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Professional Appraisers and Liquidators Gears Up for Spectacular Winter Antiques, Fine Art and Jewelry Auction

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BUSINESS CONTACT:

Charles Fudge, Auctioneer

811 SE US Highway 19

Crystal River, FL 34429

Tel: 352-795-2061

http://www.charliefudge.com // Email: webuyit@tampabay.rr.com

Professional Appraisers & Liquidators’ Auction Gears Up for Huge Winter Auction

Rare items including a 19th Century Indo-Persian Battle Helmet, a Punched Tin Pie Safe made exclusively for General Mills, a Sterling Silver Veilleuse-Theiere Teapot will cross the auction block in Crystal River this Saturday. These items as well as many other fine Antiques, Art, & Collectibles will be up for auction at Professional Appraisers and Liquidator’s first sale of the year.

Crystal River, FL February 23, 2010 – A Fabulous Winter Season Antique Auction will be conducted by Charles Fudge of Professional Appraisers & Liquidators in Crystal River, Florida on Saturday February 27th at the firm’s US Highway 19 Gallery. Highlights of the auction will be over 75 lots of 19th and 20th Century American and European Art, as well as over 100 lots of Antique Furniture to include Victorian, Period, Primitive, with a sprinkling of Mid Century Modern. As always, Estate Jewelry will also be a main feature, with over 100 Lots of Estate Gold and Diamond Jewelry for offer, including many fine Art Deco pieces. Other items of interest are an Early 19th Century Sampler, Lamps including hanging oil lamps; and table lamps by Sale Brothers and Bradley and Hubbard,

 

Furniture highlights include a Federal Period 2-Part Corner Cupboard believed to be of Pennsylvanian origin. Also attributed to Pennsylvania is the Butternut Jelly Cupboard with locking doors and drawers. Of Southern origin is a Walnut Sugar Chest from the Early 1800s with a Fishtail Hinged Lid and Dove-Tailed case and a 19th Century Pegged Leg Oak Harvest Table with Bread Board ends, and a Step-Back Cupboard. Not to exclude the Mid Century Modern Era, the auction will feature chairs designed by Ray and Charles Eames, manufactured by Herman Miller and a complete dining room suite by Bernhardt. Auctioneer Fudge says, “Of all the furniture, the piece I am most excited about is the, possibly one-of-a-kind, Punched Tin Pie Safe made exclusively for General Foods Company, with the corporation’s logo of G.F. Co molded into the tin panels on each side.

 

Another item one might call rare the an Indo-Persian Battle Helmet dating to Pre-1850, which has its gorgeous damescene or gold inlay decorations still very much intact. Helmets like this are hard to find, especially with the gold still intact. Fudge says “This is near museum quality, and since there has been an increase in collectors of Indo-Persian battle armour, we expect strong bidding on this item.

 

Featured Fine Art includes Paintings, Etchings, Prints and Statues. Paintings by American Listed Artists include “Arrival of Spring” by Andrew Thomas Schwartz, a Landscape by Ernest Parton, a Coastal Landscape entitled “Turn of the Tide” by Charles Bridgeman Vickery, an Oil on Canvas entitled “Ancient Quarter” by Frank A. Brown, a Landscape by Peter Edward Rudell and an Alaskan Scene by Leonard Moore Davis, noted Landscape painter, muralist and illustrator with a specialty in Alaskan scenes dating back to the 19th Century. European Art enthusiasts will enjoy a 19th Century painting depicting boats on a lake at sunset by British Listed Artist, James Francis Danby, a watercolor entitled “Floral Arrangement” by Russian artist, Boris Vassiloff, and two 19th Century Oil on Panel paintings by Italian, Gaetano Mormile, whose works were included in Sotheby’s Old Master and 19th Century European Art Auction. Also of note, is the Oil on Canvas painting, “Standing Nude” by Hungarian American portrait artist, Pal Fried. Fried is noted for having painted celebrities such as Will Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, and the Gabor Sisters. In addition to bronze statues by Listed Artists, Madeline LeFabre and 19th Century,Eugene Antoine Aizelin, both French, are Cold Painted Austrian Vienna Bronzes by famous sculptor, Franz Bergman, which include Lizards and an outstanding Cobra. Ivory statues include a Polychromed Ivory Woodsman and Oriental Lady and ivory Netsukes include everything from a meerkat to erotica.

 

Among the American Art Pottery will be Roseville Art Pottery including a hard to find Pink Snowberry Vase. From across the pond, L. Hjorth’s pottery from the Island of Bornholm in Denmark, will be represented. However, the highlight of the pottery category is sure to be the Weller Jardiniere and Pedestal in the Baldin (Apple) Pattern, an item can be quite difficult to find.

Spectacular Sterling Silver will cross the block as well, coming from famous Silversmiths such as 18th Century George Schofield in the form of a Georgian gadrooned sauce boat bearing a 1789 date mark, and 19th Century Holland Aldwinkle and Slater’s glorious Repousse 2-handled Centerpiece bowl, which is one of the finest the firm has seen. Other makers of Sterling Silver for auction are Tiffany, Gorham, Reed and Barton. Certainly most unique is the Gustave Keller 950 Fine French Silver Arts and Crafts version of a Veilleuse-Theiere, complete with tea strainer in the spout of the individual teapot. The word “veilleuse-theire: loosely translates to a nightlight teapot. According to “An Illustrated Dictionary of Silverware–Harold Newman-1987″ they were originally made to be used at the bedside to keep food warm for a invalid or an infant, the veileuse was similarly used in the bedroom for keeping warm a beverage for one person.

Collectibles include Hummel, Goebel, Lladro, Royal Doulton and Swarovski Figurines. Art Glass, Brilliant Period Cut Glass, Porcelain, Clocks, Rugs and many other interesting antiques will also be represented in Saturday’s sale. Says Auctioneer Fudge, “We expect a nice in-house crowd, coupled with internet bidders. When you have outstanding, fresh-to-market antiques and collectibles, people will buy no matter what the economy. If the economy is weak, people look harder for a good buy, and let’s face it, we have some very unique items in this auction that collectors may never see again. They’ll want to cease the moment.”

Previews for Saturday’s Auction are as follows: Friday, February 26th from 10am to 5pm and Saturday morning from 8am until auction announcements begin at approximately 8:45 am. Other hours are available by appointment. The auction starts promptly at 10 o’clock. Potential bidders are encouraged to preview either live or via the photos for each item, which can be found on the auction gallery’s website. Internet bidding is available via http://liveauctioneers.com/catalog/20458 or http://proxibid.com/charliefudge. Absentee and telephone bidding are also welcome. For further information on this auction, or to speak to Professional Appraisers and Liquidators about consignments, please see http://www.charliefudge.com or call 800-542-3877.

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AUTHOR’S CONTACT INFO:

Diane Fudge,Public Relations (352) 382-2120 cfudge@tampabay.rr.com

www.charliefudge.com