Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates is honored to announce a special single-owner auction representing the collection of H. Marshall Goodman Jr. of Richmond, Virginia to be held September 22-23, 2023. Mr. Goodman has been a fixture in the antiques and fine art community for the last half century, having helped to place numerous important objects and works of art in private collections and institutions throughout the country, all the while advancing scholarship in several areas of study and amassing an extraordinary collection of his own. The Goodman Collection, comprising over 800 lots to be offered over two days, will feature extraordinary objects in a wide range of collecting categories and is sure to be a landmark event.
Session One, beginning at 9:00 am EST on Friday, September 22, 2023, will feature a fine grouping of Oriental rugs and carpets; British and American silver, including Virginia and other Southern articles; a choice selection of fine art; excellent examples of 18th-century British, American, and Chinese ceramics; decorative accessories, including tea caddies, desk articles, and a fine group of early brass candlesticks and other lighting; plus more. Highlights for the day include a rare English Agateware cream jug; a fine pair of English salt-glazed polychrome wall pockets; a diminutive Chinese Export teapot bearing highly unusual Greco-Roman mythological scenes; two outstanding Manhattan snow scenes by Guy Wiggins; a fine trompe l’oeil still-life of almonds by De Scott Evans; an impressive Mary DeNeale Morgan California landscape triptych; an extraordinary Alfredo Zalce Mexican genre scene; an iconic Arch, Midnight etching by Martin Lewis, one of four by this artist; and a bronze sculpture of a yawning tiger with undisturbed surface by Anna Hyatt Huntington.
Session Two, beginning at 9:00 am EST on Saturday, September 23, 2023, will feature an exceptional group of stoneware and earthenware, with a heavy emphasis on Virginia folk pottery, including many iconic examples having exhibition and publication history; fine folk art of all types, including rare carvings, canes, works on paper, and a large group of portraiture, along with over 20 miniature portraits, many with identified sitters; important Shenandoah Valley material, including three Stirewalt-School paint-decorated boxes and three Barb-School paint-decorated bentwood boxes; rare fraktur and related drawings; 18th & 19th century American furniture, including many important regional examples, with a special emphasis on Virginia; Civil War and other historical material, including a fine identified Confederate Bowie knife with scabbard and a good selection of early photographic images; country accessories, including several fine burl bowls and an outstanding selection of baskets, many by the Shelton Sisters; rare ephemera, antiquarian books, and other printed materials; textiles, including samplers and needlework pictures; Native American objects, including beadwork and a large group of Apache baskets; plus more. Highlights for the day include an important Henry Lowndes (Petersburg, Virginia) cobalt-decorated stoneware pitcher with molded eagle and star detail; a unique George N. Fulton (Alleghany Co., Virginia) cobalt-decorated stoneware harvest jug; a spectacular James River Basin stoneware jug with large cobalt rabbit decoration; a fine William Aiken Walker portrait triptych in original frame; a very fine 19th-century New England folk art relief-carved plaque depicting animals in a forest with polychrome detail; an excellent Piedmont North Carolina / Virginia paint-decorated poplar blanket chest with vibrant red-and-black surface; an outstanding Wythe Co., Virginia punched-tin-paneled food / pie safe in untouched surface; and an exceptional Shenandoah Valley of Virginia paint-decorated yellow pine and poplar bentwood box in remarkable condition.
Company president, Jeffrey S. Evans, commented, “We are extremely excited to present such an outstanding group of important objects for this auction. Marshall’s collection is especially important to us because he is a dear friend and a valued mentor. Overall, his collection is one of the best to appear on the market in recent years – with high-quality material in so many categories – and we anticipate that large numbers of people will be watching the sale.”
The catalogue will be posted September 1. The sale is on public preview September 18-21, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; and September 22-23, 8:00 am until end of auction on each day. There will be a few short presentations in honor of Mr. Goodman on Thursday, September 21, starting at 6:00 pm EST, to be followed by an informal gathering with light refreshments and hors d’oeuvres. All are welcome to attend. For further information, please visit www.jeffreysevans.com, email info@jeffreysevans.com, or call 540.434.3939.