Bob Courtney’s Spring 2008 sale is underway and has many pieces up for sale that Rare Victorian readers would be itching to own. The cabinet to the right is part of the sale and is attributed to one of my favorite cabinetmakers - Allen and Brother from Philadelphia.

You can peruse the full catalog here. Don’t miss the pool table and the Besarel mirror. Masterpieces.

Update: The auction is now past so the catalog link above will now show as empty.  The cabinet link is viewable for 120 days past the sale close date.  It sold for $7,000.

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For those of you who were wondering where the music stand went that I last profiled - it disappeared from Ebay and the auction house’s website just prior to the sale and I don’t know what happened. If you were all set to bid on it and were left empty-handed, here’s your chance to get an even better one during the Neal Auction sale.

This stand is probably the best looking stand that I have ever run across. Yes, there are more extravagant closed-format music stands in the cabinet form, but as far as open-format music stands go, this is at the top.

The top crest has a bronze putti plaque as well as putti repeated in the front inlay panel. The finish is in really good shape and it retains it’s original ebonization and gilt incising. One small shrinkage crack exists on the right front corner.

Starting bid will be $1,300 with expected range of $2,000 to $3,000.  More photos and details at the listing.

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Doyle New York is listing this unlabeled cabinet as being done in the manner of Herter Brothers, but I think that there is a chance that it was made in Baltimore by Thomas Godey. It reminds me of a labeled Godey cabinet that was sold in 2005 by Neal auction which I think was the cabinet from the High Museum of Art and was included in the book, Art & Enterprise on page 126.

The side panel patterns are identical in design and notice the ebonized trim on the three front panels, with the center one having a curved top trim and overhangs on two sides. If this isn’t by Godey, I think there would be a case for plagiarism.

They are expecting a range of $5,000 to $10,000 and are starting the bidding at $2,500. The labeled Godey cabinet below sold for $51,700.

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