![]() Register with us, so we can call you to bid live during the sale. During your visit, you can examine the condition and nature of the lots that interest you.īe present in the room to bid live on the auction day.īid live online during the auction through our partner Invaluable If no viewing days take place, condition reports can always be requested via our contact page. All works can also be viewed during the viewing days prior to the auction during the opening hours of auction house Maison Jules (BV Kunst in de kerk) or on appointment. You can consult the catalog on our website. On rare occasions, we can offer to pack and ship goods ourselves.ģ% on hammer price for online bidder on the top of auction house buyer's premium Weights and sizes will be made available where necessary, we will facilitate the work of the shippers as much as possible. You can find a list of recommended shippers on our website. We can assist you in obtaining shipping quotes for most purchases. Please always ask for a condition report before bidding by sending an e-mailing to Terms: Amounts from €3.000 can only be paid by means of bank transfer or card payment Payments for lots must be done within 5 working days after the last day of auction. Sterling Silver Candlesticks & CandelabraĬOD (cash on delivery), MasterCard, Visa, Wire TransferĬommission for payment by credit cards +2% ( included in the sales commission ) He is best known for his vases, most often depicting wildlife such as birds, plant life, flowers and animals, but this set of bookends, which are a little out of character from his other works, recently sold for $3200.00 at auction. Conant worked at Rookwood pottery between 19. This pair, which one might mistake for examples sold in discount stores leading up to Thanksgiving, was designed by Arthur Conant in 1933. While many of their bookends sell for under $100.00 at auction, there are some that sell for values that would surprise even veteran dealers, such as this pair of model number 6417 Coromandel Glaze Turkey bookends in the photo above. Rookwood was primarily noted for its decorative hand painted vases, with its production of bookends getting little mention. One example of this is the well known Rookwood pottery. ![]() This set sold recently for $3200.00 at auction.Ī great many big name producers of pottery, porcelain, bronze and glassware made bookends, but they were often a small part of their overall production of more popular decorative art items such as vases, lamps and figurines. ![]() Rookwood turkey bookends designed by Arthur Conant in 1933. They often sell unidentified for far less than they are worth, or are relegated to box lots and undocumented. The other attraction of bookends is they are often under the radar in terms of value even dealers pass them by because they can’t see the bookends for the books as it were. As a point of reference, the WorthPoint Worthopedia currently has over 160,000 bookends listed! As they they come in all shapes, styles, forms and materials, book racks and bookends can appeal to collectors of any type or vintage. Myself, I have books everywhere in the house and storage boxes full in the garage and basement that could be displayed, all for the want of bookends. ![]() ![]() Even in this day and age of instant information via the Internet, most collectors and dealers have substantial piles of reference books that require containment of some sort and bookends fit the bill. One such item that fits this category is bookends. For others it’s a way of downsizing toward retirement by keeping their own personal collections whittled down to items that not only appeal to them artistically, but are functional as well. Many veteran collectors tend to specialize over time, choosing to filter down their collections to items that are unusual and spur the hunt. ![]()
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