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PAAM's 2009
Spring Consignment Auction Results

Realized prices highlighted below lot descriptions include 15% buyers premium

This auction was held
Saturday, June 13, 2009


This auction featured works by Peter Busa, Oliver Chaffee, Herman Maril, Ross Moffett, Irving Marantz, William H. Littlefield, James Hansen, Taro Yamamoto, LaForce Bailey, Ferol Sibley Warthen, Bernard Simon, among others.

PAAM presents annual live consignment auctions and preview exhibitions twice yearly. These events present works of art that may not otherwise be seen by the general public. Proceeds directly benefit the cultural initiatives of PAAM. Free admission to the auction included the auction list and a bidding paddle.

Auctioneer: James R. Bakker
MA License #154

The Fall 2009 Consignment Auction will be held on Saturday, September 19 @ 7pm. Contact PAAM for consigning works to this upcoming event.

1. Fritz Pfeiffer
untitled (harbor abstraction), 1938
oil on paper, 9 x 11"
sll, est.300/500
$1,150.00

2. Fritz Pfeiffer
untitled (3 faces), 1938
oil on paper, 12 x 10"
sll, est.300/500
$201.25

3. Kenneth Stubbs
untitled (fish sheds), c.1962
gouache on paper, 2.5 x 5.25" (sight)
sll, est.600/800
$1,495.00

4. Coulton Waugh (lot of 2)
untitled (small Provincetown scenes), n.d.
hand watercolored prints, 6x5" & 5x6"
slr in plate(s), est.200/400
$258.75

5. J. Ward
Harbor Scene, n.d.
oil on paperboard, 6 x 8"
sll, est.200/300
$201.25

6. William F. Boogar
Whimsical Sculpture, n.d.
bronze, 4 x 2 x 1.25"
signed, est.500/700
$1,265.00

7. Artist Unknown (H.T.G.)
untitled (boats and reflections), n.d.
color wood block print, 8 x 8.5"
signed, est.150/200
$546.25

8. Oliver Chaffee
untitled (purple lilies), c.1937-41
wax crayon on paper, 9.25 x 13.25" (sight)
est.400/600
$345.00

9. Martha Dunigan
Great Island - North Side, 1983
mixed media sculpture, 11 x 11 x 2"
sll, est.300/500
$258.75

10. Herman Maril
untitled (Provincetown Harbor), n.d.
color serigraph, 15 x 18" image
slr, #77/100, est.400/600
$431.25

11. Ethel Baker Mayo
Provincetown View to the Harbor, n.d.
oil on board, 8 x 5.25"
slr, est.700/900
$632.50

12. Henrietta Dunn Mears
The Old Green Packet, n.d.
oil on board, 10 x 8"
sll, est.2000/3000
$1,150.00

13. Richard Florsheim
Provincetown Harbor at Dusk, n.d.
lithograph, 10 x 13.75", #32/100,
slr, est.200/300
$172.50

14. William H. W. Bicknell
Long Nook, 1921
etching, 7 x 10"
ed. of 25, signed, est.250/350
$460.00

15. Beulah Stevenson
Corn Hill - P-town, n.d.
ink on paper, 6 x 4.5"
slr, est.200/400
$86.25

16. Dorothy Lake Gregory
The Mad (Hatter) Tea Party, n.d.
lithograph, 7.5 x 11.5"
slr, est.200/400
$258.75

17. James Lechay
Dancer, 1942
oil on canvas, 29 x 13"
sur, inscr. "To DeHirsh Margulies", est.600/800
NO SALE

18. Ferol Sibley Warthen
Fish on Table No. 3, 1958
color white-line wood block print, 20 x 11.25" (sight)
slr, , provenance and bio, verso, est.2000/3000
$3,105.00

19. Helen Carr Wood
Provincetown Lane, Cape Cod, n.d.
oil on board, 8 x 10"
est.200/300
$287.50

20. Lena Gurr
Moonlight Swim, c.1960
oil on board, 7 x 14"
slr, est.250/350
$345.00

21. Ross Moffett
The Red Dory, n.d.
lithograph, 8.5 x 13.75"
unsigned, estate stamped on print, est.600/800
$977.50

22. Florence Brillinger
Barcelona, 1932
watercolor on paper, 10 x 14"
slr, est.200/400
$86.25

23. Beulah Stevenson
The Urn, n.d.
gouache on paper, 23 x 17" (sight)
slr, est.500/700
NO SALE

24. Maurice Bilton
Old Salt (painted in Provincetown), c.1930
oil on canvas, 26 x 20"
sll, Riverside Museum label, husband of Minnie Lois Murphy, est.1500/2000
$2,645.00

25. Laforce Bailey
Provincetown View West to East, n.d.
watercolor on paper, 13 x 19"
slr, est.1200/1600
$862.50

26. Stewart A. Stolworthy
Up the Coast to Cold Spring Harbor, 1984
oil on canvas, 16 x 20"
signed verso, est.300/500
$920.00

27. Peter Busa
untitled, n.d.
oil on canvasboard, 14 x 18"
slr, est.3000/5000
$1,725.00

28. Howard Mitcham
Witch's Sabbath, n.d.
hand colored wood block print, 14 x 6"
slr, est.200/400
$230.00

29. Oliver Chaffee
untitled (yellow fruit), c.1937-41
wax crayon on paper, 13 x 9.5" (sight)
est.400/600
$258.75

30. Artists Unknown (lot of 2)
Fish Wharf, Provincetown and untitled, n.d.
postcard and hand-colored photograph, 13.5 x 10.5"
est.100/200
$201.25

31. Frank Carson
Boothbay, n.d.
watercolor on paper, 18 x 22"
slr, est.600/800
$316.25

32. Ray Euffa
Truro, c.1940
serigraph, 7 x 13"
slr, est.400/600
$316.25

33. Dorothy Loeb
untitled, n.d.
oil on canvas, 20 x 24"
double-sided, est.1200/1800
$2,185.00

34. William H. W. Bicknell
Race Point Road, 1927
etching, 8 x 9.5"
ed. of 25, signed, est.250/450
$345.00

35. Jim Forsberg
Three Stones, n.d.
paper relief print, 6 x 10.25" (sight)
slr, #5/10, est.400/600
$373.75

36. Peter Busa
untitled (abstract), c.1960s
oil on canvas, 40 x 50"
slr, acquired from the artist, est.12,000/15,000
NO SALE

37. Morgan Dennis
The Harbor (Pamet?), n.d.
etching, 3.5 x 4.75"
slr, est.250/350
$431.25

38. Tod Lindenmuth
Fisherman in Foggy Harbor, c.1930s
oil on board, 12 x 16"
slr, est.1500/2000
$1,725.00

39. Bernard Simon
Seated Nude, n.d.
marble, 17.5" tall
unsigned, est.1000/1500
$1,725.00

40. Arthur F. Musgrave
Long Nook Road, Truro, n.d.
linoleum block print, 6 x 10.5"
unsigned, est.400/600
$230.00

41. Peter Hunt
Lamp (He loves me), n.d.
oil on metal, 11 x 6.5" dia.
est.400/600
$805.00

42. William H. Littlefield
Autres Image, 1955
oil, sand on Masonite, 28.25 x 9"
signed verso, dated 2/17/55, est.1000/1500
$805.00

43. Arthur F. Musgrave
Provincetown Garden, n.d.
watercolor on paper, 9.5 x 10"
est.800/1200
$546.25

44. Angelo Ippolito
From the Western Series, 1961
collage, mixed media, 19 x 19"
sll, est.800/1200
$1,150.00

45. Agnes Weinrich
Abstract (leaves), n.d.
mixed media on paper, 7 x 9.5"
slr, est.400/600
$1,035.00

46. Susan W. Flint
Drunken Sailor, 1931
lithograph, 16 x 11.5" (sight)
sll, est.200/400
NO SALE

47. Kenton W. Hudson
untitled (Provincetown waterfront with Methodist Church, c.1940s
watercolor on paper, 19 x 27.5" (sight)
sll, est.1000/1200
$1,150.00

48. Ferol Sibley Warthen
Our Garden, 1948
oil on paper, 24 x 30" (sight)
slr, est.1000/1500
$575.00

49. Helen Carr Wood
Negro Quarters, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1939
oil on canvasboard, 15 x 19"
slr, est.400/600
$805.00

50. Oliver Chaffee
Vence, n.d.
watercolor on paper, 14.5 x 21"
slr, est.2000/3000
NO SALE

51. Grace Martin Taylor
Summer..(red house), 1940
oil on canvas, 22 x 26"
slr and verso, est.2000/3000
$2,760.00

52. George Constant
Tug of War, n.d.
ink on paper, 12 x 15"
slr, est.800/1000
$690.00

53. Irving Marantz
The Lesson, n.d.
ink on paper, 9 x 14"
slr, est.200/400
NO SALE

54. Ray Euffa
Wellfleet, c.1940s
serigraph, 11 x 15"
slr, est.400/600
$230.00

55. Daisy M. Hughes
Old Timer, 1923
color wood block print, 11 x 8.5" (sight)
slr, est.200/400
$115.00

56. Perle Fine
A Near Distance, 1961
paper collage, 7 x 7"
sll, est.400/600
$1,955.00

57. Dorothy (D.C.) Wyman
Bouquet of Old Fashioned Roses, n.d.
oil on board, 10 x 8"
estate stamped, verso, est.400/600
$230.00

58. Lena Gurr
Setting Sun, n.d.
oil on board, 15 x 9"
slr, vintage driftwood, est.600/800
$977.50

59. Dorothy Lake Gregory
The White Queen, the Red Queen and Alice, n.d.
lithograph, 10.5 x 13.5"
slr, est.200/400
$172.50

60. Irving Marantz
P-town (interior), n.d.
oil on board, 10 x 8"
slr, est.400/600
$345.00

61. Leo Manso
Tabernacle II, 1963
wood construction, 31 x 23 x 6"
est.1200/1800
$747.50

62. William H. W. Bicknell
Ice Cutting, Shank Painter Pond, 1923
etching, 8 x 9.5"
ed. of 25, signed, est.300/500
$517.50

63. A.L. Brooks
Bringing in the Catch, c.1930s
oil on board, 12 x 16"
slr, est.200/300
$172.50

64. Lazlo De Nagy
untitled (portrait), 1939
graphite on paper, 13.25 x 9.5" (sight)
est.200/400
$57.50

65. Charles De Carlo
Fort Pickens, Fla at Sunset, 1944
oil on board, 8 x 11.25"
slr, est.1200/1500
NO SALE

66. Ray Euffa
Road to the Beach, c.1940
serigraph, 8.5 x 14"
slr, est.400/600
$230.00

67.1. Helen Carr Wood (1 of 2)
Provincetown Fishing Shack and Cottage, n.d.
oil on canvasboard, 10 x 8"
slr, est.200/300 pair

67.2. Helen Carr Wood (2nd of 2)
Provincetown Fishermen and Net - Cape Cod, n.d.
oil on canvasboard, 8 x 10"
sll, est.200/300 pair
(with 67.1), $230.00

68. Adelaide Lawson Gaylor
Beach Picnic, n.d.
oil on canvas, 29 x 35"
slr, est.1200/1500
$920.00

69. Raphael Soyer (attrib. to)
untitled (young woman), n.d.
oil on canvas, 18 x 14"
illegible estate stamp, est.400/600
$460.00

70. Jan Gelb
Message from the Surf #2, c.1955
oil on Masonite, 30 x 24"
sll and verso, est.1200/1600
NO SALE

71. Artist Unknown
untitled, n.d.
oil on board, 10 x 12"
Hensche school, unsigned,
est.300/500
$230.00

72. Henry Botkin
Abstraction in Blue and Gray, c.1958
mixed media on board, 10 x 12"
sll, est.600/800
$1,610.00

73. Bruno Cote (attributed to)
untitled (boats with reflections), n.d.
oil on canvasboard, 14 x 18"
slr, est.300/500
$172.50

74. Arthur V. Diehl
Morocco, n.d.
oil on board, 5 x 3"
sll, est.1200/1600
NO SALE

75. Olga Sears
Eastern Point Lighthouse, Gloucester, CA, c.1940
oil on board, 16 x 20"
est.800/1200
$2,300.00

76. Charles L. Heinz
Provincetown Pier, n.d.
watercolor, gouache on paper, 18 x 24"
slr, est.600/800
$517.50

77. Victor De Carlo
Low Tide, 1955
casein on Masonite, 8 x 10"
sll, est.400/600
$287.50

78. Ray Euffa
The Beach, c.1940
serigraph, 8 x 9.5"
slr, est.400/600
$201.25

79. Morris Davidson
In the Studio, 1949
oil on canvas, 16 x 12"
sur, est.1500/2000
$1,495.00

80. Benjamin Cratz
The Octagon House, n.d.
oil on board, 16 x 20"
signed verso, est.1000/1500
$977.50

81. Henry Kallem
Through the Window, Monhegan, 1958
mixed media on paper, 10.5 x 13"
slr, est.400/600
NO SALE

82. Adelaide Lawson Gaylor
Nudes on Beach, n.d.
oil on canvasboard, 20 x 24"
slr, est.1000/1500
$920.00

83. Philip Malicoat
Surf on the Back Shore, 1966
oil on canvas, 10 x 12"
est.3000/5000
NO SALE

84. Charles Demetropoulos
The Race on Saturday, Provincetown, 1964
watercolor on paper, 29 x 10"
slr, est.800/1200
$460.00

85. (unknown) Rogers
New England Fisherman, c.1940s
ink, watercolor on paper, 21 x 12" (sight)
sll, est.300/400
$345.00

86. Susan W. Flint
The Ship, 1930
lithograph, 10 x 14.5"
signed in plate, est.200/400
$201.25

87. Taro Yamamoto
untitled (large abstract), 1958
oil on canvas, 50 x 70"
slr, est.2000/3000
$2,415.00

88. Oscar Gieberich
Vielles Maisons Basques, n.d.
oil on canvas, 24 x 29"
sll, est.1200/1600
$690.00

89. Alfred Kraemer
By the Sea, c.1940s
watercolor on paper, 12.25 x 20.25"
slr, est.300/500
$115.00

90. Ray Euffa
Fulton Market, n.d.
serigraph, 11 x 20"
slr, est.400/600
$230.00

91. Minnie Lois Murphy
In New England (Provincetown), 1928
oil on canvas, 28 x 36"
slr, est.3000/4000
$2,990.00

92. Dorothy (D.C.) Wyman
untitled, n.d.
mixed media on paper, 8.5 x 10.75"
est.300/450
NO SALE

93. Charles De Carlo
Truro Shore, 1946
watercolor on paper, 14 x 19" (sight)
sll, est.1200/1500
$1,150.00

94. Gerrit Beneker
Portrait of a Woman, 1924
oil on canvas, 24 x 20"
est.800/1200
$747.00

95. Ernest E. Perry
Provincetown, 1928
oil on board, 10 x 14"
slr, est.2000/3000
$1,150.00

96. Elizabeth B. Warren
untitled (street scene with 2 church steeples), n.d.
watercolor on paper, 12 x 17" (sight)
sll, est.600/900
NO SALE

97. Peter Busa
Wintersea IV, 1972
mixed media on paper, 22.5 x 44.5" (sight)
slr, letter of provenance, est.2000/3000
$1,150.00

98. Benjamin Kopman
Still Life, n.d.
oil on canvas, 21 x 25"
slr, est.1000/1500
$920.00

99. Taro Yamamoto
untitled (sand planets), 1960
oil, sand on canvas, 50 x 40"
signed and dated lr, Hofmann inspired, est.2000/3000
$1,725.00

100. Lillian Meeser
untitled (green packet), n.d.
oil on board, 8 x 10"
sll, est.1200/1800
$1,265.00

101. Arthur V. Diehl
untitled (sails and sunrise), n.d.
oil on canvas, 6 x 12"
sll, est.2000/3000
$2,875.00

102. Joseph Kaplan
Woman on Dock, n.d.
oil on Masonite, 9 x 13"
sll, est.600/800
$920.00

103. Victor De Carlo
Head, 1963
oil on canvas, 16 x 12"
slr, est.2000/3000
NO SALE

104. Mary Cecil Allen
untitled (Provincetown houses), 1959
watercolor on paper, 16.5 x 17"
slr, PAA exhib. Label, est.500/800
$460.00

105. Albert Edel
Tremalo (Pont-Aven, France), n.d.
soft ground etching, 7.5 x 9.75"
slr, est.200/300
$316.25

106. Colin A. Scott
untitled (winter), n.d.
oil on board, 16 x 20"
sll, est.1200/1500
$690.00

107. William H. W. Bicknell
Looking Toward Town, 1931
etching, 9 x 12"
ed. of 25, signed, est.300/500
$230.00

108. Morris Davidson
untitled (abstract still life), 1950
oil on canvasboard, 24 x 18
slr, est.1500/2500
NO SALE

109. William Freed
Trees, c.1930s
watercolor on (Whatman's) paper, 16 x 11"
sll and verso, est.300/500
$100.00

110. Bonnie Whittingham
untitled (courtyard), n.d.
oil on canvas, 24 x 48"
signed, est.1200/1800
NO SALE

111. Sara Lois Wood
Sand Dunes at Sunset, n.d.
oil on board, 10 x 14"
slr, label verso, est.200/400
$86.25

112. John W. Gregory
Provincetown Bar, 1937
photograph of a lithograph, 8.75 x 11.75"
slr, est.300/400
NO SALE

113. Peter Hunt
Owl, n.d.
oil on canvas, 28 x 21"
slr, with a note from Hunt to Musgraves, est.2000/3000
NO SALE

114. Artist(s) Unknown (lot of 4)
drawings of Provincetown subjects, c.1950s
charcoal on paper, 9 x 12"
signatures illegible, est.100/200
$57.50

115. Mervin Jules
Boy with Bird, n.d.
wood block print, 14 x 7.5"
slr, est.200/300
NO SALE

116. Carl Ashby
Ballet Slippers, n.d.
oil on board, 8.5 x 10.5"
slr, est.200/400
NO SALE

117. J. Oppenheimer
untitled (Provincetown wharf), n.d.
watercolor on paper, 15 x 21.5"
slr, est.200/400
$575.00

118. Marcia Galylord Norman (lot of 4)
"Reed", "Cat-tail" (2 prints), "Treasures of the Shore" (book) and ID bracelet, c.1963
2 prints: 9 x 6.5"& 11 x 8", 1st edition book signed by artist & author, sterling silver
est.200/300
$86.25

119. Harold Baumbach
Self Portrait, c.1930s
oil on canvas, 30 x 20" only known self portrait, signed verso, 1890s
vintage frame from Paris, est.7000/12000
NO SALE

120. Robert Ugoari (sp.?)
untitled (sketch), 1962
ink on paper, 7.5 x 4.75"
slr, est.100/200
NO SALE

121. Fred Tasch
Self Portrait, 1955
oil on canvas, 25 x 18"
slr, est.200/400
$345.00

122. John Von Wicht
untitled (abstract composition), n.d.
color lithograph, 14.5 x 20"
printer's proof by Bob Blackburn, est.800/1000
NO SALE

123. Marion Raymond
Antique Dolls, c.1972
decoupage on wood, 17 x 11"
PAA Exhib. Label verso, 100% to PAAM, est.200/400
$86.25

124. Heinrich Pfeiffer
Nameless Creek, 1942
oil on board, 14 x 13"
sll, est.600/800
$402.50

125. Henry Kallem
Rocks and Surf, Monhegan, n.d.
linoleum block print, 10 x 21"
est.300/400
NO SALE

126. Victor Hugo
Life and Death, 1978
mixed media, 18 x 22.5"
slr, Andy Warhol assistant, est.400/600
$575.00

127. Peter Busa
Valspar, 1977
serigraph, 18 x 21" (sight)
#3/25, slr, with letter of provenance, est.2000/3000
NO SALE

128. (1) Fritz Pfeiffer (lot of 3)
1.Farm Grove, PA, 2.Harbor, 3.Tall Ship, n.d.
mixed media on paper, small works
authenticated by family, est.200/300
(2), (3)
$143.75

129. William H. Littlefield
Park in December 1922 or 1923, 1922
oil on board, 20 x 28"
slr & dated 1922, est.800/1200
$575.00

130. A.C. Anthony
untitled (fishing boats), n.d.
oil on Masonite, 12 x 16"
slr, est.200/400
$86.25

131. James Hansen
untitled (To Michael With Love), 1985
oil on canvas, 22 x 16"
signed verso, est.700/900
NO SALE

132. Beulah Stevenson
The Windmill, n.d.
color wood block print, 9.5 x 14.5"
slr, size: 17 x 22", est.300/500
NO SALE

133. Albert Edel
Pilgrim Monument, n.d.
color lithograph, 10 x 7"
slr, est.200/300
$230.00

134. Sara Freeman
untitled (abstract), n.d.
watercolor, felt marker on paper, 9 x 6"
slr, Hofmann student, est.300/500
NO SALE

135. (unknown) Richardson
untitled (lowering the sails), n.d.
oil on canvas, 20 x 30"
slr, est.300/500
NO SALE

136. William H. W. Bicknell
Gray's Elegy (by Thomas Gray, illustrated by Bicknell), 1912
9 pencil signed etchings in 26 page book, double slipcase, 10.5 x 7"
ed. of 469, est.800/1000
$230.00

137. Gay Dickerson
Outer Cape - House of High Dunes, n.d.
oil on canvasboard, 18 x 24"
slr, est.300/500
$230.00

138. Kassai Knapp Jr.
untitled (bouquet of flowers), n.d.
oil on canvas, 16 x 12"
slr, est.200/300
NO SALE

139. Joseph Wilson
untitled (woman at Long Nook Beach?), c.1910
hand-colored chromolithograph, 15 x 20" (sight)
blind stamped LL and LR, Marion & Co. print, est.200/300
$115.00

140. (1) Florence Brillinger (lot of 4)
Four Small Abstractions, n.d.
oil on paper, small works
authenticated by family, est.300/500
(2), (3), (4)
$230.00

 
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