HUDSON, N.Y. — A standout in Stair Galleries’ American Week auction series of four sales August 19-20 was a marble bust of Prosperine, attributed to Hiram Powers (1805-1873) that sold over its $15/20,000 estimate to earn $58,950, including buyer’s premium. The bust came out of the collection of longtime antiques dealer Joan Bogart, which was the focus of the August 19 auction, Ornaments of the Natural World: The Collection of Joan Bogart, that brought $475,268 overall. A complete report on the auction will appear in an upcoming issue.
