Auction Highlights

A strong market for several different collecting categories was reflected in outstanding results from our recent auctions . Select highlights are included below.

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68-Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908) Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908)
"Sunset" oil on canvas depicting New England shoreline. Bricher was a significant second-generation Hudson River School landscapist and marine painter who is considered to be the last of the relevant American luminists. He is best known for his marine paintings depicting New England shorelines. Bricher is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), and elsewhere.Signed lower left. Period hand-carved frame stamped, "M. Grieve. 16-1/2" x 35-1/2"

SOLD: $86,250.00
26-Geo III Inlaid Pembroke Games Table Geo III Inlaid Pembroke Games Table
A good late 18th century oval pembroke/games table the oval top with kingwood crossbanding, central flame mahogany oval. Sliding panel reverses as chess-board, inner well with original leathered backgammon surface. Square tapered legs ending in original castors. English, circa 1785. Provenance: Stair & Company Ltd. London

SOLD: $10,350.00
25-George I Burl Walnut Chest-on-Chest George I Burl Walnut Chest-on-Chest
A very fine George I burl walnut chest-on-chest, having the original patina, below the molded cornice and graduated drawers with canted and fluted sides, resting on bracket feet. English, circa 1730. Provenance: Florian Papp Inc.  New York

SOLD: $12,075.00
24-Hepplewhite Secretaire Hepplewhite Secretaire

A very fine Hepplewhite inlaid satinwood secretaire bookcase, having a pierced swan's neck pediment aboave a pair of glazed doors having geometric mullions centering graceful ovals enclosing adjustable shelves, the cornice with dentil moulding and drop pendant carving; the outset lower section with a secretaire drawer having a lined writing surface and an arrangement of small drawers and pidgeon holes, above three graduated drawers, raised on splayed bracket feet. The whole beautifully inlaid and crossbanded with mahogany. Circa 1775. Provenance: Hyde Park Antiques, Ltd.  New York

SOLD: $14,490.00

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