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• FORSYTHES ANTIQUES AUCTION

• FORSYTHES ANTIQUES AUCTION
SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2016 1:00 PM
EASTGATE (CINCINNATI), OHIO


Located at the Holiday Inn, 4501 Eastgate Blvd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45245.  Exit 63A off I-275 to East 32 to Eastgate Blvd.


This auction includes items from fine estates and homes with many quality and rare antique items.

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   Pages 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11   Lot # 71 - 105
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TITLE DESCRIPTION CONDITION LOW EST HIGH EST
71 In iron, bronze and copper with three cast bronze scrolled leaf form legs with hammered finish, black iron column with iron flower form drip pans and copper flower bulb form socket.   17" high. Pair Arts & Crafts Candle Lamps In iron, bronze and copper with three cast bronze scrolled leaf form legs with hammered finish, black iron column with iron flower form drip pans and copper flower bulb form socket.   17" high. Fine. 100 200
72 Arts & Crafts Poker Chip Holder Arts & Crafts Poker Chip Holder In mahogany with four milled tubes for holding chips, and two milled slots for decks of cards.  In original old dark varnish finish.   Circa 1910.   10" x 6" x 9 3/4" high. Fine. 80 150
73 Metal Overlay Bent Panel Slag Glass Lamp Metal Overlay Bent Panel Slag Glass Lamp Eight caramel slag glass panels with floral metal overlay and nice bronze finish base.  18 1/2" Shade.  23" H. Minor wear to base; otherwise fine. 200 400
74 Cameron Booth (Minnesota) Watercolor Painting Cameron Booth (Minnesota) Watercolor Painting Cameron Booth (Minnesota, 1892 - 1980) sight 13 3/4" x 9 1/2" watercolor on paper of four Native Americans on horseback.  Signed, "Cameron Booth '34" lower right, and in pencil, "Cameron Booth #2 Study for library mural Sept. 3, 1934," lower left.  Cameron Booth was an American Landscape painter and art teacher in New York City and Minneapolis, Minnesota.  He studied at the Art Students League of Chicago, with Andre L'Hope in Paris and Hans Hofmann in Munich.  He taught at the Art Students League in New York City from 1944 - 1948, and 1948 - 1954.  From 1948 to 1960 he taught at the Minneapolis School of Art. Fine condition. 300 600
75 Bernard Bradley (Arizona) Watercolor Painting Bernard Bradley (Arizona) Watercolor Painting Bernard H. Bradley (Arizona, 1915 - ) sight 28" x 21 1/4" watercolor.  Hopi Indians Village scene, monogrammed, "BHB" lower right.  Titled and signed on verso, "Kachina Danci, Hopi Reservation watercolor Bernard Bradley, Sedona." Fine condition. 200 400
76 Robert Wesley Amick (Colorado) Lithograph Robert Wesley Amick (Colorado) Lithograph Robert Wesley Amick (Colorado, 1879 - 1965) sight 40 3/4" x 28 3/4" Native American lithograph on paper titled, "105 - The Craftsman" and signed "Robert Wesley Amick" lower left.  Robert Amick was born in Canon City, Colorado.  He became a well known illustrator of Western subjects, a painter, printmaker, commercial artist, and teacher.  He grew up in the cattle country of Colorado among the Ute and Sioux Indians, cowboys, prospectors and homesteaders.  He earned a law degree from Yale University while also taking art classes.  His Western scenes of brilliantly colored landscapes with horses and riders became quite popular. Good condition. 150 350
77 Signed George Ohr Art Pottery Crumpled Vase Signed George Ohr Art Pottery Crumpled Vase Rare vase by the "Mad Potter of Biloxi".  Marked on base, "G. E. Ohr Bilox., Miss."  5" H. Small chip to base; otherwise excellent unrepaired condition. 2000 4000
78 Framed Grueby Pottery Tile Framed Grueby Pottery Tile 5" x 8" green glazed tile, housed in oak frame of the period.  Signed on back, "Grueby Tile."  Frame 9 3/4" x 13". Nice condition. 150 250
79 Super Monumental 19 3/4" Wheatley Pottery Vase Super Monumental 19 3/4" Wheatley Pottery Vase Wheatley vase with buttressed handles and tall molded leaves alternating with buds with a fine matt green glaze. Numbered 623 Found in Northern Kentucky out of original purchaser's house.  Great vase.  19 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W. Good condition. 1000 2000
80 Pair Wheatley Pottery Floor Vases Pair Wheatley Pottery Floor Vases With matt sky blue drip glaze, marked on base with "WP" and "370", 17" diameter x 28" high. Both Very Good 300 600
81 Wheatley Pottery Terra Cotta Planter Wheatley Pottery Terra Cotta Planter With high molded relief rim with laurel wreath, satyr heads, flanked by floral garland on upper body with lower with molded acanthus leaves.  Signed.  18" diameter x 14" high. Fine. 100 200
82 Wheatley Art Pottery Planter Wheatley Art Pottery Planter In buff terra-cotta with high relief animals and birds among vining foliage.   Unsigned.  10 1/2" diameter x 9 1/4" high. Good condition. 80 150
83 Early Gustav Stickley 66" Library Table #460 Early Gustav Stickley 66" Library Table #460 Rare Gustav Stickley library table #460, ca. 1902, massive form with overhanging top, 3 drawers with iron pulls, corbel supports at legs, and heavy thru-tenon construction.  1 1/2" thick oak top with a few small tack holes.  Original drawer fronts with non-dovetailed drawers.  Unsigned.  Older refinish.  Hard to find table.  30" H x 66" W x 35 1/2" D. Good condition as mentioned above. 1000 3000
84 Arts & Crafts Large Oak Arm Chair Arts & Crafts Large Oak Arm Chair Five vertical slat back and wide stretcher in front.  27 1/2" H x 26 1/2" W x 19" D. Worn original finish.  Good condition. 100 200
85 Arts & Crafts Oak Footstool Arts & Crafts Oak Footstool Pinned construction.  15" H x 18" x 14". Replaced leather.  Old refinish. 100 200
86 Arts & Crafts Overlay Slag Glass Lamp Arts & Crafts Overlay Slag Glass Lamp Eight bent caramel slag glass panel shade with hammered bronzed metal overlay and hammered bronzed metal base.  19" Shade.  24" H. One cracked panel; otherwise fine. 200 350
87 Elmyr De Hory (New York) Picasso-Style Watercolor Painting Elmyr De Hory (New York) Picasso-Style Watercolor Painting Elmyr De Hory (New York, California, Spain, Hungary, 1906 - 1976) sight 11 1/2" x 15" watercolor, "Hommage to Picasso." Signed, "Elmyr" lower right.  Elmyr De Hory was born in Budapest, Hungary.  He studied at The Akademie Heinmann Art School in Munich under Fernand Leger.  Later he moved to Paris and, unable to make a living as an artist, found that he had the ability to copy the works of noted painters such as Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, and Renoir.  During his career he claimed to have sold over a thousand forgeries to art galleries all over the world.  His forgeries gained fame from the Clifford Irving book "Fake!", and from a documentary film by Orson Welles called, "F for Fake."  De Hory often referred to himself as "Famously Infamous" and he enjoyed his time in the spotlight. Fine condition. 1000 2500
88 Jean-MarieToulgouat (France) Oil Painting Jean-MarieToulgouat (France) Oil Painting Jean-Marie Toulgouat (France, 1927 - 2005) sight 20 3/8" x 14 5/8" oil on board titled, "Ah, Les Beaux Arbres" (Ah, The Beautiful Trees), signed "Toulgouat" and dated '87 lower right.  Labeled on verso.  Jean Marie Toulgouat was born in Giverny, and was the last remaining link to Claude Monet.  He was the grandson of American Post-Impressionist painter, Theodore Butler, and Suzanne (nee Hoschede), the daughter of Claude Monet's second wife, Alice.  Toulgouat spent his childhood years in Monet's house where he was taught to paint by Blanche Hoschede Monet, who had been Monet's only pupil and an establbished artist in her own right.  He studied architecture, base in Paris, as a landscape artist designing municipal parks and gardens.  In 1966 he decided to concentrate on his painting, returning to his home in Giverny to produce abstracts of trees, flowers and gardens.  He has had several one-man exhibitions in France, Holland, the United States, and Britain.   Toulgouat had bi-annual exhibitions in London at the Francis Kyle Gallery from 1985 to 2003.  He was involved in the restoration of Monet's house and gardens in the 1970's.  Despite a long series of illnesses, he continued to paint until a few months before his death.  27 5/8" x 22 7/8". Fine condition. 400 800
89 Jean-MarieToulgouat (France) Oil Painting Jean-MarieToulgouat (France) Oil Painting Jean-Marie Toulgouat (France, 1927 - 2005) sight 24" x 18" oil on board abstract landscape, signed "Toulgouat" and dated '83 lower right.  Jean Marie Toulgouat was born in Giverny, and was the last remaining link to Claude Monet.  He was the grandson of American Post-Impressionist painter, Theodore Butler, and Suzanne (nee Hoschede), the daughter of Claude Monet's second wife, Alice.  Toulgouat spent his childhood years in Monet's house where he was taught to paint by Blanche Hoschede Monet, who had been Monet's only pupil and an establbished artist in her own right.  He studied architecture, base in Paris, as a landscape artist designing municipal parks and gardens.  In 1966 he decided to concentrate on his painting, returning to his home in Giverny to produce abstracts of trees, flowers and gardens.  He has had several one-man exhibitions in France, Holland, the United States, and Britain.   Toulgouat had bi-annual exhibitions in London at the Francis Kyle Gallery from 1985 to 2003.  He was involved in the restoration of Monet's house and gardens in the 1970's.  Despite a long series of illnesses, he continued to paint until a few months before his death.  Framed 31" x 25 1/4". Fine condition. 400 800
90 L & J. G. Stickley "Mousehole"Trestle Table L & J. G. Stickley "Mousehole"Trestle Table With keyed middle stretcher.  Very good original finish.  29" H x 54" W x 32" D.  Unsigned.  29" H x 54" W x 32" D. Few ring stains & small marks on top, slight seperation to side; otherwise good condition. 800 1500
91 L & J. G. Stickley Oak Arm Chair L & J. G. Stickley Oak Arm Chair Three vertical slat back.  Signed with burnt mark to back stretcher.  37" H x 26 1/2" W x 18 1/2" D. Original finish with some wear.  Replaced leather 150 250
92 L & J. G. Stickley Sewing Rocker L & J. G. Stickley Sewing Rocker Three horizontal slat back.  Signed with Handcraft decal.  32" H x 18" W x 16" D. Original finish.  Good condition. 100 200
93 Evie Hone (United Kingdom) Mixed Media Painting Evie Hone (United Kingdom) Mixed Media Painting Evie Hone (U.K., Ireland, France, 1894 - 1955) sight 31" x 12" mixed media on paper of abstract cubism.  Signed, "E. Hone" lower right.  Evie Hone was an Irish cubist painter and stained glass artist.  One of the earliest abstract painters in the history of Irish art.  She studied painting and drawing a the Byam Shaw Schoof of Art in London, and continued her studies a the Westminister School of Art under Walter Sickert. Fine condition. 800 1500
94 Gloria Vanderbilt Mixed Media Art Gloria Vanderbilt Mixed Media Art Gloria Vanderbilt (American, b. 1924) sight 13 1/4" x 17 3/8".  Crayon and ink on paper, "Nude Standing in Flowers".  Signed "Gloria Vanderbilt" lower right. Good condition. 400 800
95 Mid-Century  Modern Pottery Table Lamp Mid-Century  Modern Pottery Table Lamp With hand engraved ibex like animals and birds, in nice muted earth tones with original burlap pleated shade with wooden beads around edge and matching turned wood finial.   35 1/2" high Metal base has some finish loss, else Fine. 100 200
96 Rookwood Pottery Vase by Ruben Menzel Rookwood Pottery Vase by Ruben Menzel Unusual mid-century style high glaze dated 1952.  Marked, "S" for Special.  Marked on base with artist's initials.  6 3/4" H. Fine condition. 300 600
97 Rookwood Pottery Decorated Matte Vase by Shirayamadani Rookwood Pottery Decorated Matte Vase by Shirayamadani Lovely floral decoration by one of Rookwood's leading artists.  Dated 1944.  Shape #6866.  Artist's initials inscribed on base.  9" H. Fine condition. 400 700
98 Rookwood Pottery Vase by Lenore Asbury Rookwood Pottery Vase by Lenore Asbury Standard glaze.  Dated 1898.  Shape 605 and artist's initials on base.  5" H. Fine condition. 150 250
99 1901 Rookwood High Glaze Vase by Matt Daly 1901 Rookwood High Glaze Vase by Matt Daly Raised floral design with early high glaze.  Dated 1901, 915C and artist's signature on base.  7 1/2" H. Tight 1" line at lip and some crazing; otherwise fine. 200 400
100 Rare Rookwood Pottery Figure of a Boxer Rare Rookwood Pottery Figure of a Boxer Rare piece with hand painted features.  Dated 1942.  Shape #6810.  Signed, "SR" by artist on base.  Possibly Ezzard Charles "The Cincinnati Cobra" or maybe Joe Louis.  6 1/2" H. Wear to black painted hair; otherwise fine condition. 400 800
101 Gustav Stickley Morris Chair #332 Gustav Stickley Morris Chair #332 With five slats on each side and thru tenon construction.  Signed with red decal.  Original finish.  Original reclining supports.  41" H x 31 1/4" W x 38 1/4" D.   One small nick on front post at seat and 2 small cigarette burns to top of one arm; otherwise very good condition. 2500 4000
102 Gustav Stickley Drink Stand Gustav Stickley Drink Stand Circular top over arched cross-stretcher base with faceted finial.  Signed with red decal.  A hard to find size stand with flat round faceted finial.  26" H x 20" Dia. One light drink spot to top and slight seperation; otherwise very good condition. 700 1200
103 Gustav Stickley Copper Jardiniere No. 276 Gustav Stickley Copper Jardiniere No. 276 Hand hammered copper, rivited construction, stamped with circular signature.  Very good original patina.  12" H x 12" Dia. Small bend on top & bottom rim; otherwise very good condition. 1000 3000
104 Arts & Crafts Copper Log Holder Arts & Crafts Copper Log Holder With rivited strapped construction.  10 1/2" H x 24" W x 15" D. Original patina.  Lacking handle; otherwise good condition. 100 200
105 Impressive Shop of the Crafters Attribution Table Lamp Impressive Shop of the Crafters Attribution Table Lamp Large Shop of the Crafters at Cincinnati attribution table lamp with stained and leaded glass shade resting on base with corbel supports and excellent cut-outs.  Very fine table lamp in excellent original finish.  28 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W.   Two small spliners missing on base hidden by shade, no harm done; otherwise very good condition. 800 1500
             
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