Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
(9) Art Deco Style Frankart Sculptural Bookends
- Price realized
- $244
- Pre-sale estimate
- $80 – $150
- Hammer price
- $200
- Category
- Sculptures and Carvings
- Sold
- September 6, 2024
- Sale
- DAY 1- SPECTACULAR SEPTEMBER ANTIQUES & ESTATES AUCTION
Lot description
(lot of 9) Art Deco style sculptural bookends, including: (pair) bookends with patinated metal busts on cream-painted stepped plinth, marked Frankart Inc., (pair) red-painted aluminum bookends, marked Frankart '28, (one) with break at center front of stepped plinth, (pair) bookends with patinated metal bust on onyx cylindrical plinth, (pair) bookends with metal busts wearing cloche hats, (one) retaining label for R.H. Llewellyn Co., Manchester, N.H., together with (1) chromed aluminum bust, marked Frankart by Sarsarilla [sic], c.1982; largest: approx 7.25"h, 7.75"w, 3.5"d, 23lbs total Provenance: from a fine Houston estate
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.