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Press release: Tradewinds auction

April 5, 2010 · Posted in Auctions · Comment

Tradewinds is pleased to present our 36th all-cane live auction on April 24, 2010, at 11:00 AM, with preview at 9:00 AM. The sale will be held at the Marriott Peabody just off route 128 at exit #28, in Peabody, Mass. We are starting our 18th year of doing all-cane auctions and have gathered a wonderful array of antique canes. We will be offering 199 lots of carefully selected high quality pieces, with many rare and uncommon examples. The sale will be preceded the evening before, April 23, 2010, at 6:30 PM, by a special event and private auction preview at the Peabody Marriott Hotel. It will be our 11th pre-auction event. It will feature Anita Blackaby, Executive Director of the House of Seven Gables in Salem Mass. She will be presenting a talk entitled: Salem‚s House of Seven Gables-100 Years of Preservation and Community Service

A sampling of highlights includes: A very important gold cane of John Quincy Adams (Est: $10000-$12000), a lovely 18th Century French Saint-Cloud porcelain cane (Est: $2000-$3000), a fierce ivory gorilla cane (Est: $1500-$2500), a marvelous Tiffany agate cane with silver overlay,(Est: $2500-$3500), a great ivory hand on whalebone nautical cane (Est:$4000-$6000), a scarce Remington 32 caliber gun cane curio (Est: $6000-$8000), a fantastic Japanese ivory eagle cane with monkeys (Est: $3000-$4000), a great pepperbox gun cane curio (Est: $5000-$7000), a beautiful ivory Japanese shibayama cane (Est: $1800-$2800), the fabulous gold quartz cane of Dominican Republic Dictator Rafael Trujillo, (Est:$8000-$12000), a marvelous tethered ivory dog (Est: $3000-$4000), a fabulous French „La Terrible‰ defensive cane (Est: $4000-$5000), a splendid 1705 English ivory pique cane (Est: $4000-$6000), a great narwhal and silver cane (Est: $4500-$6500), and more.

A 15% Buyers premium will be added to the hammer price of each lot. A 3% discount will be subtracted from the hammer price of each lot for any buyer personally attending and purchasing for themselves at the sale. Telephone bidding and absentee bidding, either written or electronic, do not qualify for the 3% discount. If you wish to order a fully pictured catalog, please call at (978) 526-4085, $40.00 U.S., $45.00 outside. (MasterCard or Visa accepted).

(Lot #‚s cited above are: 2, 10, 15, 25, 27, 30, 35, 50, 55, 102, 115, 125, 150, and 175)

(PLEASE NOTE: The auction catalogue is now online)

Tradewinds Antiques:
http://tradewindsantiques.com/

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Vertical Art, the Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks

September 18, 2009 · Posted in Book reviews · Comment

verticalart

Photography by Umberto Barone
Text by Roberta Maneker
Forward by Wendell Garret
Concept and Design by Pierangelo Marengo and Piero Luigi Carboni

(Hudson Hills Press, 2008)
400 pages
26 x 36 cm
ISBN 13: 1978-1-55595-294-5
ISBN: 1-55595-294-1

Review

This exceptional book on antique canes and walking sticks dazzles the eyes with a spectacular collection of superb photographs. Published by Hudson Hill Press, the 400-page volume presents a collection of nearly 400 canes belonging to a single private collector.

The canes come from all around the world; however, most were created in the 18^th and 19^th centuries in Europe. There are, for instance, Faberge canes with diamond inlays, Art Nouveau designs, ornate ivory carvings as well as more simple models with carved animal faces by folk craftsmen. Some even contain secret compartments. Whatever their origin, the canes are truly objects of art.

The photography and design of the book are magnificent, with each cane beautifully lit and generously displayed. Says photographer Umberto Barone: ”When I was young… I realized that I could see reality differently through my camera, and through pictures could communicate this different reality”. The book “Vertical Art “ illustrates this perfectly.

Bob Fresh

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