Stephenson’s to auction estate goods including fine art, platinum/diamond jewelry, mid-century estate furniture, Oct. 14
Featured: Painting of Amish barn-raising by acclaimed Pennsylvania Dutch artist Abner ZookSOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – Philadelphia’s most active estate specialists, Stephenson’s Auctions of suburban Bucks County, will conduct a Friday, October 14 sale featuring fine and folk art, platinum and diamond jewelry, and an extensive array of mostly mid-20th-century furniture and decorative accessories, including porcelain and glass.Abner K. Zook (Lancaster, Pa; 1921-2003), three-dimensional carved painting depicting an Amish barn-raising. Size: 49¾ in x 25¼ in (sight), framed size 57in x 33¾in. Accompanied by lengthy personal letter sent by Zook in 1967 to the person commissioning the painting, explaining aspects of the scene in minute detail. Estimate $10,000-$15,000“On a regular basis we are called to visit residences in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware tri-state area to evaluate antiques, art and furniture we think would do well at auction,” said Cindy Stephenson, owner of Stephenson’s Auctions. “Throughout the year, we will set aside artworks or other items to offer in particular sales. Our October 14th sale is our Fall Decorative Arts Auction, and it contains many of the special items we reserved especially for this sale. Some things have come from estates, while others are from residences whose owners are downsizing. There are some treasures to be discovered.”Pennsylvania folk art, originally appreciated by those living in the traditionally Amish counties of the Keystone State, has gained a much wider following, with prices steadily increasing for the work of one particular artist: Abner Zook (Lancaster, Pa.; 1921-2003). Zook’s paintings are distinguished by the fact that they were carved, then painted, to render a three-dimensional look and that their subject matter consistently reflected traditions of Amish life. Stephenson’s is pleased to offer as a highlight of its October 14 sale an original Abner Zook painting of an Amish barn-raising, sized 49¾ by 25¼ inches. It