cobalt-decorated stoneware harvest jug; a James River Basin stoneware jug with large cobalt rabbit decoration; a William Aiken Walker portrait triptych in original frame; a Nineteenth Century New England folk art relief-carved plaque depicting animals in a forest with polychrome detail; a Piedmont North Carolina / Virginia paint-decorated poplar blanket chest with vibrant red-and-black surface; a Wythe Co., Va., punched-tin-paneled food / pie safe in untouched surface; and a Shenandoah Valley of Virginia paint-decorated yellow pine and poplar bentwood box.

Company president Jeffrey S. Evans, commented, “We are extremely excited to present such an outstanding group of important objects for this auction. Marshall’s collection is especially important to us because he is a dear friend and a valued mentor. Overall, his collection is one of the best to appear on the market in recent years — with high-quality material in so many categories — and we anticipate that large numbers of people will be watching the sale.”

The catalog will be posted September 1. The sale is on public preview September 18-21, 10 am to 6 pm; and September 22-23, 8 am until end of auction on each day. There will be a few short presentations in honor of Goodman on Thursday, September 21, starting at 6 pm, to be followed by an informal gathering with light refreshments and hors d’oeuvres. All are welcome to attend.

Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates is at 2177 Green Valley Lane. For more information, www.jeffreysevans.com or 540-434-3939.

Specialists in Southern decorative arts, Americana, folk art, 18th to 20th c. glass and ceramics, and fine antiques of all types. Conducting monthly catalogued auctions as well as providing appraisal and museum services.
Always accepting quality consignments. Please contact Janice Hannah at (540) 434-3939, ext. 102 or consign@jeffreysevans.com to request a free evaluation of your property.
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