New Year’s Day Sale 2015 Post Sale Results

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.

 

 

Image	Lot#	Description	Result
6 Images	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. … Estimate: 8,000.00 – 10,000.00	22,230.00 USD
7 Images	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 … Estimate: 5,000.00 – 8,000.00	10,530.00 USD
27 Images	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: 3,000.00 – 5,000.00	8,482.50 USD
14 Images	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. … Estimate: 4,500.00 – 6,500.00	8,190.00 USD
7 Images	79	Owls on branch gilt copper weathervane. 34″ W., 22″ Ht. Estimate: 4,000.00 – 6,000.00	7,605.00 USD
5 Images	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 … Estimate: 3,000.00 – 4,000.00	7,020.00 USD
11 Images	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: 6,000.00 – 7,000.00	6,786.00 USD
20 Images	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: 700.00 – 900.00	5,557.50 USD
8 Images	549	18th c. (?) Chinese cast iron planter. 20 1/2″x 36 1/2″ x 16″ Ht. Estimate: 200.00 – 300.00	5,557.50 USD
7 Images	297	Palace size Oriental rug. 13′ x 21′ 4″. Estimate: 2,500.00 – 3,500.00	5,265.00 USD
8 Images	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: 1,400.00 – 1,600.00	4,972.50 USD
18 Images	18	Signed Tiffany grandfather clock with chimes. 22 1/2″ x 15″ x 81″ Ht. Nine tubes (signed Walter Durfee). Estimate: 1,000.00 – 1,500.00	4,680.00 USD
12 Images	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: 2,000.00 – 3,000.00	4,680.00 USD
8 Images	548	18th c. (?) Chinese cast iron planter. 21″ x 37″ x 15″ Ht. Estimate: 200.00 – 300.00	4,680.00 USD
12 Images	5	Early tavern sign “The Waggon and Horses”, double sided, with original wrought iron hanger, paint on metal. 28″ x 58″. Estimate: 1,000.00 – 1,500.00	4,387.50 USD
10 Images	15	Early polychrome painted Parcheesi and Checkerboard. Has painted fan in center of Parcheesi. 22″ x 21 1/2″. Estimate: 500.00 – 700.00	4,387.50 USD
13 Images	214	17th/18th c. rush seat turned “Carver” style armchair in blue paint. 16″ seat Ht., 45″ overall Ht. Deaccessioned from the American Folk Art Museum New York. Estimate: 400.00 – 600.00	4,387.50 USD