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NEAL AUCTION’S
ANNUAL LOUISIANA PURCHASE AUCTION™
ACHIEVES $4.02 MILLION
With concerns over the financial and mortgage markets looming, Neal Auction
Company’s October 11 and 12, 2008 Louisiana Purchase Auction™ should serve as
testament to a strong and healthy art market. With one exception, every single one of
Neal Auction Company’s TOP 30 LOTS sold within estimate (11), over estimate (5), or
blissfully well above its presale auction estimate (13). Collector confidence in quality
works of art and antiques remains as strong as ever.
TOP 30 LOTS
#1 ▪ Lot 245 ▪ John McCrady ▪ Political Rally ▪ $422,000.00
Neal Auction Company’s 1935 John McCrady (American, 1911-1968) painting,
“Political Rally,” sold for $422,000 against a presale estimate of $200,000 to $300,000.
Neal Auction Company’s important and widely exhibited McCrady painting achieved a
record price for a work by the artist. The $422,000 price realized is a clear indication of a
strong market fueled by collector confidence in quality works of art and antiques.
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Neal Auction Company continues to dominate the marketplace for works by Mississippi
artists with record prices achieved for such high profile names as Walter Inglis Anderson,
Marie Atkinson Hull, John McCrady, William Dunlap, Theora Hamblett, Karl Wolfe,
Mildred Wolfe, and Kate Freeman Clark among others.
#2 ▪ Lot 309 ▪ The Hatch Presentation Service ▪ $323,000.00
With a presale estimate of $140,000 to $180,000, Neal Auction Company’s Terfloth &
Küchler (Bernard Terfloth & Christopf Christian Küchler, wc. 1858-1866) New
Orleans Coin Silver Presentation Coffee and Tea Service realized $323,000.00.
Neal Auction Company’s coffee and tea service, known as The Hatch Presentation
Service, included a tray, a coffeepot, two teapots, a covered sugar basin, a waste bowl
and a cream pitcher, (combined weight 295.75 troy ozs.) which were inscribed:
“Presented to F.H. Hatch / Collector of the Port of New Orleans / By his Friends in the
Custom House / May 1st 1861,” and decorated with regional scenes. The Hatch Silver
Service achieved a record price for an American coin silver service sold at auction.
#3 ▪ Lot 206 ▪ William Woodward ▪ Furnished Rooms, French Town ▪ $129,000.00
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Neal Auction Company’s William Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1859-1939),
Raffaelli crayon on board titled “Furnished Rooms, French Town” attained $129,000.00
against an estimate of $75,000 to $125,000.
The record price for a Woodward painting, “Coffee Five Cents Per Cup,” sold in Neal
Auction Company’s 2007 Louisiana Purchase Auction™ for $182,000.00.
#4 ▪ Lot 281 ▪ William Woodward ▪ Poydras Market ▪ $76,375.00
Neal Auction Company’s 1929 William Woodward painting, “Poydras Market, Baronne
St., 1885,” achieved an impressive result. Against a presale estimate of $50,000 to
$75,000, the small, 10 by 14 inch painting reached $76,375.00.
#5 ▪ Lot 294 ▪ New Orleans Half-Tester Bed ▪ $70,500.00
A circa 1850 New Orleans Rococo Carved Rosewood Half-Tester Bed also sold
exceptionally well at $70,500.00—within estimate. In form, proportion and carved
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decoration, Neal Auction’s bed bears a strong relationship to the famous carved
rosewood bed from Prudent Mallard now at Lansdowne in Natchez.
#6 ▪ Lot 384 ▪ Belter “Tuthill King” Sofa ▪ $60,000.00
The mid-19th century American Rococo Carved and Laminated Rosewood Sofa,
attributed to John Henry Belter, in the “Tuthill King” pattern, performed within estimate
during Neal Auction Company’s 2008 Louisiana Purchase Auction™, selling for an
impressive $60,000.00.
#7 ▪ Lot 246 ▪ Kate Freeman Clark ▪ Cosmos ▪ $58,750.00
The 1904-1905 oil by Kate Freeman Clark (American/Mississippi, 1875-1957) titled
“Cosmos,” achieved a record price for a work by the artist sold at auction, realizing
$58,750.00.
With world record prices achieved for such high profile artists as Walter Inglis Anderson,
Marie Atkinson Hull, John McCrady, William Dunlap, Theora Hamblett, Karl Wolfe,
Mildred Wolfe, and Kate Freeman Clark, among others, Neal Auction Company
continues to dominate the marketplace for works by Mississippi artists.
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#8 ▪ Lot 373 ▪ Charles Dorman Robinson ▪ Forts Jackson & St. Philip ▪ $54,050.00
Neal Auction Company achieved yet another world record price with “The Battle of Forts
Jackson and St. Philip,” a 1902 oil by American artist Charles Dorman Robinson
(1847-1933). The painting more than doubled its low presale estimate of $25,000, selling
for the record price of $54,050.00.
#9 ▪ Lot 204 ▪ Herter Cabinet ▪ $48,175.00
With a presale estimate of $20,000 to $30,000 Neal Auction Company’s circa 1865
American Renaissance Inlaid and Gilt-Incised Rosewood Parlor Cabinet attributed
to Herter Brothers, New York, saw tremendous results, soaring above estimate and
reaching $48,175.00.
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#10 ▪ Lot 379 ▪ Belter Bed ▪ $42,000.00
Neal Auction Company’s circa 1850-1860 American Rococo Carved and Laminated
Rosewood Bed bearing the patent stamp of John Henry Belter, New York, also
performed well, selling over its $30,000 presale low estimate and achieving $42,000.00.
#11 ▪ Lot 428 ▪ John James Audubon ▪ Hooping Crane ▪ $41,125.00
Selling within estimate was Neal Auction Company’s “Hooping Crane, View in the
Interior of the Floridas with Sand Hills in the Distance” after John James Audubon
(American, 1785-1851), which achieved a handsome $41,125.00.
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#12 ▪ Lot 894 ▪ New Orleans Rococo Carved Rosewood Armoire ▪ $41,125.00
With a presale estimate of $18,000 to $25,000, Neal Auction Company’s mid 19th
century New Orleans Rococo Carved Rosewood Armoire, related to the bedroom
furniture from Prudent Mallard at Landsdowne in Natchez, realized an exceptional
$41,125.00.
#13 ▪ Lot 608 ▪ George Rodrigue ▪ Blue Dog Series ▪ $38,775.00
Neal Auction Company’s 1992 George Rodrigue (American/Louisiana, b. 1944) oil
titled “Cameo Appearance: Blue Dog Series,” also performed well above its $18,000 to
$24,000 presale estimate, attaining $38,775.00.
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#14 ▪ Lot 424 ▪ John James Audubon ▪ Brown Pelican ▪ $38,188.00
Selling for an impressive $38,188.00, Neal Auction Company’s John James Audubon
(American, 1785-1851) “Brown Pelican” performed within expectation.
#15 ▪ Lot 240 ▪ Louis Oscar Griffith ▪ Old French Market ▪ $35,250.00.
Neal Auction Company’s Louis Oscar Griffith (American/Indiana, 1875-1956, active
New Orleans, 1916-1917), oil on canvas titled “Old French Market, New Orleans,” sold
just over its high estimate, attaining an impressive $35,250.00.
Neal Auction Company continues to dominate the market in terms of works sold by
Louis Oscar Griffith and his friend/fellow Indianan, Robert Wadsworth Grafton, holding
the record price for each individual artist, as well as for a collaborative work.
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#16 ▪ Lot 284 ▪ William Woodward ▪ Back Bay, Biloxi ▪ $34,800.00.
Against a presale estimate of $20,000 to $30,000, Neal Auction Company’s third
William Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1859-1939) painting titled “Benachi
Avenue at Back Bay, Biloxi” sold impressively over estimate at $34,800.00.
#17 ▪ Lot 413 ▪ William Aiken Walker ▪ Cabin
Selling well over its $25,000 low estimate and achieving $32,312.00, Neal Auction
Company’s William Aiken Walker (American/South Carolina, 1838-1921) 6 by 12
inch oil on board titled “Cabin” performed well.
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#18 ▪ Lot 629 ▪ David Bates ▪ Flat Top ▪ $31,200.00
Neal Auction Company’s comparatively small (24 by 20 inch) painting by David Bates
(American/Texas, b. 1952) titled “Flat Top” out performed its estimate and sold
exceedingly well. With a presale estimate of $6,000 to $9,000, the Bates painting reached
$31,200.00— the second highest price ever achieved at auction for a work by the artist,
and the highest price for a work of its size.
#19 ▪ Lot 219 ▪ Newcomb College Matte Glaze Mantel Clock ▪ $30,550.00
Also greatly exceeding estimate was an exceptionally rare commissioned 1916 Newcomb
College Art Pottery Matte Glaze Mantel Clock decorated by Sadie Irvine. With a
presale estimate of $8,000 to $12,000, the Newcomb clock reached an outstanding
$30,550.00.
#20 ▪ Lot 109 ▪ Allen & Brother Cabinet ▪ $27,025.00
Against a presale estimate of $7,000 to $9,000, Neal Auction Company’s circa 1880
American Renaissance Ebonized, Gilt Incised, Burled Walnut and Chased Copper
Cabinet attributed Allen & Brother, Philadelphia, realized a very impressive
$27,025.00.
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#21 ▪ Lot 372 ▪ Bronze Patinated Zinc Figure of Andrew Jackson ▪ $27,025.00
Neal Auction Company’s 19th century American Bronze Patinated Zinc Figure of
Andrew Jackson, after the 1853 original in Washington D.C. by Clark Mills (American,
1810-1883) fared well, selling just under estimate at $27,025.00.
#22 ▪ Lot 255 ▪ The 1884 Mistick Krewe of Comus Cup ▪ $25,850.00
Estimated at $7,000 to $9,000, Neal Auction Company’s New Orleans Carnival 1884
Mistick Krewe of Comus Cup from the Schindler Collection brought an unprecedented
$25,850.00.
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#23 ▪ Lot 278 ▪ Robert Wadsworth Grafton New Basin Canal ▪$24,000
Neal Auction Company’s 1916 Robert Wadsworth Grafton (American, 1876-1936,
active New Orleans, 1916-1920) oil on board titled “New Basin Canal, New Orleans”
achieved $24,000, selling within estimate.
Neal Auction Company continues to dominate the market in terms of works sold by
Robert Wadsworth Grafton and his friend/fellow Indianan, Louis Oscar Griffith holding
the record price for each individual artist, as well as for a collaborative work.
#24 ▪ Lot 412 ▪ Elizabeth O’Neill Verner ▪ Charlotte Selling Flowers ▪ $24,000.00
Against a presale low estimate of $20,000, Neal Auction Company’s 16 by 12 ½ inch
Elizabeth O’Neill Verner (American/South Carolina, 1883-1979) pastel titled
“Charlotte Selling Flowers” performed very well, achieving $24,000.00— the second
highest recorded price for a work by the artist, and the highest price achieved for a work
of its size.
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#25 ▪ Lot 374 ▪ Lorenzo Bartolini (attr.) ▪ Col. A. P. Hayne ▪ $23,500.00
With a presale low estimate of $15,000, Neal Auction Company’s early 1830s white
marble “Portrait Bust of Col. Arthur Peronneau Hayne (1788/90-1867)” attributed to
Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777-1850) sold very well, achieving $23,500.00.
#26 ▪ Lot 378 ▪ Emmanuel Frémiet ▪ Jeanne d’Arc à Cheval ▪ $23,500.00
Estimated at $8,000 to $10,000, Neal Auction’s French Gilt Bronze Statuette of
“Jeanne d’Arc à Cheval,” after Emmanuel Frémiet (French, 1824-1910), achieved a
remarkable $23,500.00.
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#27 ▪ Lot 729 ▪ Georgian-Style Bronze and “Lapis Lazuli” Athéniennes ▪ $23,500.00
With an estimate of $1,500 to $2,500, a highly decorative Pair of Georgian-Style
Bronze and “Lapis Lazuli” Athéniennes soared well above estimate to achieve
$23,500.00.
#28 ▪ Lot 391 ▪ Belter Rosewood Étagère ▪ $23,500.00
A mid-19th century American Rococo Carved Rosewood Étagère attributed to John
Henry Belter, New York, also fared well, realizing $23,500.00 against a $15,000 to
$25,000 presale estimate.
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#29 ▪ Lot 876 ▪ A Pair of Continental White Marble Sphinxes ▪ $21,150.00
With a presale estimate of $12,000 to $18,000, an early 20th century Matched Pair of
Monumental Continental White Marble Sphinxes in the Neo-Imperial-Style sold
above expectation at $21,150.00.
#30 ▪ Lot 112 ▪ American Classical Mahogany Armoire ▪ $20,400.00
A circa 1830 American Classical Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Armoire, estimated at
$8,000 to $12,000, realized an impressive $20,400.00.
LAGNIAPPE LOTS WORTH NOTE
Lot 342, An Important Collection of Autograph Letters Signed from Dr. John Sibley
to Governor William C.C. Claiborne Concerning the Newly Acquired Louisiana
Purchase Territory, achieved $17,037.00 against a $5,000 to $7,000 presale estimate.
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Lot 718, a 1759 Sèvres Polychrome and Gilt Porcelain Cup and Saucer decorated by
Jean Pierre Ledoux achieved $12,690.00.
Estimated at $2,500 to $3,500, Lot 361, a Samuel Henry Lockett (American, 18371891) “Louisiana State University Topographical Map of Louisiana Showing the
Characteristic Features of the Surface of the State in Symbols and Colors Compiled from
the Latest and most Authentic Sources with many additions and actual reconnaissance by
S.H. Lockett Professor of Engineering Assisted in the drawing by D.M. Brosnan of the
class of 1872,” realized $10,575.00.
A record auction price of $7,200.00 was achieved for Mississippi artist William Dunlap
(b. 1944) with lot 601, “Storm Watch,” a 52 by 38 inch polymer and colored pencil
painting.
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DECEMBER 6 AND 7, 2008
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