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J and JW Meeks

Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase Sale, October 11th

October 9, 2008

Note to Neal Auction:  free advertising on Rare Vic for infinity if this cabinet finds it’s way to my front door.  Don’t worry, it’s a covered porch.  Like they would need to bribe me since I blog about their sales anyway.
Yes, I’m drooling over this fantastic Allen & Brother cabinet coming up at the Louisiana [...]

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Pair of J & JW Meeks “Stanton Hall” Sidechairs

October 1, 2008

Although picking up a pair of Meeks Stanton Hall pattern chairs seems like it could never be a bad investment, that all depends on the price of the acquisition, and with this pair, the asking price of $4,400 is above where auction activity has put these chairs.
A pair of abused chairs sold at Cowan’s for [...]

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Fontaine’s Exceptional Antique Auction Sept. 27th

September 25, 2008

Plenty of high-end Victorian coming up in the Fontaine sale in a few days with all the usual suspects: Belter, Roux, Meeks, Jelliff, Baudouine, Pottier & Stymus, and Horner among others.  The Meeks Hawkins pattern set above is expected to bring $35,000-$50,000 and a Belter Milwaukee 3-piece set, $20,000 to $30,000.  A surprisingly unassuming bedstead [...]

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Antiques Hit Hard Across The Board – Almost

July 25, 2008

As regular visitors to this site are aware, I’ve been watching the health of the Victorian antique market recently for concrete examples of this trend and I thought I’d take another quick glance at some fresh auction results that speak to the decline that we’ve been seeing lately.
I’ll open by saying all is not in [...]

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Meeks Pieces At Jackson Auction Today

July 16, 2008

I’m on the road again so Rare Victorian access is somewhat limited but I caught a window of time to mention that there are a few Meeks-attributed items going up for sale during a Jackson’s Auction sale happening today. The above table is being sold as a “Stanton Hall” pattern Meeks table with it’s [...]

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J & JW Meeks Laminated Rosewood Marble Top Table

July 9, 2008

Ferrell Auction Co. is selling the above pierce-carved, signed, J & JW Meeks Rococo parlor table.  We can date the table to 1836-1855 due to the 14 Vesey St. address included in the stamp.
There is a wide range of prices realized for signed Meeks Rococo tables, starting from $4,000 on up to $40,000 for the [...]

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Heavily Carved Dining Suite at Steven’s Auction

May 27, 2008

Taking a quick glance at this set, many Victorian antique collectors familiar with the turn-of-the-century gods of Renaissance carved furniture (Horner, Flint, etc.) would assume that this piece was by R.J. Horner. Fortunately this set is labeled and we can be sure that it was made by Oriel Cabinet Co. from Grand Rapids, MI. [...]

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