• Important American Furniture,  auction at Christies

    Sale 3703

    Important American Furniture, Outsider and Folk Art

    New York

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    23 January 2015

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    • A CARVED, PAINTED, POLYCHROME-
    Lot 109

    A CARVED, PAINTED, POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT SPREADWING EAGLE WALL PLAQUE

    ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE STAPF (1862-1958), HARRISBURG AND LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19TH/ 20TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 10,000

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    A CARVED, PAINTED, POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT SPREADWING EAGLE WALL PLAQUE
    ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE STAPF (1862-1958), HARRISBURG AND LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19TH/ 20TH CENTURY
    15 in. high, 30 3/4 in. wide

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Harold B. Nelson, For the People: American Folk Art from the Collection of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail (Long Beach, 2004), np.


    Exhibited

    Long Beach, California, Long Beach Museum of Art, For the People: American Folk Art from the Collection of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail, 10 September 2004 - 16 January 2005.


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    Saleroom Notice

    This lot will be offered not subject to a reserve.


    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM THE GAIL-OXFORD COLLECTION TO BENEFIT THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY

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