Rare and Important Furniture, Pottery and Prints Featured in Dual Toomey & Co. Auctions

A rare Stickley Grandfather clock that many consider to be the best example of a grandfather clock designed by Gustav Stickley, a rare Mary Chase Perry Stratton for Pewabic Pottery vase, a Tiffany Studios Lily table lamp – these are just a few examples of the historically important works up for auction this Sunday, December 8th during the dual Art & Design with Tradition & Innovation auctions held by Toomey & Co. Auctioneers. Among the important collections identified according to the auction catalog are the collections of Kazimir Karpuszko from Chicago, the Stahr collection frrom Barrington, IL, Richard Nickel from Chicago, Candice B. Groot from Evanston, IL, Wilbert and Marilyn Hasbrouck of Chicago, Rich and Patty Thumann of Tacoma, WA, the Paul and Terry Somerson Collection of 20th and 21st Century Metalwork and Jewelry, and the collection of Michael Rabkin of Los Angeles.

 

 

 

 

 

• four vintage photographs by Native American chronicler Edward Sheriff Curtis; particularly striking is a Navajo-themed orotone ($10,000-15,000).
• color woodcuts by Margaret Jordan Patterson, William Seltzer Rice, Bertha Lum, and other block printers.
• an impressive selection of important Gustav Stickley furniture including a rare and early chest of drawers ($40,000-60,000), a grandfather clock that Toomey and Co calls “the finest example Stickley ever produced” ($30,000-50,000), a set of seven dining chairs with original leather ($25,000-35,000), an early buffet ($15,000-25,000), and a five-light electrolier hanging fixture ($10,000-15,000). Lots will also be offered by L. & J.G. Stickley, The Roycrofters, and Charles P. Limbert Co.
• an Elizabeth Eaton Burton jewelry casket ($10,000-20,000)
• a copper jardiniere by Robert Riddle Jarvie with scenes from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ($9,000-12,000)
• an important copper desk box with repoussé lid by Chicago’s highly regarded Kalo Shop ($6,000-8,000).
• a rare Mary Chase Perry Stratton for Pewabic Pottery vase with dandelion decoration ($20,000-30,000)
• a Teco vase by Harald Hals ($15,000-25,000)
• a vase by Ellen R. Farrington for Grueby Faience Company ($8,000-12,000).
• a Tiffany Studios / Grueby Acorn table lamp ($20,000-30,000). Several other finely wrought Tiffany Studios lamps will also be up for bid, including a twelve-light Lily table lamp ($20,000-30,000), a Junior floor lamp with geometric shade ($20,000-30,000), and a Linen Fold table lamp ($15,000-25,000).
• Two commissioned lots by Frank Lloyd Wright will be available: a leaded-glass window for the Cheney House in Oak Park ($6,000-8,000) and a pine lounge chair for the Winn House in Kalamazoo, Michigan ($2,000-3,000).