PO Box 1076 1515 18th Terrace
508.228.5977 305.292.1828
email: forager@nantucket.net
American Folk Art
| George Korn and the late Richard Kemble who are recognized as the owners of Forager House Collection, amassed an amazing collection of American Folk Art during their 42 year business and personal partnership. This collection is outstanding in featuring an unusual collection of American hand made items not usually associated with traditional folk art. |
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Besides offering premier examples of pieces by such pre-eminent folk artists as John Scholl and William Edmundson, their eclectic eyes built a collection of glass, whirligigs and mechanical toys that is unique to the folk art community. Parts of their collection have been exhibited at the Westmoreland Museum of Art “A Sampler of American Folk Art from Pennsylvania Collections”, the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art – Salisbury, Maryland, Key West Museum of Art and History and the Nantucket Historical Association. | |
Many items in the collection have the
provenance of such Folk Art scions as Bernard Barenholtz, Barbara Johnson, Stephen
Score, Jackie Radwin, John Sittig, Pick Richardson, and the Midwolf
Collection. Pieces in the offering have been illustrated in “American
Antique Toys”, “American Folk Sculpture” and “Folk Art, Primitive and
Naive in Canada”, and such magazines as Country Home and Architectural
Digest. |
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| Three Flag Pole Finials $150 each |
Fraktur dated 1817 8 x 6.5" $675 |
Mother of Pearl Shell Evening Clutch 3.5 x 3.25" $275 |
Gold Medal Ten Pins - Transogram Co NY c 1930 original box, contemporary wall mount $350 |
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| Four Butter Paddles American early 20th Century. 6 - 12" tall $250 for group of four |
Articulated Walking Man America c 1920 4" high $195 |
Sailor-made Shell Basket typical of those from the Caribbean c 1900 12 x 10 x 3" $650 |
Whalebone fishing lure found on Nantucket 4" long $145 |
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| Set of Assembled Skittles mounted in old base $275 |
Man with top hat and outstrecthed arms polychrome paint; early 20th century American 10" tall $2,500 |
Mother of Pearl Group 2.5" largest $150 each |
Whirligig of man American c 1930 20" tall $375 |
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| Metal Match Safe w plaque of old Nantucket 2.25" high $45 |
Spellicans game of carved bone pieces in walnut box 5" long. $375 |
Pieces are numbered in roman numerals. Box includes instructions. |
group of three square dancers wood and composition figures with polychrome paint 6" tall found in Lancaster county Pa. $3,000 |
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| Boot Trade sign, sheet metal with original black paint 48.0" tall Provenence: John Sittig Antiques $3,800 |
Fragment of a man with red painted jacket 13.0" tall; ex collection of Bernard Barenholtz sold Sotheby's Jan 1990 $3,000 |
John Scholl "gymnists" Germania PA c 1900 16.0 x 14.75" ex Midwolf collection sold Sotheby's Sale #6350 Oct 1992 lot 158 $75,000 |
Articulated Hessian Soldier on horseback one ear missing 9.0" tall; ex collection of Bernard Barenholtz sold Sotheby's Jan 1990 $600 |
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| spinning toy of a small rodent; descended from owner's family 4.0" tall $450 |
Articulated Man with old box camera; American c 1920 11 x 9" $500 |
The Dancers four dancing couples activated by turning the handle 13 x 16 x 13" $25,000 |
closer view: The Dancers (see left) ex collection of Bernard Barenholtz sold Sotheby's see "American Antique Toys" Barenholtz, Abrams, NY 1980 page 196 |
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