Special Event To Focus On Pennsylvania German Redware On March 13 To 15
Americana Insights and Historic Trappe are co-sponsoring the second annual Americana Symposium, which will focus on Pennsylvania German redware and take place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 13, 14, and 15 in Trappe, Pa. Focusing on redware’s production, use, and collecting in
southeastern Pennsylvania from the mid-1700s to mid-1900s, the symposium will provide fresh insights into renowned potters such as Georg Hubener and Samuel Troxel as well as lesser-known figures. It will also delve into the work of 20th-century potters including Jacob Medinger,
This dish is attributed to the Eight-Pointed-Star Artist (formerly Solomon Grim), probably Northumberland or Union County, Pa., 1816, lead-glazed earthenware, diameter 9.625 inches, Franklin & Marshall College and the Phillips Museum of Art Collection, Lancaster, Pa., 5122,
by Michael E.Myers.
considered the last of the traditional Pennsylvania German potters; Henry Chapman Mercer, founder of the Moravian Tile Works and Mercer Museum; and Mildred Weekes Keyser, a pioneering female potter. Held in conjunction with Historic Trappe’s current exhibition on Pennsylvania
German redware and Americana Insight’s third volume, this year’s Americana Symposium is not to be missed!
The main symposium will be held on March 14 and will begin with a keynote lecture by Johanna Brown, chief curator and director
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This plate was made by Mildred Keyser (1892-1950), Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pa., 1940–50, lead-glazed earthenware, diameter 12.25 inches, Historic Trappe, gift of Holly Adams Cairns, photo by Gavin Ashworth.
Old Hickory Company
“Dog Chair” Brings $1,800
By Karl Pass
On day two of a large Country Store, Advertising, and Americana sale held by the Hess Auction Group’s Conestoga Auction Company, an unusual folk art chair realized $1,800. Price noted includes a 20 percent buyer’s premium.
Made by the Old Hickory Company in Martinsville, Ind., 1937, according to a note accompanying the chair, the presentation piece was created as a gift to a local man who made it his mission to rescue stray dogs and cats. He became locally known as “The Dog Man.” The large throne-style hickory chair with carved dogs on the top of the posts has a dog plaque in the seat with “Dog” carved along with the initials “MK.” One arm end is a carved dog while the other is
By Karl Pass
The 17 travel posters Dorothy Waugh created for the National Park Service between 1934 and 1936 are significant cultural records of the Great Depression and mark a turning point in American graphic design. Although Waugh began her work for the NPS in 1933 as a landscape architect, she was also a highly trained artist. She advocated for the bureau to produce its own poster campaign, separate from those of the railroads and with its own style and messaging. The resulting poster series was the first time the government had
This plate is attributed to Georg Hubener, Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pa., 1785, diameter 12.25 inches, from the collection of Robert and Katharine Booth, photo by Gavin Ashworth.
This dish is by Samuel Troxel, Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pa., 1824, lead-glazed earthenware, 9.25 inches, from the collection of Robert and Katherine Booth, photo by Gavin Ashworth. Translated, the inscription on the rim reads: “Joyful is he who’s still unwed, sorrowful he who’s promised instead.”
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Early American Folk Art Portraits Soar
Three-Day Blockbuster Sale Took Place Jan. 14 To 16
By Karl Pass
Pook & Pook of Downingtown, Pa., held a three-day blockbuster auction Jan. 14, 15, and 16. There were 990 lots, and 99 percent sold with a gross total, including the 27 percent buyer’s premium, of $3,560,800.
The late Grant Griswold was an advanced collector in Virginia. He and his wife had gifted a number of items to museums, and the first 165 lots of day one’s session belonged to Griswold.
For the purpose of this brief recap, a concentration on the Griswold consignment is covered. Day two had great country antiques, early powder horns, fine art, firearms and more. Day three had early brass, woodenware, lighting, European decorative arts, fine silver, clocks, rugs, and of course, much more.
Much of the Gris wold holdings came through Connecticut
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A very fine red ground Pennsylvania toleware coffeepot, attributed to the Oliver Filley shop of Philadelphia, retaining its original vibrant decoration, 10.5 inches high, sold for $40,640. It brought $55,000 on April 3, 2004, at the first Dorothy and Eugene Elgin sale held at Conestoga Auction Co.
dealer David Schorsch, who attended the sale and bought back a number of items. The early folk art portraits in the consignment performed well, showing depth in that market.
Opening the sale and this fine grouping was a fine ca. 1800 New Hampshire stained maple tall chest, attributed to Samuel Dunlap (1752-1830) of Salisbury, with short cabriole legs resting on pad feet, remaining in its original red surface. A phone bidder bought it for $30,480. At the landmark Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle sale held in Charlottesville, Va., in 1995, it sold for $112,500. Ode to those high flying 1990s, when the economy and market for antiques had no limits. The Griswold collection included rarity after rarity. The diminutive paint-decorated chest from the Mahantongo Valley brought $292,100 to a private collector in Massachusetts, who was a major buyer of items from this consignment. An odd size and surviving in excellent condition, the ca. 1840, lift-top chest
measured 22 inches high and 39 inches long. Cataloged as from decent in the Lenker family of Leck Hill, Pa., the chest had been owned by folk art dealers David Wheatcroft and later David Schorsch. It’s actually Leck Kill, where the piece descended, a community near Shamokin. This geographically and culturally isolated Pennsylvania German region is north of Harrisburg in an enclave of the Blue Mountains. A group of distinctive paint-decorated items, notably chests of drawers and blanket chests, were produced in this area in the first half of the 19th century. Early scholars of this material included Fred Weiser, Henry Reed, Mary Hammond-Sullivan, Don Yoder, and Tom Umholtz. In the 21st century, scholar Lisa Minardi has picked up the torch researching and publishing on the region’s material culture.
The buyer of the Mahantongo Valley chest was on the phone and is a New England collector who bought around 20 lots from the Griswold consignment totaling roughly $1,000,000. They would not be outbid on many of the early folk portraits.
A very fine red ground Pennsylvania toleware coffeepot, attributed to the Oliver Filley shop of Philadelphia, retaining its original vibrant decoration, 10.5 inches high, sold for $40,640. It brought $55,000 on April 3, 2004, at the first Dorothy and Eugene Elgin sale held at Conestoga Auction Co. Another star was a pastel portrait in profile by Ruth Henshaw Bascom (American 1772-1848) of Cynthia Allen (b. 1823) of Fitzwilliam, N.H., signed verso and dated 1840, measures 19.25 by 15 (image size). Illustrated and exhibited at The Currier Gallery of Art at “By Good Hands: New Hampshire Folk Art” in 1989, the ex. David Schorsch portrait sold for $107,950. A folk art collector said the green dress enhanced this desirable folk portrait. An early Connecticut painted pine spoon rack, 18th century, with stylized pinwheel designs, retaining an early dark red surface, 27.25 inches high, published in “Wallace Nutting Furniture Treasury,” plate 4988, sold for $101,600 to the active collector in New England. A Lancaster County, Pa., fraktur with two pairs of owls and floral blossoms in each corner sold for $30,480 to Olde Hope Antiques bidding for a customer. “We were delighted to get it,” mentioned Ed Hild of Olde Hope. “(Griswold consignment) was a fabulous collection and drew the attention
The first lot of the sale was this New Hampshire stained maple tall chest, ca. 1800, attributed to Samuel Dunlap (1752-1830) of Salisbury, with short cabriole legs, pad feet, remained in a remarkable state of preservation with its original red surface and stamped oval brasses. Provenance included George W. Samaha; Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle; and David A. Schorsch. At the Deyerle sale held in 1995, it sold for $112,500. A phone bidder won the chest here for $30,480.
This rare small paint-decorated and smoke-decorated slidelid box on feet, yellow ground, floral design, Pennsylvania origin, realized $20,320 to dealer Greg Kramer. It brought $23,600 at the Rick and Terry Ciccotelli sale in 2012 held by Northeast Auctions in New Hampshire.
it deserved.”
Also sold on day one, but from a different consignment (De Paulis), a Pennsylvania paint-decorated blanket chest with original decoration of three arched panels of potted tulips on a red ground sold for $1,651. It brought $9,350 at Conestoga Auction Company’s
Chris Machmer sale in 2003. It lacked lid and drawer locks, a repaired break to center drawer facing, and a couple repaired breaks to foot facings. A Joseph Moyer carved and painted Guinea Hen sold for $2,286. It went for $2,200 hammer price on June 20, 2020, at Pook &
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Surviving in excellent condition, the 22-inch-high and 39-inch-long diminutive Lenker family Mahantongo Valley paint-decorated blanket chest sold for $292,100 to the outof-state collector bidding by phone who bought many of the folk portraits. The chest passed through the hands of folk art dealers including David Wheatcroft and also David Schorsch. It was underbid by a Pennsylvania private collector also bidding on the phone.
Collector Chats With Peter S. Seibert
This Week: Winter Projects
By Peter Seibert
It is that time of year when the auctions are quiet and many of us are housebound because of the weather. That certainly happened here in New Jersey, this past weekend as we had a substantial snowfall. I always chuckle at the folks who freak out and go buy bread, milk and eggs. No doubt to make tons of French toast, because a storm is coming. I do wonder when the last storm was that folks had to stay inside and then died of starvation before it could be shoveled or melted. Perhaps up in the Lake Erie snowbelt, but it’s not that common in the rest of the Mid-Atlantic and coastal East.
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So I decided to begin sorting out books from my library. Now I hate, and I mean I HATE, doing that. The library has come together following decades of sorting and culling. I have repurchased some books that I needed and tossed others in the great circular lending library. One of my biggest frustrations are oversize art and architectural books. They just suck shelving space! However, when you need a particular reference, well, you gotta have it.
The other challenge that I decided to deal with was a stack of unframed watercolors, prints and drawings. Now I am a stickler about getting things framed right away. No painting ever got kicked hanging on a wall. And a work on paper needs to be up and shown. But framing is expensive, and I am out of wall space.
So I decided to sort. Well, that lasted about five minutes, and the pile was pretty small. Oh, those Magnus prints of Harrisburg. I do want them framed, but there is one missing from the set. Oh, those books on architecture are lovely, but will you really ever care about Italianate architecture? Well, maybe I
will. In the end, I decided to try the storage rule. I packed the oversize material and the prints in heavy grade rubber tubs and stored them. I made an inventory and dated it.
If I get to this time next year and I have not cracked the tubs open, then I think it is time for the auctioneer. Okay, will I probably still not be able to resolve the dilemma? Nope, I will still have it, but maybe a year wiser will have taught me some kind of lesson.
What the sorting did remind me is that I need to be judicious in my purchases for reading and décor. Size and space are a challenge, and while I love woven jacquard coverlets, not having gotten any of them out in four years probably means that collection needs to find a new home.
Regular readers know that I am a firm believer in evolving and growing a collection. I have collected some things over the years that I either outgrew or they became too popular to pursue. For example, I used to buy Pennsylvania German Groundhog Lodge and Versammling souvenirs. Made by local lodges for their members, they were great fun to collect and routinely sold
James Pook sells the Mahantongo Valley chest (on screen) for $292,100.
The Pennsylvania paint-decorated blanket chest in front of the podium dated 1791 went for $10,795. The feet and base molding were replaced. It came from Chris Machmer in 1985.
for $5 to $10. Now at $25 plus, I am out and sold the collection. However, I just began a new collection of Pacific Northwest tribal cornhusk bags. I am up to three, but the collection is growing strong.
So this winter, it probably is a good time to step back and do a reassessment of your own collections and decide what is still important and what items it is time to send out into the wilds again!
“Born to collect” should be the motto of Peter Seibert’s family. Raised in Central Pennsylvania, Seibert has been collecting and writing about antiques for more than three decades. By day, he is a museum director and has worked in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Virginia and New Mexico. In addition, he advises and consults with auction houses throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly about American furniture and decorative arts. Seibert’s writings include books on photography, American fraternal societies and paintings. He and his family are restoring a 1905 arts and crafts house filled with years’ worth of antique treasures found in shops, co-ops and at auctions.
This Pennsylvania sulphur inlaid walnut tavern table, ca. 1760, the single drawer with a line and fan outlined edge and central thistle, sold for $762. On Oct. 3, 2015, at Pook & Pook, it brought a hammer price of $6,000.
Pook. A Pennsylvania onepiece corner cupboard with heart and floral decoration on blue ground (cornice and moldings replaced) sold for $4,826. It also had once been over-painted and since cleaned down. The piece sold for $2,600 hammer price at the Ruth Bryson sale held by Pook & Pook in 2018.
A Cowden & Wilcox stoneware lidded crock, small flakes to rim and lid, cobalt bird decoration, sold for $5,588, and an antique Louis Vuitton wardrobe trunk, $12,700. An important Philadelphia Chippendale mahogany pie crust table, the top replaced, the base, ca. 175 with carving attributed to the Garvan Carver. This unknown person is responsible for several masterpieces of Colonial Philadelphia furniture. It realized $139,700.
A Peter Stretch (Philadelphia, 1670-1746) Queen Anne walnut tall case clock, with eight-day works, brass face signed by the maker, illustrated in Donald L. Fennimore’s “Stretch: America’s First Family of Clockmakers,” pages 230-231, no.
55, sarcophagus and feet replaced, one side waist molding replaced, sold for $60,960.
For additional information, call Pook & Pook Inc. at 610-269-4040.
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Attributed to Jasper Miles (Pennsylvania, 1782-1849), the pair of oil on panel portraits of Rachel and Philip Green, the girl seated in a painted chair holding a red book, the boy with a dark blue jacket and holding a book, 9 by 7 (image size), realized $50,800.
Selling for $69,850 was the pair of miniature watercolor portraits of Franklin and Julie Hills, the woman inscribed verso Julia Hills Aged 18 years 1855 drawn by Rufus Porter, frames, 5 by 4 inches, going to an out-of-state collector. They were exhibited in 1980 at The Hudson River Museum’s “Rufus Porter Rediscovered.”
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Here is a Hattie Brunner (1968) original farm scene (gouache) large size format, 18 by 26, with the majority of her paintings being 10 by 14, which sold to the trade for $11,430. The summer scene sold for $7,605 at the Dick and Rosemarie Machmer sale held 18 years ago at Pook & Pook.
A Somerset County, Pa., painted poplar one-drawer stand, attributed to Jacob Knagy, stenciled on the drawer front “Anna Poschman 1877,” retaining its original vibrant red flame grained surface, realized $22,860. It sold for a hammer price of $15,000 at Pook & Pook on Oct. 4, 2014.
An early Connecticut painted pine spoon rack, 18th century, with stylized pinwheel designs, retaining an early dark red surface, 27.25 inches high, published in “Wallace Nutting Furniture Treasury,” plate 4988, sold for $101,600 to the active collector in New England.
A very rare John Long (Lancaster, Pa., 1787-1856) iron, brass, and copper betty lamp with brass bird finial sold for $2,540. Inscribed on lid “Martin Musser Made By John Long,” it sold for $8,260 at Northeast Auctions in 2012 (Rick and Terry Ciccotelli Collection). Martin and Nancy Musser lived in Conestoga Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. A nearly identical example exists reading “Nancy Musser Made by me John Long Sporting Hill 1846.” Not pictured, another John Long betty lamp later in the sale dated 1849 but with replaced brass bird finial sold for $1,778.
The Lancaster Co. walnut lift-top chest with raised lozenge or astragal panels on front, “1772” inlaid date, sold for $4,064. The front feet were possibly replaced, rear feet likely original. It went for $5,520 in 1995 when Christie’s held a sale at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Flanders Smith.
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“Dog Chair”
Fine Photographs
Auction To Be Held Feb. 12
The Thursday, Feb. 12, sale of Fine Photographs at Swann celebrates the technical innovation and artistic vision that have defined the medium, from pioneering 19th-century work to mid-century street photography to contemporary conceptual images made with photographic techniques.
The auction opens with a selection of 70 lots from Stephen White’s collection, “A Country Called California,” featuring photographs from the 1850s to the 1960s. White’s vast collection views the unique history of California through the lens of photography and imagines this history and its people as a “dreamscape,” a place that represents both the past and hopeful future. Highlights
range from Dorothea Lange’s “White Angel Breadline, San Francisco,” 1934, printed before 1966 (est. $20,000 to $30,000), and Ansel Adams’s images of Japanese-American internment during WWII, “Benji Iguchi driving a tractor at the Manzanar Relocation Center,” together with “Benji Iguchi with squash, Manzanar Relocation Center,” from 1943 (est. $2,000 to $3,000). Also featured are photographs of Yosemite by Carleton Watkins, “Three Brothers, Yosemite,” ca. 1872 (est. $8,000 to $12,000), as well as oil on Los Angeles beaches, images featuring the full spectrum of immigrant and contributors to the state, Hollywood and much more.
Leading the sale is the
rare Eudora Welty portfolio, dating from the 1930s to ‘40s, printed 1992, complete with 18 photographs each with Welty’s signature and edition notation (est. $40,000 to $60,000). This portfolio has only rarely appeared on the market, and this example is additionally rare for its provenance, having been gifted by Eudora Welty to the pioneering journalist Robert MacNeil. It is accompanied by a letter signed from Welty.
Other highlights include Larry Clark’s Luhring Augustine portfolio Tulsa, 1968 to 1971 complete with 10 photographs (est. $15,000 to $25,000), Yousuf Karsh’s
masterful portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe, 1956, printed before 1969 (est. $4,000 to $6,000), Man Ray’s “Exposition Man Ray from Cahiers d’Art,” Paris, 1935 (est. $5,000 to $7,500), and Brett Weston’s early modernist “Market Place (La Merced Market, Mexico City),” 1926 (est. $10,000 to $15,000). Bidding is available through online platforms, absentee, the phone, and live in-person. Live online bidding platforms will be the Swann Galleries website, Invaluable, and Live Auctioneers. The complete catalogue and bidding information is available at www.swann galleries.com.
Dorothea Lange’s “White Angel Breadline, San Francisco,” silver print, is from 1934, printed pre-1966.
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assigned such an ambitious project to a single designer, let alone a female modernist. Until now, however, there has been little research on them or on their originator.
This exhibition at the Poster House and its accompanying book, based on private and government documents,
is the first dedicated to the entire campaign, which heralded an outpouring of government posters for the rest of the 20th century.
Mark Resnick is an authority on the history of American graphic design, a field in which he curates, publishes, and lectures. He has also served as an art museum director, as chief business and legal executive at major
film companies, and on various arts-related boards. He is the founder of Resnick Arts and Culture Consulting, which advises cultural institutions and their leaders on a wide range of matters and counsels major collectors on the sale or donation of their collections.
This program is supported,
in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
Poster House is at 119 W. 23rd St., New York, N.Y.
For hours, admission, or additional information, call 917-722-2439.
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of collections, research and archaeology, Old Salem Museums & Gardens and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. The morning session includes a talk on Philadelphia’s 18th-century earthenware industry by Deborah Miller, archeologist and curator of archeological collections, Independence National Historical Park; this talk is sponsored by Ceramics in America. Laini Farrare, a graduate student at the University of Delaware, will speak on sgraffito teaware in Pennsylvania, and Lisa Minardi, executive director of Historic Trappe and editor of Americana Insights, will share research on Montgomery County potters Georg Hubener and Jacob Medinger.
After a lunch break and time to explore Historic Trappe’s museums, the afternoon session will include lectures by Christopher Malone, curator at Historic Trappe, on unraveling the mystery of the potter once known as Solomon Grim; Justin Thomas on potter Nathaniel Sellers; and Karl Pass on Mildred Keyser, the Colonial revival potter from Plymouth Meeting, Pa. The symposium will conclude with talks by Adam Zayas, independent scholar and retired potter, Moravian Tile Works, on Henry Chapman Mercer’s legacy in Bucks County and a final talk by Greg Shooner, noted contemporary redware potter, offering his perspective on the art and craft of making redware. The talks will be held at St. Luke’s Fellowship Church in Trappe, with a reception to follow at the Dewees Tavern’s Center for Pennsylvania German Studies.
Symposium attendees have the option to sign up for two additional days of activity. On March 13, there will be
a bus tour offering exclusive access to several outstanding private and museum collections with an emphasis on Pennsylvania German redware. Lunch, dinner, and round-trip bus transportation to and from Historic Trappe is included. To ensure an optimal experience, the bus tour is capped at 25 people. For those not attending the bus tour, Historic Trappe’s museums and the redware exhibition will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On March 14, there will be morning and afternoon workshops offered. Greg Shooner and Christopher Malone will give a special tour of the redware exhibit, with an emphasis on the technical challenges and techniques of how various pieces are made. There will also be a pop-up display of teaching pieces from Greg Shooner’s personal collection to further illuminate the potter’s art. Attendees can also sign up for an exclusive sneak peek of the Speaker’s House and go behind the scenes to explore the house during the final weeks of restoration in preparation for its grand opening in mid-April. Historian Emily Sneff will share stories from Frederick Muhlenberg’s life and political career while restoration manager Eric Hundertmark offers insights on this 25-year effort. Lastly, guests may also take a special tour with Lisa Minardi of the Muhlenberg House, which has been refurnished to reflect the family’s life in 1776-78 when the American Revolution came to Trappe and the Philadelphia countryside. Registration for the second annual Americana Symposium is now live at www.AmericanaSymposium. org. For questions, please contact Historic Trappe at info@historictrappe.org or 610-489-7560.
“National Parks/The Adventures of Today are the Memories of Tomorrow” by Dorothy Waugh is from 1934.
“Save our Wildlife” (Trumpeter Swan) by Dorothy Waugh is from 1935.
“National Parks/Life at its Best” by Dorothy Waugh is from 1934.
“State Parks” (Year-Round Recreation) is from 1936 by Dorothy Waugh.
This dish for Charles Laubach, is from the Singer Brothers pottery, Haycock Township, Bucks County, Pa., ca. 1794-1912, lead-glazed earthenware, diameter 12.875 inches, collection of Jeffrey Herb.
Golden Age Magic Memorabilia
Goes Wild
Auction Grosses Over One Million
Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce the results of its 184-lot sale held on Dec. 13. The sale had a 100 percent sell-through rate. Prices noted include the auction house’s 20 percent buyer’s premium.
The top lot was a Robert-Houdin Double Mystery Clock. Estimated at $30,000 to $50,000, it traded hands at $55,200. This double or Series 3 mystery clock was marked “Robert-Houdin Paris” on the dial. It featured a glass dial in a gilt bezel with a single hand at its center, all supported by a clear glass tube. The clock kept time and the hand
moved despite no visible or apparent connection to the mechanism concealed in the base. Its decorative detailing included a gilt base, Roman hour markers, and floral and griffin head supports. Harry Houdini’s (b. Erik Weisz, 1874-1926) “A Magician Among the Spirits” was estimated at $20,000 to $30,000 and delivered $38,400. This first edition, first copy of the work distributed was owned by Houdini’s wife Beatrice and published in 1924 in New York by Harper & Brothers. The book was inscribed both by Harry and Beatrice with the words reflecting
A Metamorphosis trunk purchased from Beatrice Houdini was estimated at $1,500 to $2,500 and sold for $43,200. took place with great rapidity, in a manner of three or
the deep personal bond between the pair both during their lifetimes and after his death. This book was sold with two carbon copy letters dated April 10, 1924, both written and signed by Houdini’s secretary, Oscar Teale. They related to an illustration published in the book, showing the arrangement of a room in which D.D. Home purportedly floated about. It was Teale who made the original sketch for the book. Floyd Thayer’s (1877-1959) scrapbooks of magic and magicians sold for a strong $43,200. They were estimated at $10,000 to $20,000. This lot consisted of three scrapbooks owned and kept by Thayer, proprietor of “the magic shop of the west,” the famous and influential firm that supplied magic supplies of all types beginning in 1902. These books chronicled the personal relationships, professional interactions, and worldwide magic scene of Thayer’s time, featuring ephemera and photographs of all types gathered by Thayer and his staff. According to the auction house, this was “a remarkable personal archive assembled by one of the great magic craftsmen of the 20th century, who owned and operated what was, arguably, the most influential business of its type, perhaps worldwide, for nearly half a century. One of the best archives of American magic ephemera we have offered.”
A Metamorphosis traveling trunk purchased from Beatrice Houdini was estimated at $1,500 to $2,500 and realized $43,200. This fully provenanced apparatus was gimmicked to withstand inspection but allowed the magician and his assistant to change places while one was outside the trunk and the other was locked inside. This transformation effect
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A Robert-Houdin Double Mystery Clock, estimated at $30,000 to $50,000, realized $55,200.
The Artistry Of Japanese Ceramics
New Show Spans More Than 13,000 Years Of Ceramic Art In Japan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting the exhibition “The Infinite Artistry of Japanese Ceramics,” on view through Aug. 8, in the Arts of Japan galleries. This exhibition traces more than 13,000 years of ceramic artistry in Japan, from its Neolithic origins to the country’s dynamic contemporary art scene. The exhibition presents approximately 350 works in three rotations, drawn mostly from The Met collection, focusing on works from the Harry G. C. Packard Collection in honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark acquisition. This exhibition is made possible by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Fund.
“The Infinite Artistry of Japanese Ceramics’ illuminates the profound ingenuity and aesthetic diversity that are the hallmarks of Japanese ceramics,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French director and chief executive officer.
“It is an exciting opportunity to present an exhibition on Japanese ceramics that encompasses a wide range of subjects and a long historical span, the first of its kind in the Arts of Japan galleries. Many of the works have rarely, if ever, been displayed, making it a pleasure to highlight and rediscover our permanent collection. Organized around 10 major themes, the exhibition invites visitors to find something thought provoking and inspiring in each section. Ultimately, the aim is to offer numerous different ways to appreciate and enjoy this art form,” said Monika Bincsik, Diane and Arthur Abbey curator for Japanese decorative arts.
Bringing together exceptional works shaped by
centuries of cultural exchange with China, Korea, and Europe, the exhibition invites visitors to explore how materials, techniques, function, and meaning intersect in one of the world’s most enduring ceramic traditions.‚
The exhibition will be organized across 10 thematic galleries, highlighting the remarkable diversity of Japan’s regional ceramic practices. Distinct local clays, methods, and systems of patronage gave rise to a wide spectrum of forms, surfaces, and uses, ranging from everyday tableware to vessels created for tea masters and elite households. By placing ceramic works in dialogue with other art forms, the exhibition highlights broad aesthetic and cultural currents.
A selection of works will represent the abstract qualities of medieval natural ash glazing. Themes of the exhibition include monochrome wares such as elegant early Japanese celadons; ceramics repaired with kintsugi (gold joinery); whimsical blue-andwhite porcelains adorned with flowers and insects; and exquisite examples of Nabeshima ware, once produced exclusively for the Tokugawa shogunate and its circle. A focused section on tea culture illuminates the evolution of Japanese style tea (wabicha) and the tea cuisine, anchored by masterworks such as a striking early-17th-century Oribe vessel, a recent acquisition, reflecting the refined sensibilities of tea master Furuta Oribe (1544-1615).
Several galleries will celebrate the pleasure of food presentation, featuring vessels for comfort food used by commoners traveling along the historic TŌkaidŌ highway
connecting Kyoto and Edo. Luxurious porcelain and lacquerware, designed for festive banquets among the elite, will be on view. Enhancing these narratives, a selection of rare garments, including richly embroidered wedding robes, and other decorative arts offer further insight into the broader visual culture in which these ceramic traditions flourished
Much of the selection is drawn from the Harry G. C. Packard Collection, presented in honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark acquisition. Comprising more than 400 artworks, including Buddhist sculptures, paintings from the medieval period through the 19th century, and a wide range of pottery, the Packard Collection became the foundation of the museum’s renowned Japanese art holdings. Many of the ceramics featured in this exhibition, seldom displayed until now, underscore the ingenuity, vitality, and enduring legacy of Japanese ceramic artistry. For more information, visit www.metmuseum.org.
Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 (1975.268.563).
Titled “Dish with Three Jars” from the Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1680–90s, the porcelain with cobalt under and polychrome enamels over a transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type), 6 inches diameter, is from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg
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