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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: ghopper1924 on December 15, 2018, 12:18:01 pm
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Inspired by a thread on the "other" site.
What are some of your favorites for 2018? They don't have to be the biggest and most expensive, or the smallest and least expensive.......jus t your favorites.
I thought of a couple right off the bat, and may think of more later.
Anyway, I've got an Arsall cameo vase from France ca. 1920, and the Pottier & Stymus chair from New York ca. 1870. Super happy about these two.
Come on now people......its show and tell time!
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OK, here's a cast-iron doorstop from the 1920s-30s.
This is Alley Sloper and his dog Snatcher. They're based on a 19th century English comic strip. Back then a sloper was someone who sneaked around, avoiding trouble he had caused by stealing, etc.
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Didn't acquire this piece but, i went after it online in an auction and lost because my bid button jammed! Kinda the story of my life where early american boxes are concerned. Deskbox in walnut, american, chippendale 18th century
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Nice one Jacon4 !! Fix that button !!
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LOL, yeah well, it wasn't "my" button, it was Bidsquare button and with only 3 seconds allowed and with their insane notices! "you've been outbid, bid again" if there is even the slightest delay, BAM! you time out and lose as you can't bid with that silly notice on screen.
MY FAULT! though, instead of going with my highest bid from the get go, i engaged in that insane mouse bid button thingy and had something like 10-15 bids prior to bid button sticking which prevented me from bidding the next higher amount.
Considering my history with early american boxes (TRAGIC!!!), i am probably lucky to still be alive.
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Ha, a tragic story indeed. Too bad you lost out on the box; beautiful grain and patina!
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Ghopper,, I don`t remember seeing that vase !! Its a beauty,, did I miss it here ??
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Wow, sharp memory, Mart! :o
No you did not see that vase. I bought it at the same time I got the paired 3-foot tall peg lamps from France that you may remember. The peg lamps overshadowed it then.
The Arsall vase slipped through the cracks last spring, but. I've come to like it more and more as the year's progressed.
What about your 2018? Got photos?
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Nothing very exciting, but I found this $2 flea market purchase interesting. About 12"x12" pine plaque with pen and ink artwork, by unknown German POW at the Greeley CO camp in 1945.
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/1489512961a9d85e24f8f57752d202f3/tumblr_pk1wf8PVLx1y37tjfo1_540.jpg)
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Nothing very exciting, but I found this $2 flea market purchase interesting. About 12"x12" pine plaque with pen and ink artwork, by unknown German POW at the Greeley CO camp in 1945.
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/1489512961a9d85e24f8f57752d202f3/tumblr_pk1wf8PVLx1y37tjfo1_540.jpg)
As Mr. Spock would say, "fascinating." German POW art from Colorado? How cool is that?
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Very cool I'd say.
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Oh, Wow Rauville !! Why would that not be exciting ?? I can assure you I would be if I had found it !! Never find anything good here !!
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One was this rocker...
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And this, an original copy of a family genealogy. So rare that I've never even seen a photo of one, only of early copies.
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Is the chair a recent find ??
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Yes, we found it in Asheville NC in a big antique warehouse last October.
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Didn`t remember seeing it !! You usually post pics !! Will you re-do it ??
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Yes, we found it in Asheville NC in a big antique warehouse last October.
Cool find! 8)
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I didn't post this one since I didn't really have any questions about it. No, I'm not planning to redo it, the upholstery is still in good shape and I don't think that I could manage that tufted back! It is gloriously comfortable to sit in and it's only issue is a bent spring on the front left corner from people getting in and out of it, that needs to be straightened up. We paid $75 for it and so I was very happy with the price we paid too!
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Excellent price !!
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Ashville huh, cute little town, lots of stuff going on there, Brunk auction is there as well which specializes in southern pieces.
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Yes Asheville is a fun weekend getaway... beer tasting and antiques can be an expensive combination though!
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I guess that iffen you are vacationing near Ashville, NC, … the Biltmore Estate …. is worth visiting, ;D
(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/68/d7/2a/biltmore-house-in-asheville.jpg)
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Yes Asheville is a fun weekend getaway..
Yeah is but, after going there 8-10 times, a little tired of it. Everyone who visits me here in Charlotte, the first thing they want to do is, go to Asheville. I try to lure them in the other direction often, Charleston SC for example, NOPE! We wanna go ASHEVILLE! For such a small town, Asheville has a KILLER public relations dept, they keep the folks comin, no doubt.
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I guess that iffen you are vacationing near Ashville, NC, … the Biltmore Estate …. is worth visiting, ;D
(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/68/d7/2a/biltmore-house-in-asheville.jpg)
An amazing place, but I've only been there once.
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An amazing place, but I've only been there once.
Exactly and once is enough, in my case many more times than that. Asheville does work hard keeping the arts thingy jumping, there is ALWAYS some kind of forum, show, exposition, bla bla bla going on there. And the Grove Park Inn is a wonderful place to stay with it's Arts & Craft thingy. Still, I'd rather go to Charleston, the PEARL city of the south, there's history, great houses/architecture, golf, seafood, the OCEAN! antiques up the ying yang, etc. But it's ALWAYS the same story with visitors here,
NOPE! We wanna go Asheville! PR wins again!
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I'd love to take the Charleston/Beaufort/Savannah tour. It's a bucket list thing.
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I've never visited Charleston, but my wife spent a few weeks there while she attended the FLETC (Federal law enforcement training center) program at the Naval Base.
She had a chance to see the little CSA submarine they had recovered, along with being taught how do a U-turn at 60 mph. Those were the only highlights of the trip I heard about. ::)
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lol, dang, sounds like she missed the WHOLE TOWN! or, maybe what happened in Charleston stayed in Charleston!
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I am with you Jacon4 ! Those big places just don`t blow my skirt ! If it takes longer than 30 minutes to see a house,, then its too big !
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Yeah, it's gonna take a lot more than 30 mins to see the Biltmore, trust me! It has an impressive story and the house & grounds are worth a visit, no doubt but, Charleston? They don't call it the Pearl of the south for no reason, something like 7 million people visited Charleston in 2017 which doesn't include the islands around Charleston, if you included them it's probably close to double above figure. It's my fav city to visit north or south by A LOT!
Angel Oak, oldest living thing east of the Mississippi river, Johns Island SC, which i pass on every visit to my fav golf resort in the world, Kiawah
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Lord,, Thank heavens I don`t live there !! ;D
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The tour tickets are $70 per person. Although I have heard it is well worth the price and the tour lasts an hour and a half to two hours, so really it's a pretty good bang for your buck, I just hate to cough up $130 for a house tour. Even with Bruce getting a senior discount of $10 that's a chunk o' change I could have spent in the Asheville antique stores!
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For comparison, Hearst Castle in San Simeon CA has the house divided up into different types of tours starting at $25 per person. The main tour at the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA is $39.
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There is nothing about Asheville that's cheap, trust me! ( someone has to pay for all that PR) Try getting a room at Grove Park Inn, several hundred and UP! per night. Rather go to Charleston though! nuttin cheap there either!
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Here is one more 2018 acquisition. Meet Thrifty the Wise Pig iron piggy bank, circa 1930s. There were later reproductions of these, but I believe this one is original. It has all the features they say to look for such as slot placement and nice tight seams, plus wear in the right spots and the paint is correct.
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Here is one more 2018 acquisition. Meet Thrifty the Wise Pig iron piggy bank, circa 1930s. There were later reproductions of these, but I believe this one is original. It has all the features they say to look for such as slot placement and nice tight seams, plus wear in the right spots and the paint is correct.
Super cool. Love that pig.
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Thanks, I had admired them for a couple of years online, but had never seen one in person, until I stumbled on this one in (once again) Asheville. The connecting screw was missing, but I sent it off to a guy who does iron bank repair who made a new custom length slotted screw for me, complete with matching chippy paint for $25 + shipping
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I just noticed this last post again:
"The connecting screw was missing, but I sent it off to a guy who does iron bank repair who made a new custom length slotted screw for me, complete with matching chippy paint for $25 + shipping"
Love that attention to detail!
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Not acquired in 2018 but Jan 2019
RARE WILLIAM AND MARY TURNED AND CARVED MAPLE AND WALNUT 'HIGH-LOW STRETCHER' BASE SQUARE TABLE, 1680-1700, probably Boston
The provenance was exceptional
Provenance: Wallace Nutting Collection, Framingham, Massachusetts;
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut;
Sotheby’s, New York, Fine Americana, October 26, 1991, sale 6227, lot 250;
Donald P. White III, Woodstock, Connecticut, July 2007;
Vogel Collection no. 786.
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Really, really nice, …… and with a drawer, too.
Those colonial “cabinetmakers” really took pride in their work.
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Not acquired in 2018 but Jan 2019
RARE WILLIAM AND MARY TURNED AND CARVED MAPLE AND WALNUT 'HIGH-LOW STRETCHER' BASE SQUARE TABLE, 1680-1700, probably Boston
The provenance was exceptional
Provenance: Wallace Nutting Collection, Framingham, Massachusetts;
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut;
Sotheby’s, New York, Fine Americana, October 26, 1991, sale 6227, lot 250;
Donald P. White III, Woodstock, Connecticut, July 2007;
Vogel Collection no. 786.
Whata Babe!!!
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Yeah, the fact that it started with Nutting & he owned it before moving on is neat.
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Supposedly, Mabel Brady Garvan owned the greatest collection of Early American Furniture.
Thus, I have often wondered “what happened” to all of the early American furniture and the truckloads of great antiques that were owned by Mabel Brady Garvan, who also owned Kamp Kill Kare at/near Raquette Lake, NY, …… and I’m not talking about what was donated to Yale University.
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Not acquired in 2018 but Jan 2019
RARE WILLIAM AND MARY TURNED AND CARVED MAPLE AND WALNUT 'HIGH-LOW STRETCHER' BASE SQUARE TABLE, 1680-1700, probably Boston
The provenance was exceptional
Provenance: Wallace Nutting Collection, Framingham, Massachusetts;
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Very nice. Are you thinking that Nutting may have restored it?
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Very nice. Are you thinking that Nutting may have restored it?
Probably, Nutting fancied himself a woodworker, cabinetmaker but, he became rich with coloring photographs and blew most of his fortune on a factory to make reproductions of pilgrim era furniture. I suspect HE replaced that table top because the tenon goes all the way thru which a cabinetmaker would not do, it should be "blind".
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Here is a similar form table at the MET, it's top is replaced/restored as well but notice on the breadboard end, the tenon is not visible, obviously the MET hired a professional to replace their top, lol. Top, drawer & drawer runner replaced
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These "square" pilgrim era tables are very rare, or as Sotheby's says in catalogue "AN EXTREMELY RARE" lol. I am not sure why, most tables at this time are rectangle in shape. Here is another at the MET with no drawer and again, top is replaced. I am not aware that ANY square table extant has an original top.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/collection-anne-h-frederick-vogel-iii-n10003/lot.822.html
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The table arrived today, the top is highly figured walnut, old growth timber and 1-1/4" thick, it's heavy & removable (thank god) . Although not original it does look good, great in fact & much better than the Sotheby photo. The drawer is original and SIDE HUNG! with a single dovetail joining the maple drawer front, drawer sides are 1"+ thick & nailed at the back and bottom with hand forged iron rose head nails. The turned feet/ legs & aprons are original & hard maple, the 8 corner "brackets" and 4 "finials"/drops are probably not original. All in all, it's a really cool table & rare, there are only 20 of these early hi-lo stretcher tables extant in America and only 4 or 5 with a side hung drawer. Add in the pedigree/provenance and the fact that i stole it, I SCORED!
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Sounds wonderful ! Can not wait to see some of your own photos.
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The table arrived today, the top is highly figured walnut, old growth timber and 1-1/4" thick, it's heavy & removable (thank god) . Although not original it does look good, great in fact & much better than the Sotheby photo. The drawer is original and SIDE HUNG! with a single dovetail joining the maple drawer front, drawer sides are 1"+ thick & nailed at the back and bottom with hand forged iron rose head nails. The turned feet/ legs & aprons are original & hard maple, the 8 corner "brackets" and 4 "finials"/drops are probably not original. All in all, it's a really cool table & rare, there are only 20 of these early hi-lo stretcher tables extant in America and only 4 or 5 with a side hung drawer. Add in the pedigree/provenance and the fact that i stole it, I SCORED!
Sounds better than Ikea! :)
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Sounds wonderful ! Can not wait to see some of your own photos.
I will post a few after i get it placed, at the moment it is still in pieces, still examining it, especially the drawer.
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Nice one Jacon4 !! I like yours better than the ones at the Met !! Guess you got that bid button fixed !!
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LOL, well, it was a different auction house & Bid platform! Weird thing is, "Bidsquare" is STILL emailing me about what happened. I would say their bid button is WAY to small compared to the others like Live Auctioneers and Invaluable, plus they imbed a message into the button "You've been outbid bid again" asking their button to do to many functions, net result? IT STICKS!
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I like mine better as well. For one thing the one at the MET, drawer is replaced and for another it's not side hung nor is there any evidence theirs was side hung originally. Plus, my provenance is a lot better.
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I got the table placed this morning & snapped a couple phone cam pics, it's BIG, I am thinking that could be one reason so few survived,
Well, THAT didn't work out, size won't allow me to post photo's, did i happen to mention the software on this site............... .....
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I have to use an old 1990s digital camera to be able to post on this site.
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Resized, let us try again.........
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top
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side view, have to do 1 at a time.....did i happen to MENTION!!!!!!!!!
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Amazing that your table survived as well as it did over the centuries.
(Speaking of your frustration with old software: I don't like the "improved" MAD print edition, so newer isn't always the best in my unasked for opinion. :-\)
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I only get the internet version of MAD, I was never a big fan of the print edition, it would get ink all over everything! have to wash my hands after reading it. I switched as soon as internet version became available.
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The table arrived today, the top is highly figured walnut, old growth timber and 1-1/4" thick, it's heavy & removable (thank god) . Although not original it does look good, great in fact & much better than the Sotheby photo. The drawer is original and SIDE HUNG! with a single dovetail joining the maple drawer front, drawer sides are 1"+ thick & nailed at the back and bottom with hand forged iron rose head nails. The turned feet/ legs & aprons are original & hard maple, the 8 corner "brackets" and 4 "finials"/drops are probably not original. All in all, it's a really cool table & rare, there are only 20 of these early hi-lo stretcher tables extant in America and only 4 or 5 with a side hung drawer. Add in the pedigree/provenance and the fact that i stole it, I SCORED!
The table is gorgeous and it is BIG!!!! Expected it to be more the size of an entry table! The top is gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!
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Yeah it is BIG, could be a reason so few have survived? I wasn't thinking about that at all, i saw the form, then the provenance and BAM! I was on it! And just hoping the snobs in NYC would ignore it, which they did! :) :) :)