CEDAR FALLS, IOWA- Over 30 countries and 49 states participated in Jackson’s International auction of April 27th and 28th with sales totaling $1,122,166.00. The sale featured both American & European art and antiques from a variety of collections and estates including the Norman Franklin Collection of Englewood, Colorado and the Henry Rankin collection, Sun City West, Arizona plus others.

The top lot of the sale was an interesting interior scene painting by Iowa artist Marvin Cone (1891-1965). The 30” x 36” painting titled Night Prowler executed in 1941 sold to a California collector for right at $100,000.00.

The auction opened with decorative arts beginning with a small collection of Pairpoint lamps. The first to go on the block, a Pairpoint Puffy Azalea table lamp measuring 22 inches in height, sold to a New York collector for $12,925.00. A slightly smaller Pairpoint Puffy with a Papillion shade sold to a collector from Minnesota for $9,987.00 Next up was a Pairpoint Puffy with a Devenshire shade that made $9,400.00 followed by another Pairpoint this one with a Marlborough shade that sold to a buyer from Chicago for $5,875.00. Other lighting worth mentioning includes an interesting pair of arts and crafts hanging light fixtures. Although unmarked the pair totaled $10,800.00. A 55 inch bronze Tiffany floor lamp with gold Favrille shade sold to a buyer from the state of Virgina for $9,400.00. A carved alabaster figural lamp of a partially nude woman sold to local in-house bidder for $5,400.00. A Handel Mosserine double student lamp sold over the high estimate bringing $3,525.00. And a single 12-inch Tiffany three arm wall sconce with reproduction shades finished at $1,295.00.

One of the decorative arts highlights was a petite but lovely gilt-bronze figural wall plaque with plique-a-jour enameling, signed Gustave Cheret (French 1838-1894) and titled First Kiss the 12 inch sculpture sold well above it $2,000 high estimate bringing $17,625.00. An 18-inch pietra dura plaque depicting the crucifixion sold to a California buyer for $3,000.00. A late Victorian reproduction carved marble figure of the crouching Venus after the antique and with slight damage sold to a Canadian buyer for $11,162.00. An art nouveau bronzed spelterware clock garniture sold for $6,110.00 and a circa 1905 carved oak tall case clock sold to a floor bidder for $4,800.00.

An interesting variety of American and European porcelain, glassware and ceramics were offered. Some highlights include: a spectacular pair of late 19th century “Vienna” two handled lidded vases or urns. The hand painted and gilt decorated bodies depicting mythological scenes and both measuring 45 inches saw intense bidding with the hammer dropping at $43,475.00 against an estimate of $25-$35,000. Those were followed by a Sevres style ormolu mounted three-piece garniture set. Dating to the late 19th century, the blue and gilt decorated porcelain bodies depicted courting scenes with the largest pieces measuring 28 inches, sold to an East Coast buyer for $34,075.00. An 18 inch Meissen figure of Despina sold to a buyer from Georgia for $5,170.00 against an estimate of $2-$3,000. A Meissen figural group of a seated woman and standing child measuring just 8 inches sold to a buyer from Italy for $3,172.00. A pair of 16 inch Moriot decorated Paris covered urns sold to an in house bidder from Houston, Texas for $5,405.00. A 7-½ inch Gallé Faience pottery water pitcher sold for $3,760.00. And a Gallé painted clear glass smoking set (match holder and ash tray) sold to a Japanese buyer for $3,055.00.

Both American and European paintings saw strong interest. Some highlights include: the afore mentioned Marvin Cone Night Prowler that sold right at $100,000.00. Another Cone measuring 15” x 13” and depicting Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, sold to an Illinois collector for $22,325.00. And yet another Cone European scene, a French landscape also measuring 13” x 15” sold for $16,450.00. A set of four Grant Wood (1891-1942) hand colored lithographs for AAA which includes Tame Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables, and Wild Flowers totaled $15,400.00 against an estimate of $6-$8,000.00. A misty landscape by American artist Lawrence Mazzanovich measuring 24” x 18” sold for $8,225.00. A charming impressionistic landscape by minor American artist Louis Mayer (b. 1869-) sold to a Chicago buyer for $4,465.00. A small 14” x 10” oil on board landscape by American artist Walter Granville Smith (1870-1938) also sold for $4,465.00.

The top European painting to sell was lot #289 an oil on canvas depicting The Adoration of the Shepherds and attributed to the circle of Peter Paul Rubens. The 43” x 33” painting was conservatively estimated at $4-$6,000. Bidding opened at $10,000 and continued back and forth between a Dutch paintings dealer and an American private collector finally selling for $96,937.00. A 23” x 28” oil on canvas still life attributed to 17th century Italian artist Francesco Fieravino sold to a phone bidder from Germany for $21,150.00. An 18th century continental portrait of an unidentified woman did well selling for $11,750.00. A pair of 19th century genre paintings by Italian artist Dalla Noce sold to a buyer from Hollywood for $16,450.00. A Landscape by Russian artist Fedor K. Burkhardt (b.1854-) sold to a phone bidder in Moscow for $10,575.00 against an estimate of $3-$5,000. A Paris street scene in winter by French artist Antoine Blanchard sold for $9,400.00. And an unsigned oil on canvas harvest girl attributed to British artist Charles Lidderdale sold for $4,700.00.

A good variety of European and some ecclesiastical decorative arts were featured including a late Gothic Flemish carved oak figure of St. Margaret and the dragon. Although missing her hands she still managed a respectable $24,675.00. A 16th or 17th century Northern Italian carved wood corpus sold to a Florida buyer for $2,585.00. A Northern European carved oak figure of a kneeling praying figure with losses sold for $2,585.00. A Russian enameled triptych measuring about 6” x 7” sold for $3,055.00. A contemporary marble tabernacle sold for $2,115.00. A lovely and petite Limoges revival enameled plaque depicting the Madonna and child and measuring 5 inches in diameter sold for $1,410.00. A 17” x 60” stained glass window of a ship sailing off into the sunset sold for $2,702.00. A contemporary Spanish chalice and ciborium set sold for $4,817.00. And a pair of black forest carved wood figural groupings of mountain sheep sold for $1,292.00.

The second session offered a wide variety of items including some pottery, toys, decorative arts, furniture, orientalia and more. Some of the more interesting lots include: a Japanese Meiji period bronze figure of a crouching tiger measuring 20 inches in length which sold for $2,467.00. A Japanese Meiji period bronze usabata measuring 27 inches sold for $1,880.00. A pair of Japanese mahogany wall plaques decorated with applied carved ivory florals sold to a buyer from Kentucky for $2,585.00.

Other sales of note include: a 7 inch Rosemeade Fin & Feather ashtray, circa 1940’s which sold for $1,880.00. A framed color lithograph print depicting the Packard Motor Company, circa 1916, sold for $2,467.00. A J&E Steven cast iron “Artillery Bank” sold for $1,527.00. A circa 1903 Lehman wind-up dancing sailor sold for $1,600.00. A circa 1900 Autoperipatetikos clockwork doll, with box sold for $2,820.00. A black forest carved figural pipe in the form of a dragon sold for $1,410.00. A 20th century mahogany curved glass china cupboard sold to a buyer from California for $3,525.00. An English mahogany bow front four-drawer chest sold to a floor bidder for $2,115.00 and a small modern Iranian silk carpet did $1,527.00.

Operations Director Sandi Miller confirmed that there were over 950 registered bidders for this sale. She went on to say, “computers make it easy to keep track of such a large number of bidders and subsequently help make things go very smoothly.” “This in turn helps us to service the diverse body of bidders worldwide” she continued. “However, without question it is our confident and polite Midwestern approach or ethic together with our state of the art modern facility that I believe makes buyers from all over the world continue to enjoy buying and selling at Jackson’s,” Miller concluded.