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20Th Century Art & Design Auction March 4Th, 2012 • Sale Results 20th Century Art & Design Auction March 4th, 2012 • Sale Results * The prices listed do not include the 20% buyers premium. Results are subject to change. 1 Gustav Stickley twelve tile tea table, rectangular top 17000 85 Marblehead bowl, low shape 225 2 Dr. Harry P. Mera box, c. 1930, in walnut, lidded form 800 86 Rookwood vase, large form 800 3 Prairie School table lamp, pyramidal slag-glass 750 87 Dirk Van Erp ash stand, ashtray and match-holder 800 4 Niloak Missionware vase, large cylindrical 275 88 Kalo bowl, hammered copper 350 5 English Arts & Crafts ice bucket, 475 89 Kalo bowl, silver monogram A 300 6 Limbert table, narrow un-cataloged trestle-form 2500 90 Roycroft American Beauty vase 3250 7 Handel table lamp, seven-sided shade 1500 91 Michigan Chair Company magazine stand, 225 8 Rookwood vase, shouldered form, tulip design 375 92 Arts & Crafts style coffee table, in maple 750 9 Gustav Stickley wastebasket, #94 2200 93 Michigan Chair Company magazine stand, attribution, 500 10 Gustav Stickley chest of drawers, #902 7500 94 Fulper vase, double handled 175 11 Gustav Stickley settle, #208 4500 95 Arts & Crafts period magazine stand & hall tree, 100 13 Pisgah Forest bowl, with a Pisgah Forest vase 175 96 Roseville Sunflower jardinière 650 14 L & JG Stickley china cabinet, #728 2900 97 Stickley Brothers drink table, #2615, 1000 15 Arts & Crafts china cabinet, plate rail at top 1000 98 Ford & Johnson server, single drawer 1200 16 Rookwood vase, flaring bottle 275 99 Arts and Crafts drink table 500 17 Rookwood vase, Vellum glaze, river landscape 1100 100 Dirk Van Erp table lamp, flaring mica 7000 18 Rookwood vase, tapered shape 400 102 Gustav Stickley Morris chair, #2342 5500 19 Rookwood vase, bulbous and footed 750 104 Stickley Brothers Morris chair, #354 850 20 Rookwood bowl, large form, Arts & Crafts design 700 105 German Arts & Crafts clock, 300 21 Rookwood vase, double handled shape 450 106 Arts & Crafts Morris chair, flat-arm 400 22 Large Teco vase, shape #266 1700 107 Roycroft dressing table and Roycroft Marshall P. Wilder chair 7500 23 Rookwood vase, bulbous, green matte 375 108 Gustav Stickley card table, #447 2400 24 Rookwood vase, unusual round 225 109 English Arts & Crafts frame 600 25 Rookwood vase, geometric Arts & Crafts design 325 110 Gustav Stickley bookcase, #508 7500 26 Lifetime desk, slant-top 425 111 Stickley Brothers smoking stand, #144 225 27 Arts & Crafts umbrella stand, 125 112 Tobey Furniture Co. stand, rectangular top 325 28 Roycroft plate, w/Roycroft bookends 250 113 Brooks fern stand, #421, square 450 29 Bradley & Hubbard andirons 125 114 Common Ground Pottery vase, daffodil 275 30 Roycroft Little Journeys stand 700 115 Michael Adams boudoir lamp, warty 3000 31 Arts & Crafts umbrella stand 125 116 Common Ground Pottery vase, fish 300 32 Gustav Stickley hanging fixture, two 5500 117 Arts and Crafts smoking stand 400 33 Arts and Crafts candlesticks, pair 400 118 Gustav Stickley umbrella stand, #55, 500 34 Overbeck vase, shouldered form 6000 119 Lakeside Craft Shop magazine rack 425 36 Russell Crook vase, moose 3000 120 Roycroft meditation chair 1800 37 Art Pottery tile trivet with Moyr Smith tiles 125 121 Roycroft chair, from the Grove Park Inn 1500 38 Heintz vase, silver on bronze 250 122 Roycroft Ali Baba bench, #046, plank seat 8000 39 German tiles, green, white and yellow 125 123 Roycroft dining chairs, set of six, #025 3500 40 Rookwood vase, reverse tapered shape 250 124 Harden rocker, five vertical slats 300 41 Heintzlamp w/ desk pieces, five, 550 125 Arts & Crafts fire tools 650 42 Rookwood vase, cylindrical shape 250 126 Harden armchair, five vertical slats 275 43 Fulper vase, large form, five handles 500 127 Arts & Crafts cube chair, manufactured by Rittenhouse 1200 44 Rookwood vase, pentagonal, with a Weller Roma vase 250 128 Arts & Crafts cube chair, manufactured by Rittenhouse 1300 47 Gustav Stickley sideboard, similar to #816 4000 129 Stickley Brothers lamp table, #2516 600 48 Gustav Stickley china cabinet, #820, single door 2500 130 Michigan Chair Company table, circular top 400 49 Joseph Heinrichs tea set 650 131 Gustav Stickley Thornden side chairs, set of eight 8500 50 George Frost match safe, brass 175 132 Gustav Stickley dining table 8500 51 Fulper cider set, pitcher and five cups 375 133 Gustav Stickley Luncheon linen, 1500 52 Handel table lamp base, bronzed 275 134 Shop of the Crafters bookcase 1800 53 Liberty & Co. basket, oval shape 50 135 Arts & Crafts style shade, age unknown 650 54 German tiles, set of five 75 136 Arts & Crafts bookcase, two doors 600 55 Handel table lamp base, large 550 137 Arts & Crafts bookcase, two doors flanked 550 56 Arts & Crafts lamp, hilly landscape 500 138 Grueby vase, bulbous shape 475 57 WMF handled vessel; WMF vase, double handled 375 139 Hampshire vase, in a green matte 1200 58 Jefferson lamp, palm tree trunk motif 700 140 Dedham Pottery vase 7000 59 Gustav Stickley Morris chair, #2340 7500 141 Marblehead vase, swollen shape 325 60 Gustav Stickley bookcase, early open-form 9500 142 Arthur Baggs vase, large 3000 61 Gustav Stickley side chair, #370, recovered leather seat 225 143 Marblehead vase, tapered shape 375 62 Stickley Brothers postcard desk, #171 750 144 Pewabic vase, shouldered form 750 63 Gustav Stickley side chair, #370, original leather 250 145 North Dakota School of Mines vase, 200 64 Arts & Crafts armchair, possibly by Phoenix 50 146 Walrath vase, 1919, carved 1700 65 Handel lamp, leaded glass shade 1500 147 Stickley Brothers lamp table, #2508, 550 66 Charles Stickley armchair, #1653, attribution 350 148 Roseville Montacello vases, two 600 67 Prairie School desk chair, possibly Stickley 800 149 Arts & Crafts window, in leaded glass 275 68 Arts & Crafts tabourets, pair 800 150 Gustav Stickley library table, #659 3000 69 Arts & Crafts hall chair, narrow 75 151 Gustav Stickley lamp table 1100 70 Dirk Van Erp table lamp, assembled 5500 152 Roseville Sunflower bowl, with Sunflower vase 375 71 Pewabic vase 6w x 10h 9000 153 Gustav Stickley sideboard, #814 4750 72 Gustav Stickley magazine cabinet, #547 1800 154 Gustav Stickley dining table 3750 73 Arts & Crafts hall tree 125 155 Gustav Stickley dining chairs, assembled set of five 900 74 Arts & Crafts footstool with an Arts & Crafts tabouret 125 156 Fulper vase, three-handled shape 225 75 Arts & Crafts table, style of Limbert, 175 158 Fulper vase, double handled 250 76 L & JG Stickley costumer, #89 700 159 California Faience bowl & Roseville Velmoss vase 225 77 Arts and Crafts gun cabinet, 500 160 Rookwood handled vessel, cylindrical; with Rookwood tray 375 78 Limbert armchair, with an Arts & Crafts plant stand 175 161 Roseville Sunflower wall pocket 500 79 Arts & Crafts tall case clock, 475 162 Fulper vase, cylindrical shape 275 80 Marblehead vase, flaring shape 350 163 Rookwood vase, incised flowers, with Rookwood vase 275 81 Art Pottery vase, in the style of Newcomb 550 164 Rookwood vase, molded flowers 325 82 Marblehead vase, bulbous shape, 350 165 Gustav Stickley bookcase, #525, two doors 6500 83 Rookwood vase, organic design 500 166 Gustav Stickley dresser, #911, Harvey Ellis 3000 84 Gates Pottery bowl, Chicago, 200 167 Limbert cricket stool, #201 , recovered 500 1 RESULTS - March 4, 2012 168 Arts & Crafts footstool, in the style of Roycroft 350 265 E.T. Hurley etching, Suspension 200 169 Lakeside Craft Shop footstool, #116 425 266 Rookwood Faience tiles, two, 275 170 Arts & Crafts screen, three panels 700 267 E.T. Hurley color etching, 6th Street 300 171 Arts & Crafts bookcases, pair 800 268 Lifetime bookcase, similar to #7630, 1200 172 Dirk Van Erp vase, shouldered form 425 269 Rookwood Faience tile, stylized rose 225 173 Arts & Crafts settle, twelve vertical slats 400 270 E.T. Hurley etching, Bend of the River 200 174 Gustav Stickley bed, similar to #923 600 271 Arts & Crafts vase, tall form i 250 175 Helen Hyde A Summer Shower, 850 272 Roycroft vase, tapered shape, 175 176 F.J. Wildenhofer vase, hammered copper 300 273 Heintz vase, attribution 300 177 Stickley Brothers daybed #3758 425 275 Kalo dish, unusual handled 2600 178 Limbert table, #190, circular top 850 277 Merrimac vase, large bulbous shape 5000 179 Gustav Stickley lamp table, #611 900 278 Gustav Stickley magazine stand, four shelves 900 180 Limbert table, similar to #1135 1200 280 Stickley Brothers magazine stand, 550 181 Stickley armchairs, pair, contemporary 250 281 Arts & Crafts tabouret, Flemish-influenced 175 182 L & JG Stickley armchair and rocker 475 282 Gustav Stickley chest of drawers, #909 2300 183 L & JG Stickley tabouret, #558 600 283 Limbert tabouret, #206, octagonal 425 184 English Arts & Crafts fire screen 425 285 Limbert sideboard, three drawers 700 185 Michigan Chair Company drink stand 500 287 Edward Sheriff Curtis photogravure, An Isleta Man, 375 186 Limbert table, #186 550 288 Asahel Curtis Mt. Rainier 750 187 Roseville Sunflower jardiniere, with a Zaneware bowl 600 289 Arts & Crafts print, The Indian and the Lily, 600 188 Gustav Stickley library table, #615 1400 291 Liberty & Company Tudric clock 1700 189 Limbert sideboard, #457, 1900 292 English Arts & Crafts vase, c. 1900, 600 190 L & JG Stickley library table, similar to #520 500 295 Kutani vase, by Hyoyu, c. 1900, Thousand Scholars 2500 191 North Dakota School of Mines vase 1500 297 Persian Heriz rug, floral design 4500 192 Stickley Brothers library table, #2561 275 298 Renee Irene Prahar bronze, stylized falcon 350 193 Vintage hanging fixture 650 300 Renee Irene Prahar bronze, stylized monkey 600 194 Arts & Crafts umbrella stand, 150 302 Utagawa Kunisada Japanese woodblock print, triptych 475 195 Arts & Crafts andirons, in twisted 175 303 Japanese woodblock print, standing figure 300 196 Arts & Crafts bridal chest, in mahogany 450 304 Asian sculpture, mountain 200 197 Arts & Crafts andirons, in wrought iron 125 305 Japanese sculptures, wood and wire 175 198 Arts & Crafts lamp, leaded glass shade 325 306 Asian sculpture, bronze, stylized frog, 125 199 J.M.
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