Baseball signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
This baseball signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig was brought to an appraisal day event I facilitated to benefit The Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers (Newbury, MA). The autographs were collected by William Patrick Colpoys, Fenway Park visiting team batboy circa 1928-1932 (left in photo) and was brought in by his daughter.
A lithograph in colors after Pablo Picasso's iconic "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" was discovered during a Cambridge, Massachusetts downsize. After deciding to sell it at auction it realized $31,000.
Light Table Lamp, Tiffany Studios
Sold at auction for over $13,500 despite damages
Northeast Painting Conservation has conserved paintings from around the world at their studios in York, Maine. There was a special request that I appraise a Hawaiian painting by a Hawaiian artist for insurance purposes before it was shipped back to the owner. It was the first time I did an appraisal for a resident of Hawaii.
Cartier 14k Gold Picture Frame
Sold at auction for $3,300
Eighth Labor Of Hercules Carved Alms Box
Hercules wrestles Diomedes above a lion pelt, drawing attention to a collection box carved with eagle, deer, and scroll which unlocks a secret drawer. Signed W. Routledge AD 1872. 30 x 17.5 x 8.5 inches.
Sold at auction for $7500.
Durs Egg Barrelled Flintlock Pocket Pistol
(18th/19th c.) Signed D. Egg London. Approx 22 caliber. Engraved with sun bursts, ruins and battlefield memoria. 5 inches.
Discovered in Newburyport, MA and sold at auction for $2000.
Beyond New England
When former Historical Society of Old Newbury President Clifford Bonney passed away in 2018, the executrix of the estate invited me to perform an estate tax appraisal of his advanced collection of Pilgrim century furnishings in Petersburg, Virigina.
As a former colleague of Mr. Bonney at the Historical Society, I had a deep appreciation for his keen eye and lifetime curation of fine works.
I coordinated the safe transfer of the items to Amesbury, Massachusetts for sale in collaboration with John McInnis Auctioneers where the collection netted over $350,000 in proceeds benefitting the Historical Society of Old Newbury.
"Roseau"
Evaluated by others to be a print, I examined and confirmed this work by surrealist Rene Magritte was in fact an original drawing.
Sold at auction for over $86,000.
"Screaming Chief Sitting Bull"
Oil on aircraft dope covered fabric 19 x 26 inches.
By family tradition, this was taken from one of the original WWI Lafayette Escadrille planes by William J. Whipfall. Detailed research confirmed Whipfall was indeed an aviator during WW1.
The insignia, however, was proven to come from the 103rd Aero Squadron in 1918-1919.
Sold at auctions for $11,000.