Kaminski August Estates Auction
Saturday & Sunday, August 28 & 29, 10 am EST
117 Elliott Street (rt 62)
Beverly, Mass.
978-927-2223
www.kaminskiauctions.com

Kaminski Auctions’ August 28-29 auction features the estate of Colonel Howard “Scrappy” Johnson of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Colonel Johnson retired in 1972 from the US Air Force after an illustrious career where he was awarded two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, seven Distinguished Flying Crosses and 18 Air Medals. In 1958, he set a record altitude in the F-104 Starfighter in “Operation Sky High” and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.

A veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, and one of the founders of the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association, Howard “Scrappy” Johnson died in December 2020 at the age of 100.

He was awarded the Collier Trophy for one of the most outstanding aeronautical achievements of 1958 by President Richard Nixon for his record-setting flight.

His wife was Elena Rova O’Brien Johnson, the north county founder of True Treasures consignment shops. Elena Johnson moved in 1987 to Palm Beach County, where she worked for an interior designer and later opened her own business, True Treasures Consignments.

Their collection includes Asian and European decorative antiques and furniture, as well as USAF uniforms and memorabilia. Of particular interest is a Coromandel 12-panel screen having incised carved Chinese figures, measuring 95 inches high with each panel measuring 17½ inches wide and a Chinese portrait of a seated empress, watercolor on paper, framed.

Furniture highlights include a pair of burled mahogany bowfront chests having banded inlay, a late Nineteenth Century German walnut library table having exotic wood inlays, pierced Gothic stretcher fretwork and carved bird heads, an Italian four-drawer burlwood serpentine commode and a pair of decorative Louis XV-style fauteuil chairs.

Other items of interest include an Art Deco-style vanity table, a pair of Italian alabaster urn shape ceiling fixtures, a pair of iron X-form benches having tooled leather upholstery and a green-painted gilt foliate framed mirror having a carved shell crest and Gothic arches.

Day two of the auction features various Massachusetts, New York and Florida estates. Highlights include a Thomas Stearns for Venini Murano “incalmo nebbia lumare” vase, white cased over a deep green color. The vase is cut vertically on the upper section and is from a Rome collection. There are two North Shore Sheraton card tables among a selection of Salem and other Federal furniture. A pair of full-size Italian porcelain glazed pottery whippets are also worthy of mention.

This auction will start at 10 am EST each day at the Kaminski Auctions gallery at 117 Elliot Street, Route. 62. Preview days are Monday-Friday, August 23-27, from 10 am to 5 pm, and the days of the auction starting at 8 am. The auction preview is open while the auction is live. For information, www.kaminskiauctions.com or 978-927-2223.

Preview is open Monday-Friday, August 23rd-August 27th, 10AM-5PM
Day of sales beginning at 8AM. Preview open all day while auction is live.
20% BP for in-person, absentee, & phone bids; 25% BP for internet bids.

Our August 28th & 29th auction features the estate of Colonel Howard “Scrappy” Johnson of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Colonel Johnson retired in 1972 from the United States Air Force after an illustrious career where he was awarded two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, seven Distinguished Flying Crosses, and eighteen Air Medals. Colonel Johnson is a Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame inductee. His collection includes Asian and European decorative antiques, and furniture, as well as USAF uniforms and memorabilia. Also including items from Massachussetts estates.

Consignments now invited, contact consignments@kaminskiauctions.com

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