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Furniture including American, British, Continental, French Country, Chippendale and Hepplewhite style examples from the 19th and 20th centuries as well as some fine custom-made modern pieces from a private New York collection. A group of folk art paintings sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum, NY. An extensive group of objects converted to table lamps. 150 Parian busts, Staffordshire, and Continental porcelains from Sewickley, PA, Raleigh, NC, and Richmond, VA estates.
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Lot 529

Group of Eight Folk Art Objects

Estimate: $200 - $400
Current Bid
$100

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

comprising: painted wood angel, metal wings, fabric dress, barbed wire halo, 17 in.; pulley with wood case and wheel, metal hook, 9-1/2 in.; Georgia Blizzard (Virginia, 1919-2002), molded clay pipe depicting a figure, signed "Blizzard" to base, 4-1/2 in.; Yale tufting needle, with original box and instructions, 8-3/4 in.; basket with decorative fruits and plants, width 16-1/2 in.; Jay Strongwater ornament "Baby's First Christmas 2014", depicting Noah's ark, in original box, width of ornament 5-1/2 in.; Noah Kinney (Kentucky, 1912-1991) walking stick of serpentine form, painted in shades of orange, brown and black, signed to verso "Noah Kinney", 41 in.; Ralph Stewart carved staff, circa 1982, composed of carved figures, above the word "TOP", repeating bulbous shaft, 57-1/4 in.

Provenance: Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum

Condition

discoloration, scratching, scuffing, rusting, multiple breaks and repairs to pipe; tufting needle box and directions in distressed condition; fruit basket with some losses to banding around handle, dusty, flaking, discolored; ornament with minor flaking to paint; Stewart staff with scratching and scuffing, residue, break to one figure's arm, split to figure's face, embedded dust

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Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum