Americana Sales

This week both Sotheby's and Chrisite's hos their American Furniture sales.  I have already posted on some of the offerings by Sotheby's (click HERE to read, there is also a video on the AW Blog about the Sotheby's American furniture sale).  As is usually the case, Christie's also has some great pieces as well, including a bureau table attributed to and descended in the John Goddard family from Newport RI.

The bureau has an excellent provenance as well as exhibition history. It is estimated to sell for between $$700,000 and $900,000. It is the highest estimated lot in the sale. It will be interesting to see the results from this weeks American furniture and Americana sales.

Christie's catalog states

THE CATHERINE GODDARD CHIPPENDALE BLOCK-AND-SHELL CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY BUREAU TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785), NEWPORT, CIRCA 1765
The proper left center drawer with an old pencil inscription: Made the pea.. [piece?] 7 of May; bears a handwritten label reading, JOHN GODDARD, Cabinet maker born died 1785. married HANNAH about 1746. CATHERINE, born April 10, 1757. died March 24, 1816. THOMAS, born April 2, 1765. died July 24, 1858. John Goddard made the desk for his daughter Catherine Goddard, who married Perry Weaver. Their son Benjamin Weaver married Hannah Briggs, who inherited the desk, and gave it to her sister Deborah Briggs. She left it to Mary Briggs Weaver, daughter of Hannah Briggs, and she left it to Mary Briggs Weaver Case
31½ in. high, 35¼ in. wide, 19½ in. deep