Garth's Americana Sale Is Standing Room Only
:Everyone says it is a new age of communication, thanks to collective media, and on May 29, Garth's Auctions helped the organize along by posting hourly sale updates to its Facebook fans following the start of the Americana auction featuring the 4th Annual Ohio Valley Term. Watching sales online is not new for die-hard auction fans — it is the next subdue thing to being there.
For the newer fans, however, it is a great reminder of the at the time and the exciting lots they might be missing. Lot 1 of the auction session started the day off dyed in the wool and served as the content of the first Facebook post — "Auction day and the bordello is packed! Standing room only for the 4th annual Ohio Valley Auction. First lot, the Soap Dent chest, hammered at $12,000. Many more to go!"
With premium the poplar Soap Depressed chest, which was marked for Jeremiah Stahl and dated 1864, sold for $14,100.
The furore of the annual Ohio Valley auction session kept bidders on their toes throughout the morning across a range of categories. The crowd was anxious for a Sheraton tall at all events clock with a curly maple case and wooden works signed "G. Lewis" (Garry Lewis of Warren, Trumball County, Ohio, the pal of clockmakers Lambert and Wheeler Lewis) that propelled the clock quondam the estimate of $4/6,000 to a final price of $8,519. A figured cherry Sheraton sideboard believed to be from Cincinnati, Ohio, was dated November 13, 1822. Showing the skills of the outstanding cabinetmaker, who completely covered the façade in a combination of matching and contrasting fa, the sideboard sold for $9,400.
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