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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Pair of Victorian lustres each with 6 crystal drops, 9.5 inch
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Mettlach style German stein, hand painted 1/2 liter, 9 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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1917 Green vellum Rookwood vase, No. 2067P
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Victorian oil on canvas
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Print-Wild turkey in ornate grape leaf & gild frame, 17 x 18.5 framed
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Early 1900’s dark oak Arts & Crafts four door bookcase
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19th C. cast iron book binding press. 11 x 14 inch plate size.
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Bauer Ringware nesting bowls. #30, #24, #18, #12. exc. cond.
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Victorian oak 5 foot easel with brass fittings, pat 1892
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Clarks ONT 6 drawer spool thread cabinet, 29w x 18.5d x 22h.
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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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Pair of copper engravings of Beethoven & Wagner, pencil signed W. Pech in 7 x 9 frame.
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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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Weller Etna vase, dogwood pattern, 6 inch
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1870’s iron miner’s mercury container, 14 inches x 5 inch dia.
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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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Eastlake Cherrywood desk, circa 1870, inset panel sides, 6 drawers, 53.5w x 30d x 31h.
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19th C. pressed glass pitcher, 7.75 inches.
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Set of 6 Star & Feathers curtin holders.
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Waterbury Carriage Clock
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Octagon glass Sessions desk clock, porcelain dial.
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19th C. Jacksonville, OR Hannah Pottery jug, 10.25 inch.
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Victorian Gentleman’s Dresser, walnut with marble, burlwood drawer fronts, 43w x 20d x 84h.
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Rare Doulton’s Burslem Oceana pattern 9 inch plate.
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East Indian painting on silk, 17 x 28
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Eastlake spoon carved 3 tier hanging shelf, ash, 19w x 7d x 32h
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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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Pair of leaded glass windows in clear grain fir frames, 14.25 x 30.75 inch
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Hand knotted Persian rug, flat weave, 52 x 64
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Currier & Ives, The Crucifiction, original
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President Garfield memorial plate, Adams Glass Co. 19th C.
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Victorian chromolithograph in period walnut frame, 12 x 18.5 inch
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3 piece pressed glass table set.
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Japanese woodblock print
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White ironstone pitcher & bowl set, 13 inch tall.
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Abraham Lincoln print
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Early Empire Fine Rosewood gaming table, 34w x 16.5d x 30.5h
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20 drawer oak flat file cabinet, 39.5w x 15.5d x x15.5h
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Early 1900’s Canadian goose decoy, 15 inches.
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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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19th C. Hannah Pottery jar, 7″ with provenence.
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Heyward Wakefield oak revolving stool with caned seat, label on bottom
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Mid 19th C. cherry desk with upper bookcase
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19th C. brown & blue spongeware pitcher, relief molded body, some chips, 9.5 inches
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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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17 inch plaster bust of J.S. Bach
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1920’s Magnavox Telemegaphone 27.5 inches tall.
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19th C. oil on canvas, landscape, 8 x 12
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Gustav Becker Wall Regulator, walnut case, 36 inch tall, guaranteed running.
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Rug 36 x 57
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Group of 1950’s Italian leather items – bookends, cigarette case, box & round box.
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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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Libby glass American Brilliant cut glass bowl, 8 inch dia., signed
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Cast iron Victorian Beehive string holder.
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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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Italian marquetry inlaid frames, opening size 4.25 x 6.25.
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Grasselli Arcenate of Lead stoneware container, 6.5 inch.
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5 issues of 1950’s American Fabrics magazine, #8, #13, #24, #29, #35,
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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 satsuma cup & saucers, 5 immortals in cup bottom, geishas.
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SW Indian basket
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Hand knotted Persian rug, flatweave, 47 x 73
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Victorian oil on board, Two chicks & frog, 6 x 8.
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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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Hand painted Rosenthale Madeleine plate, signed J. Renner, 11 inch
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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 chromolithograph 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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Pair of pink slag glass tulip lamp shades, pat. 1890, 7 inches
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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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Kellog’s-Old Bourbon Whiskey bottle with original label, 12″
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Crystal glass powder horn flask, 10 inches
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19th C. American Majolica, lotus flower decoration with fish handle, 7 inches.
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Stone
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Lg. cut glass bowl
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4 piece marigold carnival glass rose pattern, covered sugar, creamer, spooner & domed butter lid
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Hen Ruddy, No. 55 by Steve Ullom 1975, 11 inches.
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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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1877 Strobridge print, 19 x 25 framed
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Victorian oval side table, walnut with marble top, 29.5h.
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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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Oil on canvas
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American Kitchen Clock, circa 1880, walnut case, etched glass, original pendulum, 21.5 inch
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Geisha Girl dishes, 5 plates, 1 ruffle edge plate.
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Oil on board, Minstrel
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Victorian pressed glass pitcher, 8.25 inch.
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SW Indian basket, 8.5 dia x 7h
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Wood sculpture of Abraham Lincoln signed Nestor.
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American brilliant cut glass pitcher, 10.5 inch.
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1917 Firestone Tire Calendar, 17 x 35
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425 postcards. 1900-1960’s, many artist signed, B. Wall, Carmichael, etc.
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Reed & Barton Victorian pattern serving tray, 28 inch.
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Oak lift top store display with four drawers. 30w x 20d x 12h.
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Hand knotted Persian rug
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Group of Victorian ephemera, trade cards, calling cards, post cards.
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19th C. leather trunk, ornate edge casing.
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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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Reed & Barton – Winthrop – 3 piece coffee service.
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1920’s duck decoy, old paint, 14.5 inches long
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1940’s Shure Crystal Microphone model 9846B. Specially designed for recording.
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5 piece Nippon porcelain chocolate set, hand painted violets.
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Spanish Dancer Doorstop. Early 20th C., 9 inch cast iron
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19th C. Brown spongeware pitcher, 7 inches.
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6 drawer thread spool cabinet
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Hand knotted Persian rug, 28 x 52
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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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19th C. American Majolica pitcher, grape pattern, 6 inch.
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Victorian chromolithograph on canvas
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Oil on canvas, Victorian, store advertising
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.”
