AN AMERICAN CARVED CHERRYWOOD TALLCASE CLOCK, c. 1845, by Thomas R. J. Ayers, Danville, Kentucky, the painted dial signed "T Ayers/ Danville", and decorated with a vignette of a Greek Revival home overlooking a river, a man fishing in a boat, case with fluted quarter columns, base with shaped apron, on splayed feed, height 93 in., width 24 in., depth 13 in. Sold at Neal Auction Company February 23-24, 2013.
Estimate: $15,000-25,000
Price Realized: $29,875
A KENTUCKY COIN SILVER PITCHER ASA BLANCHARD, LEXINGTON, c. 1808-1838, marked A•BLANCHARD in rectangle; bombe body below tall collar with reeded rim, squared handle with ribbing, old script monogram "WM", height 7 1/2 in. Sold at Neal Auction Company February 23-24, 2013.
Estimate: $7,000-10,000
Price Realized: $29,875
A KENTUCKY COIN SILVER SUGAR BOWL ASA BLANCHARD, LEXINGTON, c. 1808-1838, marked " A•BLANCHARD " and with spreadwing eagle; paneled rectangular body with molded collar, ball feet and squared handle, domed cover with square mushroom finial, period script monogram, height 5 3/4 in. Sold at Neal Auction Company February 23-24, 2013.
Estimate: $5,000-7,500
Price Realized: $9,150
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AMERICAN, 1785-1851), THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, New York & Phil., J.J. Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844, 7 volumes, octavo, first edition, with 500 hand-colored lithograph plates, after the original watercolors and aquatint engravings by Audubon, printed by J.T. Bowen, Phil. and George Endicott, New York (plates 136-150), in original three-quarter leather bindings. Sold at Neal Auction Company February 23-24, 2013.
January, 2013
