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Auction Results Round-Up June 20th Edition

June 20, 2009

In what will hopefully become a regular feature on Rare Victorian, I’ve invited Sue Mellish, who has been an antiques and collectibles writer for Antique Week in the past, to wrap up some of the recent Victorian auction highlights for us.
The estate auction of Mrs. Katherine Creamer of Mobile, AL had some fantastic pieces sell [...]

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Chair Mystery Solved – Charles Klein

May 5, 2008

If you remember this post here, you would recall that I lose sleep over Victorian furniture attributions. Not really, but close. I just hate to see the same pieces over and over again show up in auctions and on Ebay, firmly or lukewarmly attributed to various makers while the true cabinetmakers roll over [...]

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John Henry Belter Child’s Chair

February 27, 2007

So what does the consummate Belter collector acquire when they thought they had everything covered? Why, a child’s chair of course! This laminated rosewood chair has an amazing 28 1/2″ height and a diminutive 11″ seat height. It exhibits the 7 lamination layers common to Belter parlor furniture. Auction ends March [...]

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John Henry Belter "Fountain Elms" Pattern Side Chair

February 23, 2007

Here is a beautiful rosewood John Henry Belter “Fountain Elms” pattern side chair up for auction for the next few days. I would have blogged about this chair earlier but the pictures on the listing are very dark and don’t highlight the carvings and the fact that this is a pierced Belter design. [...]

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Museum Quality Antiques Auction

February 2, 2007

Antiquarian Traders has a 1343 lot auction scheduled for February 8th and it will include some of the most famous names in furniture making from the Victorian era. 28 items up for bid by R.J. Horner or Horner Brothers, 17 by Pottier & Stymus, 5 by J & JW Meeks, 1 by Belter, [...]

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Belter "Scroll" Pattern Laminated Rosewood Sofa

January 21, 2007

Up for auction is a Belter “Scroll” pattern sofa, ca. 1850-1860. Examples of matching chair can be seen in “The Furniture of John Henry Belter and the Rococo Revival” book by Schwartz, Stanek, and True, p. 50.
Belter furniture tends to be extremely ornate and this sofa is an example of a more simple design. An [...]

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Rosewood Rococo Sofa, But Not Belter

January 21, 2007

Pictured to the left is a very nice Rococo sofa made in the 1850-1860 time period. Since this particular sofa is solid rosewood, it is of a quality level that is above much of the furniture of the time, but it is not a Belter as the seller thinks it could be. Belter [...]

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