Up for auction on February 3rd from the New Orlean’s-based Neal Auction Company is an impressive Renaissance Bedstead attributed to Pottier and Stymus. I have blogged about several of the other items in this particular auction and it is shaping up to be a Rare Victorian extravaganza (13 Belters alone). Bids on the bed start at $8,000 and range is expected between $12,000 and $18,000. Condition report appears to very complimentary except for one old crack repair.

Excerpt from the listing:

An Important American Renaissance Walnut and Burl Walnut Bedstead , late 19th c., labeled Pottier and Stymus, 375 Lexington Avenue, New York, the architectonic headboard centered by a large porcelain roundel painted wiht a female personification of Sleep with attendant sprite,flanked by gilt bronze terms, wiht bracketed rails; incurvate footboard with porcelain plaque painted with the figures of Hypnos (Sleep) and a fellow slumberer, both drowsy with the pooies they bear; rosewood banding, incised gilt decoration overall

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Up for auction are two Belter Rosewood Slipper Chairs similar to the one found on p. 56 of “The Furniture of John Henry Belter and the Rococo Revival” by Schwartz, Stanek, and True. Bidding starts at $3,000 and expected range is $5,000 - $7,000. I suspect they will go at the lower end of the range with a chance at closing below $5,000, but you never know how the bidding will go. Listing can be seen here.

A pair of “Hartford” J & JW Meeks side chairs is also up for sale in the same Neal Auction Company Live Auction for February 3rd. Starting bid is $3,000 and expected range is $5,000 - $7,000. A single “Hawkins” armchair just went for $12,500 on January 20th. This listing can be seen here.

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Up for auction from the Neal Auction Company is a Walnut Center Table attributed to Alexander Roux. What is interesting are the Jelliff-like Minerva busts and the wolf masques that adorn the legs and skirt. Starting price is $5,000 with expected range of $7,000-$10,000. This is a live auction and it will run on February 3rd at 8 AM PST.

From the listing:
An Important American Rococo Carved Walnut Center Table , mid-19th c., attributed to Alexander Roux, New York, the turtle top with gadrooned molding over a naturalistically carved apron with scrolls, flora and a pair of opposed wolf masques, on cabriole legs with Minerva bust terms, joined by a scrolled X stretcher with fruit basket finial and scroll feet ending in casters, height 28 1/2 in., width 44 in., depth 35 in.

Also up for auction is a beautiful table attributed to Pottier & Stymus. Be sure to read the image of the handwritten evaluation for condition notes if you plan to bid. Bidding starts at $9,000 and expected range is $14,000 to $18,000.

From the listing:
A Fine American Neo-Grec Inlaid, Ebonized, Porcelain-Mounted, Burlwood and Rosewood Center Table , late 19th c., attributed to Pottier and Stymus, New York, the blocked D end top inset with finely polychrome inlaid grotesques surroundinga representation of Aesop’s fable of “The Fox and the Crane”, and lateral cartouches with avian motifs; conforming skirt inset with “Sevres” plaques of court ladies; the elaborate turned legs joined by an incurvate stretcher with anthemion ends, a reticulated lyre centered by an urn, on stylized bun feet, height 30 in., width 52 in., depth 30 1/2 in

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