18TH/19TH C. CHINESE EXPORT, EUROPEAN AND ASIAN PORCELAINS FROM THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH STANLEY TO SELL A few of the highlights in the March 27 auction:
• 19th C. Chinese Export covered tureens, the largest 13 1/2" x 14"
• A Chinese Export five piece garniture set, ca. 1800.
• 18th C. Chinese Exp
Lambertville, NJ: In the mid 1980s, Joseph Stanley, a noted New Hope, PA antique dealer, closed his shop. The mansion known as Cintra, where he lived and worked, was shuttered to the public, though its expansive rooms, 12 foot high walls and parquet floors were still fitted out with centuries of art, antiques and rugs. In earlier times, he and his partner had hosted many parties there, traveled widely on buying trips and guided antiques tours in England. Now the sign on York Road read “Closed”. Mr. Stanley lived quite privately there until his death in late 2008. The rooms of his living quarters and shop remained filled, the last shipments in crates.
All of the property from Cintra will auction at Rago’s over the course of 2009. The first sale, on Friday March 27 at 2 pm, will disperse Mr. Stanley’s 18th and 19th C. Chinese export, European and Asian porcelains. Fine art, furnishings and other decorative arts will follow in August 2009.
“There is so much in this shop and home that we barely have room to turn around without uncovering something unseen and of real interest,” said Tom Martin. “We won’t be finished the work until spring. Who knows what we’ll turn up for August, in addition to what we have readily at hand? You rarely see an estate this special.”
A few of the highlights in the March 27 auction:
• 19th C. Chinese Export covered tureens, the largest 13 1/2" x 14"
• A Chinese Export five piece garniture set, ca. 1800.
• 18th C. Chinese Export polychrome punchbowls with figural decoration, Masonic symbols
• A pair of 18th C. Chinese Export covered urns, with floral decoration and foo dog finials
• Worcester Dr. Wall serving pieces
• Late 18th C. Buchan Portabello serving pieces
• Staffordshire figurines, including a rare “Uncle Tom and Eva”
Auction Contact Information
Tom Martin: 609-397-9374 or tom@ragoarts.com
Exhibition Preview
Saturday, March 21 - Thursday, March 26, Noon - 5pm and by appt. Doors open at 9 a.m. on the morning of the sale with registration beginning at 10 am.
Catalogues
The catalogue will post online on March 13. A printed listing of all lots will also be available at no charge. Interested bidders can e-mail Rago’s at info@ragoarts.com or call toll-free to 866-724-6278 (866-RAGOARTS)
Bidding
Bidding is available in person, by phone, by advance bid and online. Rago’s has engaged the services of The Saleroom (the-saleroom.com) to provide its clients with online bidding. Bidders can also use the services of Live Auctioneers (liveauctioneers.com) should they chose.
About Cintra
The mansion known as Cintra was built by William Maris, who arrived in New Hope soon after the War of 1812. He built the "yellow pebble-dashed house on the York Road” in 1816 from plans purchased after an 1814 visit to the Portuguese castle of Cintra. He took from these plans a wing which particularly attracted his admiration for its thick walls, coffered passageways and windows, its double doors with massive
