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Art Creates Grand Results at Thomaston Place Auction

Galleries August Sale

THOMASTON, ME – Works of art comprised eight out of the top 10
lots in Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ Grandeur sale on August
25, 26, and 27, and contributed to the auction’s overall outstanding
result of $2.17 million.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries Owner and Auctioneer Kaja
Veilleux said, “It was an exciting weekend that’s reminiscent of the
good old days – with a large and active live audience each day, plus very
strong activity on phones and the three internet bidding platforms.”
The sale’s top lot was a fine painting by George Inness titled Banks
of Tin Brook, depicting a stream near Walden, Orange County, NY,
that earned $72,000. Another painting by Inness depicting a New
Jersey landscape at sunset was also one of the top ten lots, fetching
$36,000 after strong competitive bidding.
An oil on linen work depicting a reclining nude woman by Pierre Santa raising a toast to a reindeer that brought $6,000 (shown above).
Auguste Renoir brought $69,000, making it the second-highest-gross- Two vintage automobiles attracted strong bidder interest – a 1997
ing lot in the sale. Childe Frederick Hassam’s beautiful oil on panel Land Rover Defender 110 TDI that fetched $53,125 and the 1941
impressionist view of New York City came in third, raising $68,750. Plymouth Super Deluxe Business Coupe that was once owned by
And, a modernist abstract painting by Dutch artist Christiaan Hendrik Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith which brought $18,000.
Beekman secured fourth place after bringing in $66,000. Pieces by Multiple Asian artifacts inspired enthusiastic responses from domestic
Winslow Homer ($50,000), Fairfield Porter ($42,000), and Thomas and international bidders and greatly surpassed presale auction estimates.
Paine ($33,000) rounded out artwork in the top ten. These included a large 17th Century Ming Dynasty period gilt bronze
The August sale at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries always Guanyin figure that sold for $34,375 (est. $10,000-$15,000); an early
includes a large contingent of Maine art, and this year’s auction was no carved and painted wood bodhisattva temple sculpture that brought
exception. A few noteworthy results from this category include Robert $31,250 (est. $1,000-$2,000); a carved celadon jade figure of a horse
Indiana’s 1968 Numbers portfolio, a set of ten limited-edition signed and two young boys that reached $13,200 (est. $800-$1,200);
and numbered serigraphs that reached $18,000; Indiana’s Heliotherapy and a large famille verte porcelain jardiniere that earned $9,375
limited edition serigraph, signed and dated ’95 that brought $17,500; (est. $1,000-$2,000).
Beach at Bay Point, Maine, a watercolor painting by William Zorach A complete list of auction results can be found at www.thomas
that fetched $7,500; an oil painting by Imero Gobbato titled Light on tonauction.com. Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is Northern New
the Coast that sold for $6,000; Rick the Clamdigger, Searsport, ME, a England’s premier auction and appraisal company located on U.S.
pen and ink with watercolor by Waldo Peirce that earned $6,000; and Route 1 in Thomaston. Thomaston Place is a leader in discovering
a charming watercolor Christmas card by Andrew Wyeth depicting
antique and fine art treasures. Visit www.thomastonauction.com

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