Copake Auction’s 35th annual New Year’s Day auction featured 757 lots of quality Americana, Furniture, Folk Art, Decorative Items, Art & Textiles. The sale was a great success with 2,643 registered bidders both in house and online and 2,666 absentee bids. The gallery was packed with eager bidders and Mike and Seth sold a slightly slower than usual (approximately 450 phone bids scheduled) 90 lots per hour.
Consignments are accepted throughout the year for the annual premiere Americana sale. To inquire about consigning for this or any other (monthly) Estate sale contact 518-329-1142 or info@copakeauction.com.
Featured Lots:
LOT 6.
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) oil stick on cream cardboard with punched holes. “Padrino”. Provenance: consigner got directly from the artist. A letter from the owner will accompany the lot stating her deceased husband got the piece directly from the artist. Property of a N.Y.C. collector. 8 1/2″ x 11 1/2″.
Estimate: $8,000-10,000
Sold Price: $22,230
LOT 207.
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) oil stick on cream cardboard with punched holes. “Padrino”. Provenance: consigner got directly from the artist. A letter from the owner will accompany the lot stating her deceased husband got the piece directly from the artist. Property of a N.Y.C. collector. 8 1/2″ x 11 1/2″.
Estimate: $6,000-7,000
Sold Price: $11,700
LOT 3.
Early 19th c. Bergen County New Jersey corner cupboard in original blue/gray paint. Reeded and fluted columns with triple fan carved cornice. Interior painted red and gray with shaped shelves. 52″ x 20 1/2″x 7′ Ht. Provenance G.K.S. Bush, purchased January 21, 2006. Property of a New Jersey Collector.
Estimate: $5,000-8,000
Sold Price: $10,530
LOT 195.
Victorian “Queen Anne” model Wooton desk having two doors with cubby’s, interior dropfront desk. Top has carved gallery. 43″ x 28 1/2″ x 72″ Ht.
Estimate: $3,000-5,000
Sold Price: $8,483
LOT 29.
18th c. New Hampshire Queen Anne chest on frame with molded cornice, six rows of drawers with double rows at top and bottom. Birch and pine in old brown paint, retains original brasses. C. 1785-1800. 42 1/2″ x 20″x 69 1/2″ Ht. Provenance Peter H. Eaton Antiques, purchased 1/22/2011. Property of a New Jersey Collector.
Estimate: $4,500-6,500
Sold Price: $8,190
LOT 79.
Owls on branch gilt copper weathervane. 34″ W., 22″ Ht.
Estimate: $4,000-6,000
Sold Price: $7,605
LOT 7.
Keith Haring (1958-1990), New York-Pennsylvania, artwork on found object believed to be a plexiglass subway window. Signed on left middle side. Provenance: Provenance: consigner got directly from the artist. A letter from the owner will accompany the lot stating her deceased husband got the piece directly from the artist. Property of a N.Y.C. collector.. 10″ x 20 1/2″.
Estimate: $3,000-4,000
Sold Price: $7,020
LOT 379.
Pair iron and bronze gates with Bird Of Paradise, insects and florals. 30″ x 72″ each, along with two side panels (21″ x 74″ each).
Estimate: $6,000-7,000
Sold Price: $6,786
LOT 73.
18th c. English mahogany sideboard Stamped “Gillows Lancaster” (Robert Gillow (1704–1772 English furniture manufacturer, who founded Gillow & Co.), single long drawer flanked by two doors. Reeded legs raised on casters. 76 1/2″ x 26 3/4″ x 55 1/2″ Ht.
Estimate: $700-900
Sold Price: $5,558
LOT 549.
18th c. (?) Chinese cast iron planter. 20 1/2″x 36 1/2″ x 16″ Ht.
Estimate: $200-300
Sold Price: $5,558
LOT 297.
Palace size Oriental rug. 13′ x 21′ 4″.
Estimate: $2,500-3,500
Sold Price: $5,265
LOT 248.
Isaac Friedlander (N.Y. 1890 – 1968), Scarce original woodblock, titled “Merry Go Round” (Coney Island), includes original signed print from woodblock. Woodblock 12″ x 10″, signed woodcut 15″ x 11″.
Estimate: $1,400-1,600
Sold Price: $4,973
LOT 18.
Signed Tiffany grandfather clock with chimes. 22 1/2″ x 15″ x 81″ Ht. Nine tubes (signed Walter Durfee).
Estimate: $1,000-1,500
Sold Price: $4,680
LOT 360.
Xavier Bueno (Spain/Italy 1915 – 1979), abstract with figures, signed LLC. Painting 19″ x 27″. Has Sagittarius Gallery New York City label verso.
Estimate: $2,000-3,000
Sold Price: $4,680
LOT 5.
Early tavern sign “The Waggon and Horses”, double sided, with original wrought iron hanger, paint on metal. 28″ x 58″.
Estimate: $1,000-1,500
Sold Price: $4,388
