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Alderfer’s sets record for Peter Sculthrope art
HATFIELD, Pa. — Alderfer Auction shattered the auction records for the Chester County artist, Peter Sculthorpe during a recent auction.

Leading the auction was a signed watercolor Winter in Berks County selling for $33,000. Sculthorpe, well-known for his wintery landscapes, continued with record breaking prices with Belted Galloway and The Smell of Snow selling for $15,600 and $14,400 respectively. As his paintings were Impressive in size, locality and simplicity, it was the perfect complement to the auction.

Also, a local worthy mention was a signed and dated 1886, Edmund Darch Lewis painting that retained its Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts label. This fine works sported a $22,800 sales tag.

While this single owner main line auction attracted a large local crowd, there was international attention when a monumental Kashan hand-knotted rug sold for $40,800. With 25 percent of the Alderfer Team on phone bids, Alderfer Auction fielded bids from all around the world.

A Bijar hand-knotted rug sold for $33,000; a Persian rug sold for $24,000; and a 14 foot, 3 inch by 23 foot, 4 inch Bijar hand-knotted palace carpet sold for $19,200.

A cast-iron J.W. Fiske garden urn that sold for $5,700. Decorative accessories made their mark with the Hermes collection of Attelage Crystal tumblers that sold for $840 and a “Nil” Porcelain place setting sold for $3,600. The Monumental Meissen Baluster Vase with gilt edging sold for $10,200. An early 20th century German Santa Belsnickle candy container sold for $2,400.

For more information call (215) 393-3000 or visit www.alderferauction.com.

4/5/2019
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