Featured Lot:
LOT 1.Rare 18th c. Queen Anne mahogany New York turret top card table. New York C. 1740's. Probably by Gilbert Ash (New York). 32" x 16" x 29 1/2" Ht. (closed). This piece was part of the collection of: Mrs. J. AMORY HASKELL - and is stamped underside "PROPERTY OF MRS. J.A. HASKELL". Mrs. Haskell (1864-1942) owned one of the largest and most distinguished collections of American furniture. Items from her collection can be found in the collections of several important museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Winterthur Museum, and the Yale University Art Gallery. In 1944, Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York sold The Americana Collection of the Late Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, which consisted of over 7,000 lots.
Estimate: $10,000–12,000
Sold Price: $11,800
Auction: 40th Annual New Year's Day Auction, January 1, 2020
Category: Estate & New Years Day Auctions
Tags: Card Table, Queen Anne
