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www.copakeauction.com | Post Sale | Feb 2003 Textile Sale
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Winter Textile Auction Post Sale Article - Feb. 15, 2003 |
Post Sale Press Article | View Price Results
Copake Auction, Inc. held it抯 4th Annual Winter Textile Auction on Saturday, February 15 at 12 noon. The sale featured 400 catalogued lots including over 200 quilts, 25 hook rugs, samplers, fabrics, linens, swatchbooks and more. Auctioneer, Mike Fallon, sold the 400 lots in just over four hours to 150 registered bidders (including absentee and phone bidders).
The sales coordinator, Seth Fallon, also catalogued the entire sale, 揥e had our catalog and over 300 photos available on our website. This enabled buyers to view the auction in advance from all over the country. We attracted online bidders from all over.?This year抯 textile auction was the most successful yet. The top lot was a rare 1939 World抯 Fair quilt which was sponsored by Macy抯 and Good Housekeeping. This quilt had the classic ball and sphere image and was in excellent condition. It sold to a phone bidder for $7,500 (prices do not include 10% buyer抯 premium). A 1930抯 Princess Feather quilt with exceptional quilting sold to a decorator in the audience for $1,000 while another Princess Feather from the 19th century sold to a collector for $1,400. The same collector also purchased an early pieced triangles quilt for $1,000 that was from the early 19th century and was cut for a four poster bed.
Among a selection of quality crazy quilts was lot 56 which sold to a Connecticut dealer on the floor for a reasonable $1,100. A 19th c. red and blue Honey Bee pattern quilt sold for $900 to a collector on the floor. A phone bidder from San Antonio, TX purchased and unusual religious quilt featuring biblical scenes for $1,300. A 19th century toile 揈conomy Patch Stars?quilt which was a large 120?x 122?sold for a reasonable $1,200.
Consigned from a California estate was a lace wedding dress with the original veil, it went to a phone bidder from Massachusetts for $625.
Paisley shawls ranged in price from $100-400. There were also many objects in the fabric area for under $100 including lace trimmings, fabric groupings, quilt pieces, etc.
The annual auction always features several quality samplers, this year six were auctioned off including the top selling sampler which was from Townsend, VT and was signed 揚hilinda Lamb aged 13 years July 24? It sold for a strong $3,400. A German Pennsylvania sampler made by Pieternella Geldof in 1807 sold for $725.
The gallery will hold another textile auction in the winter of 2004 and are now accepting consignments for that sale. If you are interested in consigning or just need more information contact us via email or give us a call us: 518-329-1142
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