NEWS

Aug. 22: Current prices

Tim Kovel and Kerry Kovel
Cowles Syndicate
Market News

Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. 

Venetian glass bowl, sommerso, thick sides, semi-circular form, cased red and white, Murano, Italy, 3 3/4 x 6 inches, $95.

Tramp art box, chip carved from mahogany cigar boxes, pyramid form with 13 layers, lift off cover with porcelain knob, traces of old cigar box labels, 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 10 inches, $175.

Silver-sterling, salad set, Cactus pattern, Georg Jensen, black horn serving ends, design from 1930, post-1944 Jensen hallmark, spoon 9 1/8 inches, fork 9 3/8 inches, $210.

Pair of bookends, cask with domed lid, sits on arched L-shaped pad, wood, ostrich and faux leather with gilt striping and crests, each cask has a metal finial and four scrolling paw feet, Maitland Smith, 9 x 10 x 7 inches, $315.

Brass inkwell, skull and crossed bones form, open eyes and nose, hinged face lifts up to reveal white china insert, American, 1880-1900, 2 1/2 inches, $390.

Moorcroft pottery vase, owl on branch, leaves and acorns, crescent moon, glossy dark blue ground, oval, Sally Tuffin, stamped "Moorcroft, Made in England," 12 1/2 inches, $440.

Jewelry, stick pin, pansy flower, purple shaded to yellow, rose cut diamond center, 18K gold, c. 1890, 2 1/2 inches, $550.

Bronze sculpture, cat goddess, sitting on hind legs, regal bearing, Hollywood Regency style, Marked "A. Tiot," 1970s, 24 1/2 x 9 x 16 inches, $1,095.

Print, lithograph, Honorary Degree, two men in academic robes presenting hood to a third man, signed by Grant Wood in pencil, limited edition of 250 published by Associated American Artists, 1938, framed, 22 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches, $1,770.

Furniture, table, farmhouse, French Provincial, cherry and walnut, rectangular top over wide skirt with drawer on one long side, square tapered legs, 1800s, 30 3/4 x 98 x 35 1/2 inches, $2,125.