Northeast

A rare Chippendale walnut lowboy.

October 2009 Auction Reviews

Sotheby's

Christie's

Eldred's

Leslie Hindman

Dreweatts

Couer d'Alene

Pierre Bergé & Associés

Skinner

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H.—Top lot: In a massive sale that achieved an impressive sell-through rate of 95 percent by lot, the standout was a rare Chippendale walnut lowboy, whose carved shell and foliate decoration suggests either a Philadelphia or a Maryland origin. The piece realized $58,500.

"In Brief: Northeast" originally appeared in the October 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's October 2009 Table of Contents.