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FRIDAY JANUARY 10, 2025 • VOL. 55, NO. 1
A Passion For Pottery: Crocker Farm To Sell Carole Wahler Collection Special Single-Owner Sale To Take Place Jan. 22 To 31 By Brandt Zipp Crocker Farm Inc. will be selling the collection of Knoxville, Tenn., ceramics collector, Carole Carpenter Wahler, in an online auction running from Jan. 22 to 31. Featuring 300 lots of American stoneware and redware pottery, the sale is heavily focused on major 19th century potting centers of the South and will include representative pieces from Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. Wahler, a leading scholar on Tennessee pottery, spent 50 years studying Southern-made ceramics and amassing her impressive collection, which includes a number of iconic, published works. Much of what is known today about Tennessee stoneware and redware is thanks to Wahler. She was both a collector and an educator on the material. “Her astute eye for exceptional examples of Southern pottery is evidenced by this sale,” said Crocker Farm Inc. principal,
Anthony Zipp. Several of the sale’s highlights are masterworks from Tennessee, where Wahler lived most of her life. Among these is an outstanding salt-glazed stoneware face jug (est. $25,000-$40,000) marked by Cookeville, Tenn.,
New Book Provides Simple Introduction To How Objects Can Create Character And Personality To Any House “Everyday Antiques” Is Both Coffee Table Book And Creative Guide By Karl Pass Depending on who you ask, you will receive a different definition of what the word “antique” means. The term represents something unique to everyone. For most people, decorating is more than transforming an empty space into a living space. Most of us create a mix that is personally done using some inherited, sometimes even “antique” objects and also big-box store objects. Many people even
Wahler’s first major redware purchase was this jar, attributed to the Cain Pottery of Sullivan County, Tenn., ca. 1830-80, (est. $6,000-$10,000), acquired from Don Walters in 1980.
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“The Hon. Frederick Dougless” stoneware face jug by John A. Roberts, Cookeville, Tenn, ca. 1895, (est. $25,000-$40,000) is arguably the most historically significant American face vessel known.
John Floyd’s masterpiece stoneware water cooler from Knox County, Tenn., dated 1857, (est. $20,000-$30,000) shows Manhattan influence in its delicate incised design.
Made ca. 1852-62, this extremely rare marked redware jar by John Alexander Lowe of Greene County, Tenn., (est. $25,000-$40,000) set a world auction record for Tennessee pottery in 2008.
potter John A. Roberts. Featuring the highly important inscription, “The Hon. Frederick Dougless,” on the reverse, the jug was likely made to commemorate abolitionist Frederick Douglass upon his death in 1895. Mark Zipp, partner at Crocker Farm Inc., notes, “The sculptural quality, condition, and large signature make this one of the best Tennessee pottery face vessels known, but the inscription for Douglass places it on an extraordinary level of historical significance.” Another Tennessee highlight is an extremely rare stoneware water cooler with incised floral motif (est. $20,000-$30,000), inscribed, “Made by Jn Floyd / June 30 1857 / Knox Couty Tenn.” Its decoration was inspired by earlier Manhattan motifs, suggesting Floyd, who was born in Virginia, had spent part of his life working with a Continued on page 8
Kickstart the 2025 Carlisle Events Car Show Season With Auto Mania In Allentown, Pa. Three-Day Show Takes Place Jan. 17 To 19 Carlisle Events just concluded its 50th anniversary season, which launched in January of 2024 with Auto Mania at the the Allentown Fairgrounds in eastern Pennsylvania, and now, with 2025 on the horizon, so is the return to Allentown. As has been the case since 1990, Auto Mania remains Pennsylvania’s largest indoor heated automotive flea market event and this time around takes place Continued on page 11
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . .
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SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . .
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EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR on page 8 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 8 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . . . . on page 9
FEATURE RESULTS: Autumn Gold Auction - Page 5
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . on page 11