Americana & Fine Antiques Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates will auction Americana & Fine Antiques in a sale slated for June 21. Highlights of the auction include important material descended in early Virginia families including the Harris family of Buck Island Farm, Albemarle Co., material from a Rockingham Co., Virginia collection assembled in the 1970s, and additional estate property and private collections from Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York. Several fine chairs lead the sale, including examples from Petersburg and Fredericksburg, both interpreting Chippendale style in Virginia, circa 1745-1760. A group of seven fine school maps, executed by Mary and Elizabeth Craig, while young students at the Domestic Academy of Washington County, KY, are among a large offering of folk art in this auction. Additionally, the sale includes a 35-year Augusta Co., Virginia collection of country Americana purchased locally and at major antiques shows
