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Townsend Collection Part I Breaks Auction Records; Part II Scheduled for June 23
“I am intensely proud of my team. We utilized all of our resources to produce the sale that Antique Helper was built to handle. In the end, the Sunset was glorious on this day,” said Dan Ripley in a poetic closing statement. MORE
Mission to Modern, Art, Antiques, and Tribal
March 27, 2010
Location: 2764 East 55th Place, Indianapolis, IN 46220
More Info: 317-251-5635
Please attend our gallery preview Friday from 2pm - 7pm.
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We are pleased to announce our March Mission to Modern Art, and Antiques sale. This spring auction will feature many works from the Robert Lohman estate. The vast grouping will include a number of prints with the original plates from the artist's portfolio. We have a lifetime collection of antique silver, cut glass, paintings and more from Paul and June Vos. We will also be selling another great collection of Oceanic art, Murano glass, paintings, and furniture.
Catalogue Sale
Fine Art and Prints: J.W. Hardrick, Jerry Smith, Martha Hayden, Jack Savitsky, Sue Wall, Mary Gehr, Robert Willson, Leroy Neiman, Miro invitation, Jurgen Peters op art print, David Hockney exhibition posters, Jeanette Pasin-Sloan litho, 1937 Picasso prints, Robert Lohman, Richard H. Thompson political outsider art. Sculpture and Decorative Arts: Native American bronze after Carl Kauba, Frank Engle mother and child, Jonathan Rollins Black Americana sculpture, Franz Hagenauer Deco horse tray, Curtis Jere crane floor lamp. Porcelain and Pottery: Meissen and Spode’s Tower china, Lenox Belleek mugs, Weller Sicard vase, Rookwood, large Don Reitz stoneware vessel, Larry Shep California vase, Joel Edwards, Rick Berman, and Edris Eckhardt. Furniture: Victorian, Old Hickory, Limbert library table, Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Group chairs, Ron Arad / Tomvac for Vitra chairs, Design Institute America chrome table, Danish Modern. Italian Glass: Venetian mirror, Barbini, Venini, Pino Signoretto, Lino Tagliapietra, Afro Celotto, etc. Oceanic Art: Rare executioners club, Mundugumor flute stopper, "gope" ancestor spirit boards, utility canoe with crocodile prow, Iatmul overmodeled trophy skull, village communication slit drum "garamut", and carved wooden ancestor masks. African Art: Yoruba ivory divination tapper, Bambara "tiji wara" headdress, Ossyeba reliquary figure, African Baule figure, Yoruba beaded figureAsante cast brass vessel, Lwalwa mfonde mask, African Vili figure with skull, Songye kifwebe society carved wooden masks, etc. Folk Art: "Mammy" doll, North Carolina fishing hat, African American folk art figural railroad spike, duck decoys. Orientalia: Chinese carved wooden foo dogs, Meiji plaque, Qianlong vase, Japanese woodblock. Silver: Gorham English Gadroon and Chantilly sterling flatware services, English Aesthetic fish set, etc. Rugs: Semi antique loom woven palace size Oriental rug, Oriental tabriz pattern rugs.
Discovery Sale
Furniture and Lighting: Danish teak desk, Heywood Wakefield floating nightstands, Goodform and Steelcase office chairs, Warren McArthur chair, Hollywood Regency stool, retro modern pedestals, and modern lighting, also a Hitchcock rocker, Victorian marble top dry sink, roll top desk, and spinning wheels. Decorative Arts: World’s Fair heads, Deco aluminum trays, Eskimo seal stone carving, large Lincoln plaster plaque, exotic leather doctor’s bag, and pipe collection. Silver: Sterling flatware, silverplate including a Gorham tea set. Pottery, Porcelain, and China: Royal Doulton Merlin Toby, Alan Johnson fisherman, Capo di Monte figure, Noritake china, Haviland, Limoges, Ironstone tureen, cup and saucer sets. Glass: Tiffany champagne flutes, Orrefors, Steuben, Villeroy & Boch, cut glass, American glass covered compotes, epergne, paperweights, etc. Orientalia: Japanese enamel vases, Chinese rice bowls, lithophane sake sets, and soapstone. Toys and Dolls: Hot Wheels, toy guns, AM baby, antique doll furniture, train figures and accessories. Books: NY Times 1929 and 1932 bound volumes. Fine Art and Prints: Broad range of traditional to modern artwork. Other: Primitives, records, vintage camera equipment, etc. Costume and Estate Jewelry.
