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Nantucket Artists' BiographiesGreg Hill
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 Auction Highlights (absentee bids welcome)_________________________________________ A sampling of this week's offerings...
 Jose Formoso Reyes Friendship Basket
(1908-1980)
oval ebony top with carved ivory Charlie Sayle whale, peg and
knobs,
signed upon the base, "Made in Nantucket,
Jose Formoso Reyes"
 Hand Made White Shell Sailor's Valentine
with Charlie Munro Painted Central Medallion
Depicting a
Map of Nantucket Island,
Compass, Clipper Ships, and a Pod of Whales  Jan Pawlowski, Oil on Canvas "Still Dock, Nantucket",
signed lower right.
12 in. x 9
in.
 Jerome Howes (b. 1955) Oil on Board,
"Portrait of the 4 Masted Schooner 'Savannah'
Rounding Great Point",
signed lower right, "Jerome Howes". 24 in. x 36 in.
 Salvatore Colaccio (b. 1935) Oil on Board "Clipper on the High Seas" in Bird's Eye Maple Frame
signed
lower left, 22 1/2 in. x 34
1/2 in.
Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set in the Chantilly Pattern
Handmade Kazak Carpet,
9.1 x
11.7 Caucasian carpets are from the areas south, east and north
of the Caucasus Mountains. Kazak is among
five groups of carpets originating from the region.
Handspun, naturally-colored wool yarns are
used for warp, weft and pile.
Quality of wool and Turkish knots make these
carpets esteemed and durable.
12.4 - 14.5 mm Black Tahitian South Sea Pearl
Necklace
14k white gold clasp.
Length 16 in.
 13.2 - 14.8mm Fine
White South
Sea Baroque Pearl Necklace
14k yellow gold clasp.
Length 18 in.
 17mm - 22mm Multi-Color Fresh Water "Popcorn" Shaped Pearl Necklace
Biwa Pearl Clasp Length 17 in.
(How to evaluate pearls)
Amethyst
Set in Silver White Bakelite Bangle Bracelet;
5
Strand Amethyst Bead Bracelet,
with 18k gold washed brass
clasp set with seed pearls; Sterling Silver "Art Moderne"Bracelet;
"Yurman" Inspired Sterling Silver and Onyx
Bracelet
Chinese Elm Cabinet, circa 1880,
with
lattice and carved paneled doors above two small drawers Height 65 1/2 in. Width 36 in. Depth 19 in.
 Pine Carved Open Hutch
with heart cutouts.
Height 84 in.
Width 61 in. Depth 22 in.  English Mahogany Chest of Drawers, circa
1800,
small size, two over two cockbeaded drawers with brass ring pulls.
Height 35 in. Width 35 in. Depth 20 in.
Pair of Copeland Spode
Soup Bowls
with pheasant decoration  Bill Duffy Folk Art Adirondak Narrow
Cabinet, Birch back veneer with applied willow branches Carved fish, ducks,
and moose, circa 1997.
Height
78 in. Width 20 in. Depth 12 1/2 in.  Philadelphia Maple Tall Chest, 18th
Century, with five drawers.
Height 49 1/2 in. Width 38 in. Depth 17 1/2 in.
Pair of Multi-turned
Brass Andirons on arched legs. Height 20
in.  1930's
Vintage Red and White "Ocean Wave" Patchwork Quilt. 61 in. x 74 1/2 in.  Set of Eight Iron and Bamboo Patio Chairs
 (detail; one of six)
Set of Six Hand Colored Engravings of Tropical Fish,
by F.P. Nodder, 1810, London.
Each 5 in. x 8 in.
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SEEKING FINE CONSIGNMENTS
  
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Single Items ~ Collections ~ Estates
Rafael Osona is known for consistent fine quality antiques and decorative arts auctions spanning the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries. Osona has held numerous world records for sales of Nantucket Baskets, Ralph Cahoon paintings, Scrimshaw & China Trade art.
Our Galleries specialize in Scrimshaw, Nantucket Lightship Baskets and Americana, as well as Early American & European furnishings, connoisseurs' collections, and collectibles the likes of Spode, Wedgwood, Limoges, Quimper, Majolica, & American Art Pottery; Sheffield, Tiffany & Jensen silver; Ming, Qianlong, Mandarin, Celadon, Canton, Rose Medallion; Baccarat, Steuben.
Fine Art Paintings, sculpture and functional art of the 18th-20th C., including original paintings by George Gardner Fish, Antonio Jacobsen, James E. Buttersworth, Thomas Willis, William P. Stubbs, Jack L. Gray, and Richard Hayley Lever.
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2010 AUCTION CALENDERMAY 29 JUNE 26 JULY 3, 10, 17, 24 AUGUST 7 ANNUAL AMERICANA, FINE ART,MARINE AUCTION,Fully Illustrated Full Color Catalogue
AUGUST 14, 21, 28 SEPTEMBER 4, 18 OCTOBER 9 NOVEMBER 27 DECEMBER 4 _________________
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Nantucket Artists
G S Hill
"Rainbow
Regatta"
Oil on linen, signed lower left and dated on verso "G.S. Hill
2009."
12 in. x 40 in.
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G S Hill (b.1944) To say this artist is largely self taught is an understatement. Gregory Hill was taught by the surf. He learned while repairing the vessels in a harbor and accumulated his painterly vocabulary while traveling around - and around and around - the world.
Born in California, and perhaps tutored, or at least encouraged in the "how tos" of painterly observation by his mother, then an art director for a newspaper in Oregon, Greg completed his first oil painting at the age of 12. Young Mr. Hill endured some architectural training at a university level, and even engaged an art class or two; but his instincts told him there was more to learn outside of academic disciplines. At 19 he set out for Europe, choosing to journal what he observed in images rather than words.
Gregory Hill is both draftsman and documentarian. He retreats to his studio every single day, pondering what once was against what is, in the street scapes, architectural portraits, vistas and sailing vessels he portrays on canvas. Among his oeuvre of representational works, his interest in evolution of place influences each and every composition, as the artist colors light and dark the way hours evolve the day: long morning shadows, hot reflective sunlight, sunset haze. At the hand of this artist, each scene might be construed in multiples, according to the arch of the sun as it circles the sea, a golf course, an historic landmark.
Look for texture in the oil paintings; a slightly romanticized precision in the pencil drawings and watercolors. Discover movement in skies and fields, in billowed sales, lacquered ships' rails and sparkling water. Look for history in facades, trees, streets and walkways. Look for what's familiar. See it through an artist's eyes.
GS Hill opened his first gallery in Seal, CA in 1969. By 1972 he was once again traveling; this time with his wife, Judith. He painted and sketched as they traveled, selling the work in summer art fairs, until settling in Maui in 1974. During the next decades, one man shows in Europe, Japan, Australia, the Hawaiian Islands and eventually Nantucket established GS Hill solidly among collectors.
Hill's first exhibit on Nantucket was at the Harbor Gallery, on Old South Wharf, where began a solid relationship between the couple and the community. Both far-reaching and generous, the Hills donate largely to the island's not for profits; as much as $30-40,000 annually is raised through the sale of GS Hill paintings; for Hospice, AIDS, the Hospital, Childrens' Charity Classic and more. In 1994, proceeds from a GS Hill historic painting that marked the Centennial of the Nantucket Historical Association channeled $14,000 for the Edouard Stackpole papers. A series of 30 hand-colored drawings that span 1979-1993 remain in the NHA's permanent collection.
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Gallery of Friends
Hospice Sunset Gala & Auction
Galley Beach
June 13,2010
No man is an Island, entire of itself;
every man is a piece
of the Continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of
thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am
involved in Mankind;
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee." -- John Donne (1572-1631)
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