Raucher Brothers Online Arts, Antiques and Curiosities Auction
Sun. Nov. 14–Sun. Nov. 21
Bidding opens at noon on Sun, Nov. 14
Bidding begins to close at 7pm on Sun, Nov. 21
LIVE PREVIEW: Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 20-21, 10am-4pm
532 Main Street, Holyoke, MA
(Park and enter the building from the rear)
www.raucherbrothersauctioneers.hibid.com
This is a “soft close” auction; any item that receives a bid
within one minute of closing will extend for an additional
minute. Bidding continues until the final lot closes.
Featuring antique & contemporary furniture, artist-crafted decoratives, pottery & ceramics; raw materials for artistic projects (including petrified wood & driftwood); sculpture, paintings & prints; glassware & housewares; and more!
Photo gallery, registration for bidding, & online catalog at www.raucherbrothersauctioneers.hibid.com
AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
FURNITURE: Vintage Dyrlund midcentury modern (MCM) teak credenza; exceptional Hoosier Mfg. Co. cabinet with flour sifter, bread box, and other original components; teak tabletop (84” long 32 1/2” x 2 5/8” thick) custom designed by Maro Yasuda; handcarved folk-designed armoire from Mexico; M.G. Wheeler MCM bronze/brass “Sight Light”; Pearsall style MCM lamp made by Modeline; dressers (oak, curly maple, cedar); live-edge pine tabletop (72” x 40” x 2”); Contemporary Art Deco style dining table (109” long x 46 ½” wide), etc.
ANTIQUES & ARTWORK: Small, early wooden grain box with original green paint; 52” long wooden dough bowl; cedar chests; assayers balance scale made in France; cowhide rug; several vases (assorted sizes and materials); tabletop sculptures & decoratives (various materials including original copper piece by Janette Shelly); original abstract paintings, mixed media (mostly unframed); art prints and assortment of rare photographic art prints, 3 oil on canvas paintings from artist Dante Liberi (American, 1919-2004); area Oriental rugs; etc.
HOUSEWARES, CHINA, & GLASSWARE: Roselane pottery piece; vintage Rosenthal china plates from a Havana, Cuba dept. store; two Fortuny (1920’s-30’s) lampshades; assorted red & cranberry
glassware; emerald-green glassware; slag-glass and other lamps; cut glass stemware; large assortment of glass, metal & ceramic bowls, platters, & decoratives; stoneware & pottery; planters; vintage MCM Vornado double window fan; etc.
COLLECTIBLES & CREATIVE CURIOSITIES: Three-dimensional, sculpted stained-glass window panel (+/- 6-ft); substantial amounts of petrified wood, including several large pieces weighing hundreds of pounds; vintage balsa-wood airplanes; large (74” wingspan) wooden triplane ceiling display model; glass floor panels originally used in the Holyoke Public Library; shelving and display cases; large, wooden pond sailboat; large collection of vinyl record albums; carved-wood, fish-shaped bowls & trays; plasma glass-plate lamps; large Replogle globe in wooden frame; two neon beer advertising signs; etc.
RAUCHER BROTHERS AUCTIONEERS
143 Woods Road • Florence, MA 01062
raucherbrothersauctioneers@gmail.com • 413-537-3177
Donald Raucher, Auctioneer • MA license #AU2233
5 Church Hill Road / Newtown, CT 06470
Mon - Fri / 8:00 am - 5:01 pm
(203) 426-8036