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Astromomical Prices for OLD MASTER OF American Raspberries
It was jackpot time for two collectors. A painting bought at a garage sale for $10 sold at Jackson’s International Auctioneers (Cedar Falls, Iowa) for an unexpected $52,800. The oil, by American artist Levi Wells Prentice, was a 12-by-18-inch still life of raspberry bushes, plants and a metal pan full of berries. Another collector inherited a small painting from her Italian grandmother. She consigned several things at Clars Auction Gallery (Oakland, California) hoping to get college tuition money for her children. The painting was correctly identified as an unsigned old Continental work showing a man with an armillary sphere (an old astronomy instrument). Estimate was $3,000 to $5,000. Sixteen phone bidders from all over the world jumped bids in “outrageous increments” to $620,900--buyer’s premium included. The consignor was watching the sale online while painting a closet. Her husband, it is said, fell off his chair at five figures, then they both went into shock at $30,000. They didn’t believe the price until they checked with the gallery the next day. College tuition and more is now paid for by Grandma. Rumor in the art world says it may be a painting by the mid-17th-century Italian painter Pier Francesco Mola. At least 16 people must know. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Souvenir Candy Tin
Q: This souvenir candy tin belonged to my grandparents, born in London in 1867. It’s 5 inches wide, 2 1/8 inches high and 5/16 inch deep and has a hinged cover. The box originally held a Rowntree chocolate bar. On the top are portraits of King Edward VII and his wife, Queen Alexandra. Can you tell me anything else about it?--R.S. Morrow, Georgia
A: Your coronation candy tin was made as a souvenir of the June 2, 1902, coronation of King Edward VII. He became king after his mother, Queen Victoria, died in 1901. Rowntree & Co., now owned by Nestle, was incorporated in 1897, but its history goes back to 1862. Your tin sells today for about $15 to $45 depending on its condition.
Furniture labeled with the crowned “T” was made by the Dresden Solid Bent-wood Furniture Factory, A. Turpe Jr., c.1900. The company was founded by A. Turpe Jr. in 1867 in Dresden, Germany. It was the largest manufacturer of bentwood furniture in Germany in the early 1900s. The company moved to Alsfeld in Hesse, Germany, in 1934 and merged with Alsfelder Mobelfabrik.
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