SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK HIGHLIGHTS RELEASE January – March 2009 Sotheby’s 2009 auction season in New York will begin with the two-day sale of Important Americana.
Leading the Folk Art offerings is A Rare and Important
Molded Copper Fireman “Old Jake” Weathervane
News-Antique.com - Dec 20,2008 - Sotheby’s 2009 auction season in New York will begin with the two-day sale of Important Americana.
Leading the Folk Art offerings is A Rare and Important
Molded Copper Fireman “Old Jake” Weathervane Made for
the Union Fire Hall, now Charley Rouss Fire Company,
Winchester, Virginia, American, circa 1850 (est. $3/5 million).
“Old Jake,” as the weathervane has long been called, is
unprecedented in its quality, form, and scale – measuring over six
feet high and six feet wide – and has topped the Charley Rouss
Fire Company since just after the Civil War. Also among the
Folk Art highlights will be a group of approximately thirty
waterfowl decoys led by a Fine and Rare High-Neck Pintail
Hen, Mid-Western, circa 1900 (est. $70/90,000).
Highlighting the furniture offerings, The Important Captain
Edward Allen Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany
Bombé Chest-on-Chest, Probably Salem, Massachusetts, circa
1780, is estimated at $800,000/1.2 million. Bombé case
furniture represents the most expensive type of furniture
available in eastern Massachusetts during the eighteenth century, and the chest-on-chest to be offered in
January is one of approximately seven known examples to survive as well as a new discovery for the market,
never before published. Property from the Estate of John William Boor, MD will feature select timepieces
and Pennsylvania furniture
