Post Sale Article
On Monday January 1st at 12 noon the father and son team Michael and Seth Fallon of Copake Auction held their 27th Annual New Year’s Day Sale. Copake Auction, one of Columbia County’s longest running auction houses had 100 registered absentee and phone bidders with over 800 left bids for this their premier Americana sale of the year. This was the most activity the Copake Auction has seen in with phone bids from all over the country and 250 registered bidders in house.
The $350,000 grossing sale featured 500 lots of Americana all photographed in detail with descriptions and estimates available on the website weeks before the sale. “Our email list has grown tremendously over the 8 years we’ve had an online presence, this enables us to reach far more people then ever before and reflects in the amount of phone and online bids we now receive” Seth Fallon commented. “A customer can sit in the comfort of their home and preview the entire sale or search for specific items on our website, leave a bid or call us and speak to us in person. It’s really changed the way we do business” Mike added.
The sale featured one of the best selections of weathervanes Copake has ever assembled including a bull with horns $12,000, codfish in worn gilt surface $12,100 and Rochester horse $15,400. Some of the fine art highlights include a 19th c. oil on canvas landscape signed Albert Insley which brought $5,390 and a 19th C. oil on canvas Hudson River scene, view of Washington's headquarters in Newburgh NY which sold for $5,280. The star of the auction was a pair of C. 1817 Ammi Phillips oil on canvas portraits of Tobias Teller (1772-1854) and Caroline (or Paulina) Sammis Teller (1788-1865) which closed at $34,100. The sitters were residents of Red Hook, Dutchess County NY. These portraits were in the Boscobel collection and are illustrated in "Federal Furniture and Decorative Arts at Boscobel", Berry B. Tracy.
An 18th C. Chippendale Mass. mahogany serpentine chest of drawers sold for $7,700. “This was one of my favorite items in the sale, we haven’t had one in years” Seth Fallon commented.
An 18th C. cherry Chippendale bonnet top chest on chest weighed in at $15,950 to a flurry of floor and phone bids. Other highlights included a C. 1760 Conn. Queen Anne curly maple drop leaf breakfast table $5,720, 18th c. Q.A. desk on frame $4,950 and Shaker #0 child’s armless rocker $1,045. Several textile highlights include a Navajo weaving, third phase chiefs design circa 1880 which sold for $5,170 and a rare 18th C. Long Island NY sampler "1795 Ethelenah Coles, daughter of Jacob" which brought $3,850. Jacob was the son of Daniel Coles one of the founders of Glen Cove & Oyster Bay Long Island. A Penna. Mennonite broken star in sawtooth square, orange, green and chestnut quilt circa 1870 brought $1,870. Seth Fallon has a passion for textiles “We are coming up on our 7th annual textile auction, I’ve learned a lot and get to sell some great pieces” Seth Fallon stated. Several wild card items included a 19th c. cast iron life size stag, probably Fiske which closed at $5,500 and a carved wooden bust of a young girl found in Penna. which sold for $2,530.
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