Sloans & Kenyon presents Three Days of Auctions on Artfact Live! November 13th to November 15th Bid online exclusively through Artfact Live! on over 1600 lots in the Sloans & Kenyon 5th Annual Auction of Americana and More, including the Collection of the American Presidents Museum.
(Boston MA) Artfact Live! is pleased to announce three days of sales at Sloans & Kenyon on November 13th through 15th are available for online bidding exclusively through Artfact Live! These upcoming auctions include “The 5th Annual Auction of Americana and More” as well as the sale of the “Complete Collection from the American Presidents Museum” in Strasburg, VA. Almost 1,600 lots will be auctioned over the weekend including: Americana, furniture, Chinese works of art, South American stoneware, paintings, works on paper, jewelry, ceramics, timepieces, sculptures, silver, laquerware, rugs and more! If you can’t join the live auction action in Chevy Chase, Maryland, visit Artfact.com, or its sister site in the UK, Invaluable.com, to login or register free to bid live online at this exceptional auction. If you’re not ready to bid, simply watch the activity live from the auction floor using the Artfact Live! console.
Highlights of the sale include:
Day 1, Friday the 13th, features Asian Works of Art:
The top lot of day one is Lot 203: a Zen style painting done in ink and color on paper by Lu Shoukun (Chinese, 1919-1975). This work is signed and sealed, dated 1972. The image meausures 59 in. x 32 in. and bidding for this work begins at $40,000.
Lot 214 is a stunning golden six-fold screen painted by the artist Hoin Kosen Tsunenobu (Japanese, 1636-1713). The work is signed, sealed and features a scene of cranes with pine trees, a waterfall, bamboo and plum blossoms. Each of the six panels measures 64 1/4 in. x 23 in. Bidding opens at $1,000.
Day 2, Saturday the 14th, features fine and decorative arts:
The top lot of the morning session of day two is Lot 642: a Lowrey roll-top mahogany electric organ dating from the 20th century. This piece features a tambour lid which opens to reveal two-tier wrap-around, push-button control panel it also has a two-tier keyboard and sits on a trestle base with foot pedal keyboard. The instrument is sold together with a tufted leather trestle-base bench and backrest. Bidding begins at $3,500.
Lot 717 is a bound set of documents pertaining to Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet dating from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865. Bound in full blue morocco by Riviere & Sons, London with guilt edges the collection includes 17 various signed documents or letters pertaining to Lincoln and his cabinet members interspersed with engraved portraits. Minimum bid for this lot is $2,500.
The afternoon session on day 2 features the collection of the Museum of American Presidents, all with extensive provenance:
Lot 173 is President James Madison’s American Neoclassical mahogany drop-front secretary desk, dated to the 19th century. This secretary was owned and used by James Madison (1751-1836), fourth President of the United States, at his ancestral estate, Montpelier, in Orange County, Virginia. It features a hinged drop lid with felt-lined writing surface, which opens to an interior fitted with pigeon holes, drawers, and shaped vertical ledger slots. Bidding for this piece opens
