WIEDERSEIM SELLS CHAIR FOR $25,300.00

On Saturday February 16, Ted Wiederseim, auctioneer for Wiederseim Associates, Inc. conducted a catalogued antique auction at the Montgomery School in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. The sale featured several estates most notably the estate of Anita Clothier Packard and the estate of Richard C. Bechtel. Being offered was a large quantity of oriental rugs, furniture, silver, porcelains and decorative objects. The highlight of the sale was a Delaware Valley five-slat ladder back armchair found in an attic and generated a lot of pre-sale interest The chair had wonderful proportions and retained its original crusty red painted surface. With a standing room only crowd and four phone bidders the chair soared quickly until it was between a gentleman in the room and a relentless phone bidder who finally took it for a wining bid of $25,300.00. Prices were strong throughout the day. Another phone bidder who was on vacation in Jamaica was successful taking a North Shore Massachusetts Hepplewhite secretary bookcase for $6,875.00 which had come from the Packard estate in nearby Phoenixville. A cherry tall case clock by Soloman Parke with a replaced dial still went to $8,470.00 while a New England Hepplewhite mahogany bow-front chest with banded inlay and original brasses brought a strong $5,775.00. A Hepplewhite mahogany desk with string inlays and scalloped skirt sold for a very reasonable $3,410.00. A walnut Lancaster county dish-top tea table with birdcage support made $2,090.00 while an English mahogany wall table with pierced carved apron sold within estimate at $2,500.00 and a walnut blanket chest brought $1,650.00. The sale started with over twenty-five oriental carpets the best being a room size blue Chinese carpet selling for $4,950.00 and another Chinese carpet for $3,960.00. A very worn Heriz did $3,800.00. Decorative objects were also strong. A small continental marquetry inlaid storage box did very well commanding a final bid of $2,750.00, a girandole mirror went to a phone bidder for $4,070.00, a French bisque head doll for $2,530.00, a Mettlach stein #1940 did $825.00 and two other Mettlach steins  #1786 and #2008 sold for $522.50 and $605.00 respectively, a coin silver teapot by Boston maker Thomas Emery, circa 1800, sold well at $1,300.00 despite having a cracked handle. Porcelains were offered throughout the sale. A nice colorful Rose Mandarin punch bowl brought $2,400, a Rose Mandarin meat platter $742.50 and a scalloped rimed Canton bowl $467.50. Another surprise in the sale was an impressionist snow scene by local Chester Springs artist Albert Van ness Greene. Suffering from severe blistering and paint loss it still attracted a lot of attention bringing a strong $8,800.00. Another impressionist snow scene of French Creek by John R. Peirce made a respectable $2,970.00 and a Western oil landscape with horses titled “Roamers” by A. Heinze went for $1,760.00. A painting of a woman-riding sidesaddle in fox hunting attire with hounds by Cecil Boult jumped to $3,300.00. Wiederseim Associates is now accepting consignments for its next sale scheduled for April followed by an on-site sale in May. Details will follow. For further information contact Wiederseim Associates, Inc. at P O Box 470 Chester Springs, PA 19425  www.wiederseim.com