GRAND LEDGE, Mich. – Auctioneer Glen Rairigh, from Americana Auctions, “lit up” the auction block with a several high quality lighting pieces, complemented by a strong lineup of desirable pottery, clocks, Western memorabilia and fine antiques.

The standout lamp was a Handel floral table, No. 6688. This beautiful piece sold for $6,000. A Pairpoint Cabbage Rose table lamp was the second most popular and earned a final bid of $3,000. Among other lamps, a lovely cut glass lamp sold for $175; and a Frank Lloyd Wright-style metal and glass lamp with dark green panels crossed the block for $105.

Two Tiffany-style lamps, one with purple flowers sold for final bids of $145 and $165; while a signed Quezal ribbed shade that found a final selling price of $200.

For an auction that nearly “had it all,” several fine pieces of Western items found some strong prices.

There was a great selection of cap guns that crossed the block but the items that, by far, caught the interest of collectors were three gold and nickel-plated Winchester carved commemorative Model 94 lever-action .30-30 rifles. These rifles were unfired which made them very desirable. The Gene Autry edition which was No. 40 of 300; and the Hopalong Cassidy edition, which was No. 44 of 500, sold for $1,400 each. The Roy Rogers edition, No. 28 of 300 crossed the block for $1,450.

Always desirable, there were several Tiffany items from which to choose. From Tiffany Studios there was a Grapevine jardinière with the original insert that many were eager to own resulting in a final selling price of $3,000. Also from Tiffany Studios was an abalone inkwell that sold for $450; an Abalone paper rack that earned $650; an Abalone pen tray that sold for $250; and a bronze Abalone bowl that earned $300.

Tiffany Studios Graduate items included a large box that sold for $400; and a paper rack that earned $350. A small Grapevine box sold for $400; and a Grapevine frame earned $450. Other Tiffany Studios items included: a 19th century letter holder that sold for $750; a bookmark inkwell that saw $350; and a pine needle box that crossed the block for $400.

Signed LC Tiffany Favrile a miniature gold Tiffany vase sold for $375; a signed cabinet vase earned $300; and a blue Tiffany Favrile compote earned a final bid of $1,100. Other Tiffany pieces included: a signed cabinet vase that earned $300; another signed and numbered Favrile cabinet vase that saw $400; and a Favrile footed salt that sold for $250.

Several pieces of art were offered. Etchings by Icart included: Coursings II which sold for $1,000; Lady of the Camellias, $600; and Madame Bovary also selling for $600. Also by Icart there were two hand-colored pastel lithographs from Dessins de Femmes, circa 1928, which sold for $150 and $300.

Complete with a Certificated of Authenticity was an after Rembrandt Armand Durand hand-pulled etching, Self-Portrait with Raised Sabre, selling for $500. An original Salvador Dali etching, Paradise 33, guaranteed to be correct, crossed the block for $300.

The clocks could be placed on a table, hung on a wall, or set on the floor. An Ansonia Niobe 8-day time and strike, weight-driven wall clock sold for $1,200; a Waterbury Atlanta 8-day time and strike weight-driven 55-inch wall clock with two 10-inch weights, circa 1860, earned $1,600; and a Seth Thomas Abe Lincoln 8-day time and strike, two-weight driven clock from circa 1875 saw a final bid of $900.

A 26-inch two-piece metal copper-tone clock by the Ansonia Clock Co. brought $750. This clock had the sculpture of a boy and a porcelain dial. Also from Ansonia was an 8-day time-and-strike Crystal Palace mantel clock with a mirrored back in a beehive glass dome that earned $500; and an 8-day time-and-strike Undine & Flora metal mantel clock with a statue that crossed the block for $700.

Other clocks included a walnut-case Gilbert Columbia-style 8-day time-and-strike that sold for $400; and, from circa 1875, was a German 50-inch clock in a walnut case with a double weight that earned $350. An ornate French mantel 8-day time-and-strike clock (circa 1860) in a metal filigree case with a porcelain dial sold for $425, and $425 was the final bid for a pillar clock made by Ansonia for the Jennings Brothers timepiece.

Four hundred dollars was the final bid for both a New Haven American Wringer 45-inch calendar clock with a double dial and a Utopia crystal regulator, 8-day time and strike, with four cut crystal columns with minor glass damage.

Pocket watch collectors found a great selection of pocket watches from which to choose. The one most highly desired was an Elgin pocket watch which was in a 14K gold case saw a final bid of $750. There were several other pocket watches made by Elgin as well as ones from the American Watch Company, Hampden watches, Illinois watches, and ones made by Waltham. The range of selling prices ranged from $115 to $210.

Art Deco items included Reveil, a standing nude desk statue that sold for $150; a second standing nude desk statue signed Colinet which also saw $150; and a seated semi-nude holding a tambourine with a European bronze stamp that crossed the block for $125. An early Royal Doulton figurine, Flower Seller’s Children, caught the eye of collectors with a final bid of $175.

There were only a few pieces of furniture but they were very desirable. A Gustav Stickley-style splayed-leg tea table with 6 inch by 6 inch Wheatley tiles selling for $325; a signed Limbert single-drawer writing desk saw $500; a tile-top Arts & Crafts occasional table earned $160; and a heavily carved console table sold for $125. Although it was listed a mahogany cabinet it was described as a mahogany beveled glass chocolate cabinet. It was a very desirable size and could be a very useful addition to any home. This piece sold for $250.

A fine collection of cases and pitchers were offered, including a Galle-covered box with a clematis decoration that sold for $900. A French 17-inch stick vase signed Delotte Nancy sold for $325; a Galle floral cabinet vase earned $300; a glossy Webb Burmese flower-form vase saw $135; and a signed black San Ildefonso feather vase, approximately 5 inches tall from circa 1960 earned $160.

A bowl, signed Lalique France, sold for $300; a Steuben Grotesque bowl in calcite earned $150; and a signed Loetz green shouldered vase crossed the block for $125. An amberina cider pitcher and six mugs sold for $200; and a Northwood Chrysanthemum pitcher and five tumblers which had been signed was declared sold at $275.

Other items of interest included: an Inuit carved walrus with its pup selling for $600; a framed stained and leaded glass floral two-section window that earned $200; and a Harmony five-string banjo with case from the 1960s that saw $145.

A Remington silvered statue sold for $350; and a second Remington statue, this one in bronze and titled Warrior, earned $400.

All prices noted are the hammer price and do not include the buyer’s premium.

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