Dale Gabel collection to be sold April 9-10 in Missouri
(ST. CHARLES, Mo.) The outstanding single-owner lifetime collection of Dale Gabel a dedicated collector of antiques in a wide range of categories will be sold without reserve (everything goes, regardless of price) the weekend of April 9-10 in the junior ballroom of the St. Charles Convention Center. Woody Auction, based in Douglass, Kan., will conduct the auction.
Over 850 lots will cross the block over the course of the two days. Featured will be Daum Nancy, primitives, art glass, R.S. Prussia, lithographs, marbles, lamps, Royal Bayreuth, Flow Blue, Wave Crest, advertising items and more. Mr. Gabels collections are so massive a second auction will be held later in the year (time and date to be determined) to complete the liquidation.
Mr. Gabel amassed his items over many decades of careful picking and choosing, said Jason Woody of Woody Auction. Like many antiquers, he began to keep some of the better pieces for his own personal collection. In fact, hes been attending our auctions for over 30 years. Now, it is my privilege to offer his collections at auction to the highest bidder, without reserve.
Vases will be served up in abundance, and in a variety of types and styles. Examples include a rare 10- inch marked Rookwood vase with a dark green blue glazed background with a white stork dcor, dated 1921, artist marked and in excellent condition; and a Rookwood #562r 9- inch scenic vase with dark brown tones and stork dcor, dated 1893 and artist signed Mad.
Other vases expected to do well are a 7- inch signed Devez three-color cameo cut vase with a well-cut scene of a cottage, lake and woman watching geese; a 9- inch signed Legras cameo cut vase, three colors (white, lavender and green), with deeply carved leaf design; and a 7 inch Daum Nancy cameo cut vase, five colors, with tulip shade and nice, long stemmed dcor.
Lamps will feature a fine 25-inch marked Handel leaded and reverse painted Egyptian design lamp with three large full-figural sphinx lion base; a 23-inch signed Pairpoint lamp with colorful reverse painted garden scenic shade and base with three candle lights; and a 17-inch peg lamp with yellow satin swirl shade and matching font set on brass figural base with three geese.
Plates and plaques will include an unmarked Wave Crest pipe rack plaque with embossed scroll mold and an Indian Chief portrait dcor, in excellent condition; a nice 10- inch Nippon embossed plaque with a scene of an Indian riding a horse while shooting a rifle; and a 9- inch signed Beehive scenic plate with cobalt blue border and gold highlight trim, signed F. Hiebel.
Fans of R.S. Prussia will be impressed with an extremely rare 11- inch pedestal covered urn with keyhole spring season portrait and iridescent bronze Tiffany background with great gold stenciled highlights. Also offered will be a 5- inch by 8 inch signed Nakara round hinged Collars and Cuffs box, in pink tones with blue floral dcor,