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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Currier & Ives, The Crucifiction, original
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6 drawer thread spool cabinet
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Waterbury Carriage Clock
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20 drawer oak flat file cabinet, 39.5w x 15.5d x x15.5h
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Lg. cut glass bowl
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19th C. Hannah Pottery jar, 7″ with provenence.
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Early Empire Fine Rosewood gaming table, 34w x 16.5d x 30.5h
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Eastlake spoon carved 3 tier hanging shelf, ash, 19w x 7d x 32h
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Gustav Becker Wall Regulator, walnut case, 36 inch tall, guaranteed running.
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Victorian oil on board, Two chicks & frog, 6 x 8.
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Kellog’s-Old Bourbon Whiskey bottle with original label, 12″
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Group of 1950’s Italian leather items – bookends, cigarette case, box & round box.
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1917 Green vellum Rookwood vase, No. 2067P
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5 piece Nippon porcelain chocolate set, hand painted violets.
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SW Indian basket, 8.5 dia x 7h
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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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President Garfield memorial plate, Adams Glass Co. 19th C.
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Crystal glass powder horn flask, 10 inches
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19th C. American Majolica pitcher, grape pattern, 6 inch.
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1877 Strobridge print, 19 x 25 framed
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Early 1900’s Canadian goose decoy, 15 inches.
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19th C. brown & blue spongeware pitcher, relief molded body, some chips, 9.5 inches
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19th C. cast iron book binding press. 11 x 14 inch plate size.
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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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East Indian painting on silk, 17 x 28
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Japanese woodblock print
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Pair of Victorian lustres each with 6 crystal drops, 9.5 inch
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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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19th C. Jacksonville, OR Hannah Pottery jug, 10.25 inch.
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1940’s Shure Crystal Microphone model 9846B. Specially designed for recording.
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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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19th C. Brown spongeware pitcher, 7 inches.
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Octagon glass Sessions desk clock, porcelain dial.
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1917 Firestone Tire Calendar, 17 x 35
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Victorian chromolithograph in period walnut frame, 12 x 18.5 inch
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American Kitchen Clock, circa 1880, walnut case, etched glass, original pendulum, 21.5 inch
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Print-Wild turkey in ornate grape leaf & gild frame, 17 x 18.5 framed
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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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Victorian Gentleman’s Dresser, walnut with marble, burlwood drawer fronts, 43w x 20d x 84h.
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Pair of copper engravings of Beethoven & Wagner, pencil signed W. Pech in 7 x 9 frame.
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Oil on board, Minstrel
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Hand knotted Persian rug, flatweave, 47 x 73
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1920’s Magnavox Telemegaphone 27.5 inches tall.
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Oil on canvas, Victorian, store advertising
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Iron cannonball, solid shot, 3.5 inch dia
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17 inch plaster bust of J.S. Bach
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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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Tinsdale Cabinet Co., NY, 21 drawer mahogany sheet music cabinet, cabriolet legs, circa 1910, 19w x 13.5d x 40h.
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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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Hand knotted Persian rug, 28 x 52
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Clarks ONT 6 drawer spool thread cabinet, 29w x 18.5d x 22h.
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1920’s duck decoy, old paint, 14.5 inches long
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5 issues of 1950’s American Fabrics magazine, #8, #13, #24, #29, #35,
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Eastlake Cherrywood desk, circa 1870, inset panel sides, 6 drawers, 53.5w x 30d x 31h.
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Mid 19th C. cherry desk with upper bookcase
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Weller Etna vase, dogwood pattern, 6 inch
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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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Oil on canvas
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Cast iron Victorian Beehive string holder.
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Bauer Ringware nesting bowls. #30, #24, #18, #12. exc. cond.
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Stone
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Reed & Barton Victorian pattern serving tray, 28 inch.
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SW Indian basket
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Pair of leaded glass windows in clear grain fir frames, 14.25 x 30.75 inch
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Wood sculpture of Abraham Lincoln signed Nestor.
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Mettlach style German stein, hand painted 1/2 liter, 9 inches
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Pair of pink slag glass tulip lamp shades, pat. 1890, 7 inches
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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. pressed glass pitcher, 7.75 inches.
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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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4 piece marigold carnival glass rose pattern, covered sugar, creamer, spooner & domed butter lid
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19th C. leather trunk, ornate edge casing.
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Early 1900’s dark oak Arts & Crafts four door bookcase
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Victorian chromolithograph on canvas
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Morrocan octagonal side table with mother of pearl geometric inlay, 18 inch dia., 24 inch high
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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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Eastlake period cylinder desk, walnut, spoon carved cornice, burlwood roll, upper glass front bookcase, 33w x 22d x 81.5h.
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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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19th C. American Majolica, lotus flower decoration with fish handle, 7 inches.
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1870’s iron miner’s mercury container, 14 inches x 5 inch dia.
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Rug 36 x 57
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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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Geisha Girl dishes, 5 plates, 1 ruffle edge plate.
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Victorian oak 5 foot easel with brass fittings, pat 1892
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Hand knotted Persian rug, flat weave, 52 x 64
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Hand knotted Persian rug
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Victorian oil on canvas
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Group of Victorian ephemera, trade cards, calling cards, post cards.
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Victorian chromolithograph on canvas
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Victorian pressed glass pitcher, 8.25 inch.
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Set of 6 Star & Feathers curtin holders.
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Hand painted Rosenthale Madeleine plate, signed J. Renner, 11 inch
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Reed & Barton – Winthrop – 3 piece coffee service.
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425 postcards. 1900-1960’s, many artist signed, B. Wall, Carmichael, etc.
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Abraham Lincoln print
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Hen Ruddy, No. 55 by Steve Ullom 1975, 11 inches.
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19th C. oil on canvas, landscape, 8 x 12
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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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3 piece pressed glass table set.
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American brilliant cut glass pitcher, 10.5 inch.
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Libby glass American Brilliant cut glass bowl, 8 inch dia., signed
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Victorian oval side table, walnut with marble top, 29.5h.
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Rare Doulton’s Burslem Oceana pattern 9 inch plate.
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Grasselli Arcenate of Lead stoneware container, 6.5 inch.
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Heyward Wakefield oak revolving stool with caned seat, label on bottom
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Pair of satsuma cup & saucers, 5 immortals in cup bottom, geishas.
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White ironstone pitcher & bowl set, 13 inch tall.
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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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Spanish Dancer Doorstop. Early 20th C., 9 inch cast iron
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Oak lift top store display with four drawers. 30w x 20d x 12h.
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.”
