Vignos Estate auction achieves over $3 million, Jasper Francis Cropsey sells for $660,000

CHICAGO, IL.- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers auctioned the personal collection of accomplished Cleveland rheumatologist Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr. to a packed room of bidders and thousands of others on the telephones and internet. The November 6-8, 2011 auction included American and European paintings and prints, English, French and American 18th and 19th century furniture, European and American silver, porcelain and glass, antiquities, sporting decoys and angling and fishing equipment.

Competitive bidding resulted in a successful sale total of $3,018,378 and set numerous auction records. John Bunyan Bristol, Gate, St. Augustine, Florida, sold for $73,200, becoming the highest price ever paid for a work by Bristol. Jasper Francis Cropsey, Dawn of Morning, Lake George, sold for $660,000, setting an auction record as the fourth highest price ever paid for a work by the artist.

Other highlights included William Trost Richards, Rocky Coast, sold for $170,800 more than doubling its estimate of $60/80,000. A Greek pottery skyphos, sold for $41,480 and a gilt and patinated bronze figural mantle clock sold for $34,160.

“Dr. and Mrs. Vignos were consummate collectors,” said Leslie Hindman, President and CEO. “We are thrilled to have handled their extensive collection in a single-owner auction. The collection is reflective of their style: thoughtful, elegant and magnanimous.”

For three decades, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers has been an industry leader combining recognition as one of the nation’s leading fine art auctioneers with a global base of buyers. Founded in 1982, sold to Sotheby’s in 1997 and reopened in 2003, Leslie Hindman has remained a constant force behind high profile auctions of everything from contemporary paintings and fine jewelry to French furniture and rare books and manuscripts and always maintains a practice of achieving the highest prices while maintaining the highest levels of integrity and customer service.

Related posts:

1. Ketterer Kunst’s December auction achieves sensational record breaking 3.5 million euros
2. Freeman’s sells $3.5 million Qing Dynasty Jade Seal, Asian Art auction realizes $8.1 million
3. FBI Recovered Antiquarian Library to Be Sold At Auction
4. Luba Caryatid Stool Achieves Record for a Work of African Art at Sotheby’s: $7.1 Million
5. Stephenson’s Ushers in a New Year with an SRO $300,000 Auction of Estate Art and Antiques