January 16, 2007
 

ANOTHER BLOWOUT AT JACKSON’S

CEDAR FALLS, IA.- Total sales of 1.7 million dollars was the end result of Jackson’s International December 6th and 7th auction featuring American and European fine art and antiques. The two-day sale included over 720 registered bidders representing 30 countries worldwide. The sale featured items from a number of estates and collections including items from the Jackie Pearson collection, Paradise Valley, Arizona; Lucile Lussenden collection, Montana; the Fred Wishnie collection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the Bruce Brice collection Natchez, Mississippi; the George Nelle estate, Moline, Illinois; a Midwest religious institution and others.

The auction opened with American paintings beginning with a diminutive 12” x 18” still life of raspberries by Levi Prentice (1851-1935). The painting was fresh to the market having recently been acquired by the consignor at a garage sale for only $10. Seven phone lines and three in-house bidders competed for the charming little oil that carried a pre-auction estimate of $15-$22,000. When bidding finally ceased, the hammer fell at $52,800.00. Not bad for a ten dollar investment.

Next up was a typical Frederick J. Waugh (1861-1940) seascape measuring 28” x 36”. Even with a few areas of restoration the painting still managed a very respectable $19,300.00. A mountainous landscape by Charles Partridge Adams (1858-1942) measuring 16” x 24” sold to a collector from Montana for $14,600.00 and a wildlife painting of elephants by contemporary artist Gary R. Swanson sold to a buyer from Oklahoma for $10,500.00. A landscape of Mt. Tacoma by James Evert Stuart (1852-1941) did exceedingly well at $5,200.00 and a small 9” x 12” watercolor sketch by Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998) sold to a buyer from San Francisco for $4,700.00.

European paintings saw wide interest when an attractive interior genre painting of a mother with newborn baby by Italian artist Carlo Facchinetti (1870-1955) established a new world record auction price by selling for $24,675.00. That was followed by a 23” x 31” oil by Austrian artist Hans Zatzka (1859-1945) depicting a sleeping beauty. It sold for $23,500.00. A Venetian Grand Canal scene by French artist Felix Ziem (1821-1911) sold for $15,275.00. And a 13” x 18” Paris street scene by Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) sold unusually high for $14,100.00.

A lovely oil on panel painting of the Coronation of the Virgin in the manner of Bernhard Strigel sold to a buyer from the UK for $15,275.00. A beautiful copy of a Carlo Dolci Madonna and Child painting contained in an ornate carved gilt wood frame sold to a collector from Chicago for $8,225.00. An 18^th century Italian rendering of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian sold for $7,600.00.  And a small but well painted 19^th century copy of Murrillo’s Saint Francis of Assisi sold for $5,600.00.

Russian works including icons sold next with one of many highlights being a circa 1900 icon of the Virgin and child measuring 10” x 12” and overlaid with a silver and enamel riza, it sold to a New York buyer for $35,250.00 against a pre-sale estimate of $6-$8,000. A 17^th century icon of Christ, measuring 12” x 8” sold to a collector in Seoul, South Korea for $9,900.00. A collector in the Netherlands paid $7,200.00 for a small (11” x 9”) icon of St. Mary of Egypt, circa 1900. A small (7” x 10”) oil on canvas painting depicting a village church by Russian artist Vasili V. Vereshchagin (1842-1904) sold for $28,200.00. A bronze of a charging cossack by Evgeny A. Lansere (1848-1886) sold for $18,200.00 and a Russian enameled icon lampada sold for $2,500.00

A good amount of European and Ecclesiastical works sold next including a late 19^th century French gilt-bronze reliquary measuring 17 inches in height that sold for $10,575.00. An 18^th or 19^th century French carved ivory figure of St. John the Baptist measuring 16.5 inches sold to a buyer from Germany for $9,200.00. A lovely modern copy of Raphael’s painting La Belle Jardinere contained in an ornate decorated integral frame sold to a buyer from Dallas for $8,800.00. A pair of matching French gilt-bronze tower-form reliquaries sold to a buyer from Pittsburgh, PA for $7,600.00. A 19^th century French silver-gilt and Limoges enamel monstrance sold to a New Orleans buyer for $5,600.00. A French carved ivory corpus sold for $3,800.00. A 14 inch silvered-bronze French holy water font by Leonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820-1888) sold for $3,525.00, and a glazed ceramic figure of St. George slaying the dragon by Italian ceramicist Eugenio Pattarino (1885-1971) sold to a buyer in Connecticut for $3,800.00.

More European works worthy of note include a set of eight 18^th century carved and polychrome heads of various apostles that sold for $3,600.00. A 19^th century German carved wood figure of St. Francis sold to a buyer in Indiana for $3,900.00. A Spanish Colonial figure of the seated Madonna and child sold to a buyer in New Mexico for $2,800.00. A pair of 18^th century Italian carved and partially gilt wood candles stands sold for $2,500.00. A stained glass window of the seated Christ, English circa 1900, sold to a New York buyer for $3,800.00 and a 19^th century French silver-gilt ciborium sold for $3,300.00.

Day one concluded with an offering of art bronzes including Genie de la Danse, by French sculpture Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) that sold to a buyer from Boston for $7,000.00. A bronze bust of a young boy by Italian/American artist Atillio Piccirilli (1866-1945) sold for $5,400.00. A small bronze wolf by Antoine Louis Barye (1795-1875) sold for $4,400.00. An attractive figural inkwell by American artist Roland Hinton Perry (1870-1941) sold for $4,200.00. A figure of a seated woman by Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912) sold for $3,500.00. A small (9 inch) figure of a Calvary Officer by French sculptor Jean Louis Ernest Messioner (1815-1891) sold to a California buyer for $3,000.00. And a figure of a Viking Warrior by Edouard Drouot (French 1859-1945) sold to a buyer in the Ukraine for $2,600.00.

The second session on day two opened with glassware and decorative arts beginning with a 9 inch cameo vase by Burgun and Schverer with minor flaking that sold to a California buyer for $12,900.00. An unmarked 14-inch Tiffany hall lamp sold for $17,600.00. A large French wrought iron chandelier with Muller Fres shades sold to a buyer in New York for $10,000.00. An interesting wrought iron decorative gate sold for $5,600.00. A pair of Handel hanging globe lamps sold for $4,900.00. A pair of French gilt-bronze figural candelabra sold for $8,200.00. A French gilt bronze figural centerpiece sold for $6,400.00 and an 18^th century French gilt-bronze mantle clock sold to a phone bidder from Paris for $3,500.00.

Other decorative arts of note include a Bergman cold painted bronze lamp depicting a harem beauty being fanned by a boy, it sold for $15,200.00 against a pre-auction estimate of $6-$9,000. A pair of modern three-quarter life-size bronze horses sold for $9,100.00. An Austrian polychrome terra cotta bust figure of an Arab and signed Kochendorfer sold to a buyer in Puerto Rico for $4,200.00. An interesting silver figural table centerpiece sold for $3,000.00 and a Duffner and Kimberly table lamp did $2,800.00.

Porcelain sold next with a pair of KPM decorated urns going to a buyer from Houston, Texas for $3,300.00. A pair of Ecker Volkstedt figures in Russian costume sold for $3,500.00. A group of 5 Meissen monkey musician figures measuring 5 inches each, sold for $3,200.00.  A 20^th century Dresden decorated urn measuring 23 inches sold for $3,000.00. A Sevres style ormolu mounted lidded urn did $3,100.00 and an 18 inch painted porcelain portrait plate sold for $2,300.00.