Eugene Bennett Auction
Sat. July 23 10:00am
355 S. Oregon St., Jacksonville
Preview: Friday July 22 2:00-6:00pm
The lifetime estate of Eugene Bennett, noted NW artist and collector. The auction sale will be held on the grounds of Mr. Bennett’s lovely Jacksonville estate property, the historic Eagle Brewery and Saloon. Preview will be on Friday 7/22 between 2pm and 6pm and in the morning of Sat. 7/23 between 9-10am. The photos on-line constitute some, but not all of the items up for auction. Auctioneers note: Items in this auction are completely different than the items in last weeks estate sale.
Wall Auctioneers gladly accepts absentee bids via phone, email or in person. Call 541-261-4103 or email to: wallenterprises@msn.com. Phone bids may be place up to auction start time. Email bids may be placed up until 12 hours before auction sale.
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19th C. cast iron book binding press. 11 x 14 inch plate size.
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White ironstone pitcher & bowl set, 13 inch tall.
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SW Indian basket, 8.5 dia x 7h
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19th C. oil on canvas, landscape, 8 x 12
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Victorian chromolithograph on canvas
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Waterbury Carriage Clock
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1877 Strobridge print, 19 x 25 framed
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Reed & Barton – Winthrop – 3 piece coffee service.
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5 issues of 1950’s American Fabrics magazine, #8, #13, #24, #29, #35,
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17 inch plaster bust of J.S. Bach
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Pair of Victorian lustres each with 6 crystal drops, 9.5 inch
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Tinsdale Cabinet Co., NY, 21 drawer mahogany sheet music cabinet, cabriolet legs, circa 1910, 19w x 13.5d x 40h.
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Victorian oval side table, walnut with marble top, 29.5h.
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American brilliant cut glass pitcher, 10.5 inch.
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Japanese woodblock print
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Hand painted Rosenthale Madeleine plate, signed J. Renner, 11 inch
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Heyward Wakefield oak revolving stool with caned seat, label on bottom
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Print-Wild turkey in ornate grape leaf & gild frame, 17 x 18.5 framed
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Grasselli Arcenate of Lead stoneware container, 6.5 inch.
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20 drawer oak flat file cabinet, 39.5w x 15.5d x x15.5h
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1917 Firestone Tire Calendar, 17 x 35
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1917 Green vellum Rookwood vase, No. 2067P
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Pair of leaded glass windows in clear grain fir frames, 14.25 x 30.75 inch
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Pair of J.L. Provost prints in 19th C. Victorian walnut frame, 11.5 x 13.5.
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Victorian chromolithograph on canvas
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Early 1900’s dark oak Arts & Crafts four door bookcase
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Early 1900’s slag glass table lamp, 20 inch dia. eight panel shade, two piece slag glass base with light up interior, 24 inch tall, some replaced panels
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Mettlach style German stein, hand painted 1/2 liter, 9 inches
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Hand knotted Persian rug, 28 x 52
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Weller Etna vase, dogwood pattern, 6 inch
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19th C. Hannah Pottery jar, 7″ with provenence.
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Gustav Becker Wall Regulator, walnut case, 36 inch tall, guaranteed running.
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English mahogany washstand with marble top, circa 1880, original brass feet & castors, 36w x 19.5d x 35h.
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Hand knotted Persian rug, flat weave, 52 x 64
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Group of 3 transfer & hand painted porcelain plates, Germany 12 inch, Royal Rudolstad 8.5 inch, Dutch 8.25 inch.
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19th C. Jacksonville, OR Hannah Pottery jug, 10.25 inch.
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Victorian oak 5 foot easel with brass fittings, pat 1892
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Octagon glass Sessions desk clock, porcelain dial.
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Victorian Gentleman’s Dresser, walnut with marble, burlwood drawer fronts, 43w x 20d x 84h.
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Victorian pressed glass pitcher, 8.25 inch.
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Eastlake period cylinder desk, walnut, spoon carved cornice, burlwood roll, upper glass front bookcase, 33w x 22d x 81.5h.
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Iron cannonball, solid shot, 3.5 inch dia
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SW Indian basket
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American Kitchen Clock, circa 1880, walnut case, etched glass, original pendulum, 21.5 inch
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Victorian oil on canvas
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WWI U.S. Marine Enlistment Poster, 30 x 40, damage at bottom & lower right, 4 inch tear on righ hand side, image is clean & bright, excellent colors.
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Oil on canvas, Victorian, store advertising
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Rare Doulton’s Burslem Oceana pattern 9 inch plate.
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Jackson County Advertising Plates. 1) T.M. Jones, Central Point, 8.25 inch 2) Phoenix Mercantile Co., 7 inch.
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Oak lift top store display with four drawers. 30w x 20d x 12h.
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Abraham Lincoln print
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6 drawer thread spool cabinet
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1920’s Magnavox Telemegaphone 27.5 inches tall.
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Rug 36 x 57
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Early Empire Fine Rosewood gaming table, 34w x 16.5d x 30.5h
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Clarks ONT 6 drawer spool thread cabinet, 29w x 18.5d x 22h.
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19th C. pressed glass pitcher, 7.75 inches.
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1920’s duck decoy, old paint, 14.5 inches long
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Victorian chromolithograph in period walnut frame, 12 x 18.5 inch
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Set of 6 Star & Feathers curtin holders.
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19th C. American Majolica pitcher, grape pattern, 6 inch.
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Eastlake spoon carved 3 tier hanging shelf, ash, 19w x 7d x 32h
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Oil on board, Minstrel
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Wood sculpture of Abraham Lincoln signed Nestor.
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Walnut Cylinder Desk, Eastlake period circa 1880’s, 2 door glass front upper bookcase, fitted desk interior, open pediment top, burlwood roll, 40w x 24.5d x 89h.
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Libby glass American Brilliant cut glass bowl, 8 inch dia., signed
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Eastlake Cherrywood desk, circa 1870, inset panel sides, 6 drawers, 53.5w x 30d x 31h.
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Group of Victorian ephemera, trade cards, calling cards, post cards.
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Pat. 1908 slag glass lamp, 27.5 inch tall, 13 inch dia. shade, eight panel-one missing, acid etched brass base with paw feet
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Crystal glass powder horn flask, 10 inches
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Cast iron Victorian Beehive string holder.
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Spanish Dancer Doorstop. Early 20th C., 9 inch cast iron
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East Indian painting on silk, 17 x 28
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19th C. Brown spongeware pitcher, 7 inches.
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Lg. cut glass bowl
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Italian marquetry inlaid frames, opening size 4.25 x 6.25.
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21 inch Armand Marseilles doll, jointed kit leather body, composition head, porcelain hands, carved teeth, glass eyes, marked with blue Germany label.
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19th C. brown & blue spongeware pitcher, relief molded body, some chips, 9.5 inches
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Mid 19th C. cherry desk with upper bookcase
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Brooks 6 drawer spool thread cabinet, all original, etched blue glass drawer fronts, 25w x 18d x 21.5h.
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Bauer Ringware nesting bowls. #30, #24, #18, #12. exc. cond.
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5 piece Nippon porcelain chocolate set, hand painted violets.
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4 piece marigold carnival glass rose pattern, covered sugar, creamer, spooner & domed butter lid
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Hand knotted Persian rug, flatweave, 47 x 73
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Currier & Ives, The Crucifiction, original
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Victorian print of needlepointer in very fine faux painted & gilded Victorian frame, signed Inez Warry, 11.25 x 13.25 framed
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Stone
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425 postcards. 1900-1960’s, many artist signed, B. Wall, Carmichael, etc.
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Hand knotted Persian rug
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Pair of satsuma cup & saucers, 5 immortals in cup bottom, geishas.
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Reed & Barton Victorian pattern serving tray, 28 inch.
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1870’s iron miner’s mercury container, 14 inches x 5 inch dia.
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1940’s Shure Crystal Microphone model 9846B. Specially designed for recording.
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Pair of pink slag glass tulip lamp shades, pat. 1890, 7 inches
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Sanford’s Inks store display oak cabinet, hand lettered ink sign on back, 24w x 18d x 30h.
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Kellog’s-Old Bourbon Whiskey bottle with original label, 12″
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Morrocan octagonal side table with mother of pearl geometric inlay, 18 inch dia., 24 inch high
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Oil on canvas
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Early 1900’s Canadian goose decoy, 15 inches.
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Winter Landscape print by Bruce Crane in ornate Eastlake laquered & faux painted four section frame, 14 x 16 framed
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Victorian oil on board, Two chicks & frog, 6 x 8.
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19th C. American Majolica, lotus flower decoration with fish handle, 7 inches.
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Geisha Girl dishes, 5 plates, 1 ruffle edge plate.
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Hen Ruddy, No. 55 by Steve Ullom 1975, 11 inches.
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Group of 1950’s Italian leather items – bookends, cigarette case, box & round box.
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Solid oak 3 drawer spool thread cabinet, finished with inset panels on all sides, 24.5w x 18d x 12.5h.
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Pair of copper engravings of Beethoven & Wagner, pencil signed W. Pech in 7 x 9 frame.
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3 piece pressed glass table set.
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19th C. leather trunk, ornate edge casing.
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Pair of early 1900’s Fred Kiser photographs of Crater Lake, 1) Wizard Is. 2) Phantom Ship Spires.
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President Garfield memorial plate, Adams Glass Co. 19th C.
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Eugene Peart Bennett was born on December 20, 1921 in Central Point, graduated from Medford High School, and attended the University of Oregon as a music major before serving in the Navy.
An early interest in visual arts blossomed while in the Navy. Upon his discharge, he was accepted at The Art Institute of Chicago, where he received his Bachelors and Masters degrees. He taught at the Art Institute and at New Trier Township High School. In 1954 he moved to Europe for a year, staying primarily in Florence, while traveling to other areas of Italy and to France.
He returned to acclaim in Chicago, yet elected to return to the beauty and familiar landscape of the Rogue Valley in 1958. He taught art and worked with other artists to found the Rogue Valley Art Association and the Rogue Gallery in 1960. He also continued to exhibit in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. He became an advocate for the arts and a tireless supporter of local arts groups.
Eugene was truly a renaissance man. He composed music, including a piece used in an Oregon Shakespeare Festival production in 1940, and acted in a Shakespeare play that same year. His talent in the visual arts included watercolor and oil painting, collage, assemblage and sculpture – including sculptural poles that graced the entrance to the Oregon Pavilion at the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. His interests extended to the community he lived in. He helped develop the Historic Preservation standards for Jacksonville, was the first chairman of the Jacksonville Preservation Commission, and served on other committees as well.
His achievements include a solo show at the Portland Art Museum while still a student at The Art Institute of Chicago. More recently, he was the first recipient of the Arts Council of Southern Oregon’s Lifetime Achievement Award, was featured on the Oregon Art Beat television show, and received the Governor’s Arts Award for having “significantly contributed to the growth and development of Oregon’s cultural life.”