NEW YORK – Handcrafted tramp art boxes, carved animal figures and primitive paintings are a few of the folk art treasures offered in a Jasper52 Americana sale on Sunday, May 28. Absentee and Internet live bidding for this online-only auction is available through LiveAuctioneers.
These artisan objects – more than 100 choice lots – vary from outsider art, ceramics and more formal Americana.
In keeping with the Memorial Day holiday is a patriotic painting (below) from the turn of the 20th century. The composition includes U.S. flags, cannons, cannonballs and an American eagle. The framed oil on canvas painting has a $900-$1,200 estimate.
Considerable carving skills were needed to fashion the large folk art horse in the auction. The black beauty (top) stands 23 inches tall and measures 24 inches nose to tail. Leather ears and horsehair mane and tail complement the steed, which is estimate at $1,800-$2,000.
Workers at sewer tile factories, primarily in Ohio in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, sometimes made figurines and vases, which are now considered folk art. A nice example in the Jasper52 auction is an 11 1/2-inch seated dog, which imitates the form of a Staffordshire pottery spaniel. In natural red-brown clay, the dog should fetch $900-$1,200.
A 14 1/2-inch-tall “Old Salt” cast-iron doorstop made by the Eastern Specialty Manufacturing Co. (Boston, 1893-1930) weighs in with a $700-$900 estimate.
Tramp art is a form of folk art that is usually made from chip-carved wooden cigar boxes. Examples range from small boxes and picture frames to much larger items, such as the 16-inch-high piece featured in the Jasper52 auction. The object consists of a covered box atop a drawers. A carving of a man’s head serves as the handle on the lid. This impressive work is estimated at $1,000-$1,200.
Sideshows, the tantalizing added attractions that were once an integral part of a circus, have all but disappeared across America. This colorful form of entertainment is recalled in banners and signs that have become collectible. One such piece is a sign by 20th-century show painter Jim Hand. One of his signed works titled “Strange People” is expected to attract a $700-$900 winning bid.
The auction will begin Sunday, May 28, at 11 a.m. Eastern time.
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