Archived Auctions
Most expensive lots
Fitz Hugh Lane American 18041865 Manchester Harbor
Fitz Hugh Lane (American 1804-1865) Manc
$5,506,000
HISTORIC DRESS WORN BY MARILYN MONROE WHEN SHE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JFK AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN 1962
HISTORIC DRESS WORN BY MARILYN MONROE WH
$4,810,000
Important Diamond
Important Diamond
$3,947,000
122006 AMERICAN SCHOOL OIL ON CANVAS NEW YORK SCENE
122006: AMERICAN SCHOOL OIL ON CANVAS, N
$3,750,000
Latest searches
Recently viewed lots
Circus Photo Archive 1920s 1940s Including 110
Circus Photo Archive. 1920s – 1940s. I
$150
PATEK PHILIPPE Ref 570
PATEK PHILIPPE Ref. 570
15,000 CHF
24 THIRD EMPIRE BLACK MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK
24: THIRD EMPIRE BLACK MARBLE MANTLE CLO
$400
A Pair of Hermes 90cm Silk Scarves
A Pair of Hermes 90cm Silk Scarves,
$406

Carved and Painted Walnut Figure of William Penn http://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2460/lots/395

Sold for:
$7,703

Carved and Painted Walnut Figure of William Penn, by the Reverend Robert Smith Grier, signed and dated on the bottom of the base by the carver "Cut by Rev'd R. S. Grier March, 1853" and also signed in two additional places on the base, the figure and base with applied gold paint, ht. 12 1/2 in. Provenance: By direct descent through the family from Robert Smith Grier to the present owner. Note: The following research conducted by Ruth Richards in her history of Emmitsburg Presbyterian Church, Michael Hillman, the director of the Emmitsburg Area Historical Society, and the consignor, expands our knowledge about the figure and its maker: "Rev. Robert Grier was born in 1790 and died in 1865. He was born at Brandywine Manor, Chester County, PA, the son of the Presbyterian minister, Rev. Nathan Grier and Susanna Smith Grier. Rev. Nathan Grier's parents had emigrated from Northern Ireland. Robert Grier attended Brandywine Academy and graduated from Dickinson College in 1809. He studied theology under the instruction of his father, was licensed to preach in 1812 and installed as the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Tom's Creek, MD, in April 1814...The church was moved in 1839 to Emmitsburg where the present church, built in 1904 following a fire, still stands. Rev. Grier served as the pastor of this church from 1814 until his death in 1865. A memorial pamphlet on the history of the Emmitsburg Presbyterian Church, published in 1875, mentions Reverend Robert Grier's wood Read more…

Skinner

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2009-06-07

Archived auctions similar to Carved and Painted Walnut Figure of William Penn Down arrow

Continental carved and painted walnut figure of the Mother and Child

Continental carved and painted walnut figure of the Mother and Child

Sold for:
$467

Continental carved and painted walnut figure of the Mother and Child, early 20th c., 51" h. Provenance: DeHoogh Gallery, Philadelphia. Read more…

Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook

Date:
2015-09-02

Carved and Painted Articulated Figure of a Black Man

Carved and Painted Articulated Figure of a Black Man

Sold for:
$615

Carved and Painted Articulated Figure of a Black Man, America, early 20th century, the figure with carved head, painted eyes, and red-painted lips wears a Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2014-08-10

Folk Carved and Painted Owl Figure

Folk Carved and Painted Owl Figure

Sold for:
$1,422

Folk Carved and Painted Owl Figure, America, probably early to mid-20th century, the figure carved with the grain of the wood so as to enhance Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2011-08-14

Continental Carved and Painted Alabaster Figure of the Madonna

Continental Carved and Painted Alabaster Figure of the Madonna

Sold for:
$948

Continental Carved and Painted Alabaster Figure of the Madonna, seventeenth century style, the standing figure in flowing robes accenting with blue and gold painted detailing, Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2010-01-09

Carved and Painted Robin Figure

Carved and Painted Robin Figure

Sold for:
$264

Carved and Painted Robin Figure, America, 20th century, the naturalistically painted figure with wire legs and carved wooden feet, mounted on an oval green-painted pine Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2006-11-04

Continental Carved and Painted Wood Figure of a Monk Saint

Continental Carved and Painted Wood Figure of a Monk Saint

Sold for:
$294

Continental Carved and Painted Wood Figure of a Monk Saint, 18th/19th century, the standing figure with black painted robe, the caplet carved with the letter Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2002-10-05

Carved and Painted Whirligig Figure

Carved and Painted Whirligig Figure

Sold for:
$2,460

Carved and Painted Whirligig Figure, America, 19th century, black figure wearing a top hat, red-painted jacket and black boots, with paddle arms mounted on a Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2016-11-19

Renaissance Revival Carved and Painted Walnut Refectory Table

Renaissance Revival Carved and Painted Walnut Refectory Table

Sold for:
$1,422

Renaissance Revival Carved and Painted Walnut Refectory Table, early 20th century, with rectangular top raised on a trestle carved with dolphins and foliage and painted Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2009-10-03

Folk Art Carved and Painted Bird Figure

Folk Art Carved and Painted Bird Figure

Sold for:
$3,851

Folk Art Carved and Painted Bird Figure, attributed to Bernier, Saco-Biddeford, Maine, c. 1900, the figure with incised delineated feathers, wire legs on carved perch Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2008-11-01

Carved and Painted Puffin Figure

Carved and Painted Puffin Figure

Sold for:
$176

Carved and Painted Puffin Figure, carved by Dorothy Brown, North Haven, Maine, mid to late 20th century, naturalistic painted figure mounted on a piece of Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2006-11-04