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SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS and PRICES REALIZED
1904 Oak cabinet with polychrome maple-leaf decoration, designed by Zulma Steele, a primary designer at the Byrdcliffe Colony. The cabinet sold to a private collector for $99,000.probably painted by Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead, the wife of Ralph Radcliffe-Whitehead, who together, founded the Byrdcliffe Colony.
7.75ct Fancy, Pale-Yellow
Diamond Pendant
set in 14k White Gold
4-prong mounting.
$47,300
 18th C. Walnut Tall-case Clock by
Isaac Thomas, Willistown, PA
$24,200
Serapi Carpet, 9'7" x 14'3"
$14,850
 Signed Tiffany Studios, NY Bronze-base
Floor Lamp with "Lily" base and
Favrile Art-glass Shades
$37,400
Oil/Canvas, J.G. Brown
(John George Brown, 1831-1913)
20" x 25"
in gilt frame, under glass

$45,100
 Room-size Serapi
(9' x 12')
$13,750
 Gilt-framed Needlework and
Watercolor Mourning Piece
"Memory of my dear Mother,
Rebecca Pennington,
1802 Margaret Pennington"
(16" x 17")
$31,900

  • A rare pair of cypress-wood side chairs by John Scott Bradstreet that sold for $19,800. These chairs are part of a larger parlour suite, two pieces of which are currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.
    		• Tiffany & Co. Federal-style
    8-pc. Sterling Tea Set
    with Sterling Tray

    $11,000

    Diminutive Queen Anne
    drop-leaf Table
    $18,700    		 Room-size Sarouk
    (10'6" x 18'7")
    $8360
    		 Natural Blue Sapphire and Diamond Ring
    set in Platinum, with aprx. 4-3/4ct
    Ceylon Blue Sapphire, flanked by
    2 Diamonds, aprx. 1.05ct each.
    $13,200    		 Regina Corona Music Box
    with 27"-disc Automatic Changer,
    and 18 Discs.
    Model #446357
    (sold as is, with band broken)
    $18,150

  • A unique birch library table (circa 1904), in its original green stain realized $12,100
    		• Silver Waste Bowl by
    Joseph Richardson, Jr.
    with swag decoration
    $4,400

    Pair of Philadelphia Silver Beakers
    by Joseph McMullen
    $3,300

    A cherry lamp stand with decorated side panels of lilies painted by
    Zulma Steele brought $11,000    		 Room-size Oriental Carpet
    with orange ground, black border
    (12' x 15'9")
    $7700

    Chester County Round Candlestand
    with Birdcage Support
    $12,210    		 Oil/Canvas Illustration
    by Stanley Arthurs,
    "Midstream Passenger",
    (Part of "Early Steamboat Days")
    37" x 25"
    $20,900    		 Room-size Oriental Carpet
    with ivory ground, red border
    (11'8" x 20'4")
    $6380
    		 Blue Sapphire and Diamond Bracelet
    Marked "Tiffany & Co."
    $10,010

  • A mahogany desk circa 1904 that belonged to Ralph Radcliffe-Whitehead (co-founder of the Byrdcliffe colony), inscribed with Greek and Latin phrases on the back and side panels, which sold for $7,150
    		• Oil/Canvas by Stanley Arthurs,
    Impressionistic Landscape;
    25" x30"
    $9900    		 Room-size Bidjar
    (9' x 15'4")
    $6,380

    Painting on KPM Porcelain Plaque,
    "F. Schmidt"
    17-3/4" x 22"

    $36,300

    Painting on KPM Porcelain Plaque,
    Signed "L. Sturnn"
    16" x 19"

    $19,800
    		 4-pc. Ornate Sterling Tea Set
    made for Bailey, Banks & Biddle
    $5,060
    		 Pair of hand-painted Sevres Porcelain Urns
    (Converted to Lamps)
    Vase portion: 20-1/2" Tall
    $6600

    Painting on KPM Austrian Porcelain,
    signed "Schünzel";
    10" x 12"

    $14,300

    		 Pair of Lownes Goblets
    $4,620
    		 18th C. Tall Clock by
    John Krause, Bethlehem, PA
    $5500

    A-124: Edward Cucuel: Oil/Canvas,
    Soleil d'Hiver; 39-1/2" x 35-1/2".
    Awarded: Silver Medal, Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, 1915; Exhibited: PA Academy of the Fine Arts, 1920 (Catalogue included, Photographed and Identitied in cagalogue as "Autumn Sun");
    The Art Institute of Chicago
    $33,000
    		 Federal 3-pc. Coin Silver Tea Set
    marked Sayre
    $2,750
    		 2ct Diamond Ring in Platinum setting
    with Yellow Gold band
    $5,720
    		 Walnut Tall-case Clock with
    Brass and Silvered Dial, Phases of Moon,
    and calendar
    $5390

    Fern T. Coppedge, Oil
    Summer at Lake Winnipesaukie;
    16" x 16"
    $31,900
    		 Diamond Ring set in 10k WG & Platinum,
    fetauring center Diamond flanked by 4 Baguette-cut Diamonds
    TDW: aprox. 3.70 ct
    $5500
    		 English Oak Tall-case Clock by
    John Russell of Falkirk
    $5,170

    Large Collection
    of Cranberry Glass
    (over 100 pcs,
    sold in approx. 83 lots)
    $10,615    		 Veneered 19th C. 3-room
    Doll House with Furnishings
    $4510

    Walnut Queen Anne Tavern Table
    with Breadboard Top
    $6,050
    		 Oil/Board, Capobianchi, 1875
    (V. Capobianchi, 1817-1876)
    19" x 31"
    in gilt frame, under glass

    $27,500
  • A George Ohr free-form pottery bowl realized $6,160
    		• 1923 Stephens "Salient Six"
    Touring Sedan
    (Mfg. by Moline Plow Co., Illinois)
    $20, 900

    1941 Lincoln Zephyr
    $12,100
    		 Carved Marble Figural Lamp
    with Glass Shade
    46" tall figure

    $4,290

    An Oak figural-carved crystal cabinet that brought $5,060 Oil/Canvas, signed (on back)
    Anne Estelle Rice,
    1910-11,
    Titled "Le Bouquet"
    30" x 30"

    $12,100
    		 1984 Mercedes-Benz 380 SL Roadster
    $13,200
    		 Silk Needlework with painted panel
    of "Custer's Last Fight"
    $3520

    Gilt-trimmed Presentation Girandole
    Wall Clock, with reverse painting of
    Classical Scene, hand-crafted by
    Victor Wadlund, Broomall, PA
    $4,180

    Pair of Eastlake Victorian
    Oak Display Cabinets
    $5500    		 Lalique Ronces Art-glass Vase,
    9.5" tall with partial label
    $4,730
    		 Sleigh reproduction Tall-case Clock
    in Mahogany Case
    $3,300
    18th C. Delaware Valley
    Chippendale Walnut Highboy
    on ball & claw feet
    $6,600
    		 Two Early Slip-decorated
    Redware Plates
    Left: 10.5"     $2,640
    Right: 11" $1,540

    Federal Mahogany Architect's Table
    on reeded legs, with glass pulls
    $4,400
    		 30" Cloisonné Charger
    $3410
    Biedermeyer tilt-top Dining Table
    $3,630
    and set 4 inlaid Dining Chairs
    $935
    		 Bronze by Chopin,
    Cossack Kissing Woman on Horseback
    $9,680
    		 7' Bronze Statue by
    Christopher Cairns, Haverford, PA,
    "Angel with Nails"; Signed and
    Numbered 1/7
    $4,620
    English Chamberlain's Meat Platter
    with perforated insert
    $2,970
    		 Pr. Tall Candelabras
    with ornate gilt and
    blackmoor figural
    decoration
    $2,090


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