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Left to right: a Hudson River Valley stoneware jug with an
incised and cobalt-decorated tulip; a pitcher by William
Pecker, Merrimacport, Mass.; and a redware jar possibly by
Thomas O’Hara Goodwin. Walker Homestead, Brookfield,
Mass.
Buyers flooded the aisles shortly after opening. There were approximately 100 people at
the gate.
ware City” for its industrious- exhibition at the Custom House was featuring a mixture of toys, Midcentury Modern offerings were supplied by Gary
ness in this area. Norton fea- Maritime Museum in Newbury- holiday ephemera and pop cul- Treadwell Antiques & Collectibles, Sturbridge Mass. He
tured a log trunk in calf hide, port, Mass., titled “Potters on the ture pieces. Among them was a featured an assortment of Viking Glass as well as acrylic
entirely without hair, dating Merrimac: A Century of New Borden’s Farm Products milk works from Shlomi Haziza.
from 1819. It is called a log trunk England Ceramics,” on view and cream tin lithographed
because of its cylindrical form. through April and written about wagon with wood wheels, roof
He noted that the trunk had an in the Antiques and The Arts and horse. The driver on the
American lock, which was Weekly September 20, 2019 inside was original. Also among
unusual at this time. “It used to issue. his offerings was a fantastic
kill the makers to have to use a piece of marketing, an unused
lock marked with an English “This is a nice show and I’m vomit bag for the 1970 movie
crown,” he said. glad that they reinstated it,” said Mark of the Devil, which was the
Ernest Eldridge, from E.S. first film rated V for violence.
Walker Homestead, Brookfield, Eldridge Auctioneers, Williman- The bag said “positively the most
Mass., was featuring a selection tic, Conn. He and his wife Anita horrifying film ever made / see it
of early pottery, including stone- were selling a mix of country fur- soon at a theatre near you.”
ware and redware. A Hudson niture, early glass, European
River Valley stoneware jug with porcelain and more. On the back Among other offerings were
an incised and cobalt-decorated wall was a large cutout sign in dealers specializing in dolls,
tulip was displayed alongside a the form of a wagon buggy, antique textiles, coins, silver, com-
redware jar attributed to Thom- extending 10 feet high, advertis- ics and ephemera. The show plans
as O’Hara Goodwin, and a pitch- ing “Dr Hippocrates M. Quack- to be back in the same place in
er by William Pecker, Merrimac- shoddy Ph.D Miracle Elixir and 2021. For information, www.face-
port, Mass. Pecker’s work is his Patent Medicines.” book.com/theantiquecollectibless-
heavily featured in a current how/ or 508-347-1960.
J&M Antiques, Munson, Mass.,
Paul Norton of Hartco Trunks, Terryville, Conn., stands
next to a log trunk from 1819.
John Hall holds up a 1939 Speed Graphic,
produced by Graflex. They were marketed as
press cameras, and famed press photogra-
pher Arthur “Weegee” Fellig used a similar
model. Araby’s Attic, Stafford Springs, Conn.
A gentleman takes a look at a two-handled
crock in the booth of Walker Homestead,
Brookfield, Mass.
Dolls of all shapes and kinds were found at Hatton’s Gallery
of Dolls, Stafford Springs, Conn.
An 1890s German pull toy with bisque head Anita Eldridge, Willimantic, Conn., stands Country goods, accessories and folk art were on show with
would play the drums as he was pulled with a cutout sign for Dr Hippocrates M. Chet and Cathy Cwilichoski, Ansonia, Conn.
along. Quirky Antiques, Brookfield, Mass. Quackshoddy Ph.D Miracle Elixir.
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Queen Anne Games Table Stars At
Copake’s New Year’s Day Sale
Auction Action In Copake, N.Y. COPAKE, N.Y. — Mike Fallon, saved throughout the year just for
co-owner of Copake Auction, this sale.
Of the more than 50 pieces of period furni- Among the 50 weathervanes consigned to recalls stepping through the door
ture offered in the sale, the clear leader was the sale, this goat, 21 by 20 inches, stand in 1986 and asking himself “Who “We used to charge $10 a seat,
the first lot across the block, a rare Queen included, sold for $8,260. would ever come to a New Year’s refundable with purchase,” recalls
Anne turret top card table that sold for auction?” Back then, the turnout Seth Fallon, Mike’s son and the
$11,800. Mahogany, New York, circa 1740s, it Review and Onsite Photos by surprised him; the auction gallery firm’s co-owner. “Two to three
was probably by Gilbert Ash and featured W.A. Demers, Senior Editor was packed, and sales of antique years ago we started to notice
excellent carving on its knees. furniture were impressive, includ- attendance falling off, so we dis-
Additional Photos Courtesy of Copake Auction ing with a Hudson Valley kas that continued that.”
brought $9,000 and a pair of Hep-
plewhite chairs that fetched The approximately 750-lot sale
$14,000. At the time, he was not began at 10 am and finished late
affiliated with Copake and was afternoon, grossing about
there only to bid on antiques. $550,000. “I thought it was very
strong,” said Seth. “We knew folk
As he has learned over the art would do well, but furniture
years, however, the concept has also did well. We saw regular
staying power. In fact, the sign out faces; there were dealers in the
front at the auction house’s loca- room. For me, it was one of the
tion, just off Route 7A in this most pleasurable sales we’ve had,
Columbia County, N.Y., town with a lot of purchasers leaving
advertised its 40th annual New happy.”
Year’s Day auction. Although it’s a
sparser scene inside than the Seth Fallon said the general
heady days when the gallery rubric of such auctions seemed to
would be packed with upwards of be at play. “We sold to about 400
350 patrons, father and son team individual buyers, some success-
Mike and Seth Fallon greeted a fully bidding on more than just
sizeable and spirited crowd who one lot. But for that to happen you
arrived on a relatively balmy Jan- need about 10,000 people partici-
uary 1. It’s an event that both pating. And we had buyers from
they and their regular customers all over the world — Belgium,
look forward to every year, and, as China, France and more. We also
in years past, the sale featured had about 3,500 absentee bids.”
great diversity and choice items
“Half price, that sounds about
right,” quipped Seth Fallon as he
hammered down a pair of Nine-
Attributed to Anthony Van Dyck (1599- Joanne and Brian Kaley, proprietors of Cobblestone Antiques
1641), this portrait of Charles I found favor in Pleasant Valley, N.Y., were looking at items during the
with a Dutchess County, N.Y., collector who morning preview before the sale started on New Year’s Day.
paid $12,300 for the 11-by-8¼-inch oil on
wood panel, a tenfold result over its high The sale also featured stoneware, display-
estimate. ing the selection on shelving set up in the
gallery.
An online bidder prevailed for this leaping Part of the preview ritual on New Year’s at Copake is to be
stag at $4,920. regaled by Mike Fallon’s colorful stories about past antiqu-
ing exploits. Here he swaps tales with William Lohrman of
New Paltz, N.Y., right, and Jim Decker of Hurley, N.Y.
There was a lot of interest in this Eigh- An Eighteenth Century Boston mahogany The same Midwest collector who won the Queen Anne
teenth Century rosewood Chippendale serpentine chest of drawers with ogee feet games table, purchased a set of eight Chippendale carved
chest that was richly enhanced with grain and original brasses was bid to $4,250. mahogany side chairs for $7,965.
painting. Sourced from a storage unit in
Millbrook, the chest consisted of an upper
part with three short and four long drawers
and a base with three drawers. It blew past
its $500/600 estimate to reach $3,998 from a
collector in Rhode Island.
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About 150 lots into the sale, Mike Fallon took over auction- The pair of Nineteenth Cen- You cannot have a 40th anniversary sale without cake. Mike
eering from his son, taking bids for Charle Walquist’s tury dumb stoves of George Fallon does the cutting honors with Seth Fallon looking on.
(American, mid-Nineteenth Century) aerial view of a mill Washington and Lady Lib-
town and falls on the Hudson River that rose to $3,540. erty made circa 1843 by
Alonzo Blanchard of Albany,
teenth Century dumb stoves for furniture, according to catalog N.Y., took a haircut from the
$11,800. A decade ago, at the notes. Items from her collection $22,600 they had sold for a
firm’s New Year’s Day sale, the can be found in the collections of decade ago. From a Long
pair — George Washington and several museums, including the Island consignor and recon-
Lady Liberty in polychrome paint Metropolitan Museum of Art, the signed to Copake, they sold
surface — had performed solidly Brooklyn Museum, the Winter- for $11,800 this time.
within estimate, selling for thur Museum and the Yale Uni- a tenfold result over its high esti-
$22,600 to the current consignor. versity Art Gallery. mate.
The circa 1843 figures were made The same buyer, a Midwest col-
by Alonzo Blanchard, Albany, lector, purchased a set of eight Folk art is always a staple at
N.Y., and both stand 48¾ inches Chippendale carved mahogany Copake Auction. This year, the
tall. chairs for $7,965. There were six sale featured more than 50
side chairs and two arm chairs. weathervanes, a big portion of
There were multiple collections An Eighteenth Century Boston which came from a gentleman in
and single consignments on offer, mahogany serpentine chest of Pennsylvania who was downsiz-
including items from the Philip drawers with ogee feet and origi- ing, including a Statue of Liberty, Copake continually makes a market for antique weather-
and Kathy Seibel collection in nal brasses was bid to $4,250. horses, ram, bull, squirrel, fish, vanes, dedicating a separate room in the gallery for this
Catskill, N.Y. The furniture com- Attracting a lot of appreciative grasshopper, eagles, pigs and year’s selection of more than 50 examples. Seth Fallon holds
ponent was rich: 40 cupboards looks at preview was an Eigh- more. During preview, the collec- a horse jumping through ring weathervane that received a
and hundreds of primitives. The teenth Century Chippendale tion was on view in a separate lot of presale interest and earned a $5,015 final price.
auction house will offer these chest aswirl with grain decora- room in the gallery. There were
spread throughout upcoming auc- tion. With an upper part with four high-fliers among the sale’s a naive Charle Walquist (Ameri- dropped on the last of the 750 lots,
tions. three short and four long drawers, top performing lots, including a can, mid-Nineteenth Century) the Fallons were gearing up for
base with three drawers, the goat, 21 by 20 inches, stand aerial view of a mill town and falls the firm’s next sale, one of its reg-
There were more than 50 pieces 40½-by-21-by-71-inch piece was included, that sold for $8,260; a on the Hudson River, probably ular estate auctions set for Satur-
of period furniture, including five conservatively estimated horse jumping through a ring, one of five that he did in the day, February 15.
highboys, chests of drawers, card $500/600 but soared to $3,998, landing at $5,015 to the trade; a 1920s, signed lower right and
tables, slant lid desks, sets of won by a collector in Rhode horse and jockey going to a Euro- inscribed “Kinderhook, 1830,” Prices given include the buyer’s
chairs, tavern tables, stands and Island. pean collector for $7,380; and a fetching $3,540 from a local collec- premium as stated by the auction
more. The top furniture lot was a It was at this point, about 150 leaping stag snagging $4,920 tor. house. For more information,
rare Eighteenth Century Queen lots into the sale, that Mike Fallon from a collector online. www.copakeauction.com or 518-
Anne mahogany New York turret took over auctioneering duties, Almost as soon as the gavel 329-1142.
top card table, circa 1740s, which More artwork included early
got the auction off to a great start, portraits, including two attribut-
crossing the block as the first lot ed to William Matthew Prior and
and bringing $11,800. Believed to
have been made by Gilbert Ash but not before cake. In honor of
(New York), the 32-by-16-by-29½- Copake’s 40th anniversary, a
inch (closed) piece was part of the tasty sheet cake was rolled out for
collection of Mrs J.Amory Haskell, Mike to cut and for patrons to
and in fact was stamped on the enjoy as the sale continued.
underside “Property of Mrs J.A. Fine art highlights included a
Haskell.” painting attributed to Anthony
Van Dyck (1599-1641), a portrait
Haskell (1864-1942) owned one of Charles I, that found favor with
of the largest and most distin- a Dutchess County, N.Y., collector
guished collections of American who paid $12,300 for the
11-by-8¼-inch oil on wood panel,
This horse and jockey weathervane was
seen galloping off to Europe, purchased by
a collector there for $7,380.
Seth Fallon takes bids from the podium for the Queen Anne It could have been a good story. This primi-
games table. tive painting, a portrait of a young girl, oil
on canvas, 25½ by 19½ inches, found favor
with a woman in the room bidding against
an online bidder from South Carolina with
no prior history with Copake. The five-fig-
ure final price achieved proved ephemeral,
however, when it came time for the internet
bidder to pay, and the painting remained
unsold at press time.
Part New Year’s Day entertainment, part commerce, Copake’s Fetching $5,015 was this horse jumping Copake co-owners Mike Fallon, left, and
annual sale on January 1 always attracts a good crowd. through ring weathervane. Seth Fallon with one of the sale’s key lots, a
rare Eighteenth Century Queen Anne tur-
ret top card table. There were close to ten
competitive bids on the piece. “We’re happy
that it went to a Midwest collector on the
phone,” said Mike.
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