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ANTIQUES • COLLECTIBLES • ESTATES • FARM • REAL ESTATE • COMMERCIAL
www.eauctionexchange.com May 5, 2020 Vol. 43, No. 21
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COLLECTORS NEWSAndAUCTION EXCHANGETHE
ACROSS THE AUCTION BLOCK
FEATURE
See LeMasters, page 8
See Ross Auction page 4
Lack of in-house bidders did not stop Ross Auction Co. B y S u s a n E m e r s o n N u t t e r
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — As auction houses maneuver the new reality of hosting sales utilizing only online platforms; supplemented by absentee and
phone bidding, the challenges are real. But credit must be given to those who go all in and continue to offer fabulous items during this pandemic.
Kevin Ross of Ross Auction Company has been in the auction business since 1981 bringing the finest in antique and collectibles to the market from the company’s Chillicothe gallery. Be it Americana from the Ohio Valley or European fine and decorative arts, this auction house’s goal has always been to bring the very best of every genre to the masses.
Ross Auction Company auction facility; the historic Chillicothe Gazette building modeled after Ohio’s first State House, used their simulcast internet bidding and four online buying platforms
to get the job done during their 19th century
Kreiss Psycho Ceramics are lovably creepy B y L a r r y L e M a s t e r s
Psycho Ceramics, also known as pyschoceramics, is a line of highly collect-ible, freakish ceramic figurines imported from Japan by Kreiss Company in the 1960s.
Murray Kreiss founded the Kreiss Company in San Diego in 1939, originally calling the company Murray Kreiss & Sons Company.
Following World War II, Kreiss changed his life when he decided to import ceramic novelty items from
Japan. Beginning in 1946, Kreiss imported a variety of Japanese ceramic pieces, but one of his most icon-
ic lines of Japanese imports was his Psycho Ceramics line of ceramic figurines, which, for
a short decade, captured America’s hearts and imaginations.
Importing from Japan was a popular and growing field of business in America following the war. But Kreiss got a leg up on the competition by concen-trating fully on Japanese
imports that were considered bizarre or “lovably creepy.” During the booming decade of the 1950s, Kreiss’ Psycho Ceramic line was found in every Five and Dime store in America, such as Woolworth and Kresge, with Kreiss and Co. dominating the Japanese import industry throughout much of the 1950s and early
‘60s.Psycho Ceramic figurines were inexpen-
sively produced, ceramic characters that possessed a charming, yet startling appeal. Whimsical but disturbing best describes the Kreiss Psycho Ceramic drunken Santa Claus that is too fat to slide down a
chimney. Freakish beatniks, exotically weird creatures, and a fat piggy bank with a grinning mouth for loose change are also found. Throughout the 1960s, Kreiss and his Psycho Ceramic characters made America laugh.
Kreiss is best known for the houseware items it imported, including hundreds of salt and peppershakers, banks,
Left: This vintage, Kreiss Psycho Ceramic purple figurine “Whenever I Think, I Make Mistakes” is valued at $40.
Above: Vintage, Kreiss Psycho Ceramics “Angry Red Guy” ashtray that is valued at $85.
Left: Decorated with a courting scene, this Viennese enamel on silver decorative piece made $1,920.
Right: A bid of $5,100 won this 17th century Japanese lacquer casket decorated in gold hiramaki-e and inlaid Mother-of-Pearl.
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SEVERAL ESTATES AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 20, 21, 22 & 23, 2020WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY STARTING AT 3:00 PM • SATURDAY STARTING AT 9:00 AM
PREVIEW: SATURDAY, MAY 9 FROM 9 AM TO NOON OR BY APPOINTMENTLOCATION: AT THE STRAWSER AUCTIONS/DRY DOCK STORAGE FACILITY, 106 E. DUTCH STREET
WOLCOTTVILLE, INDIANA
200 North Main Street, Wolcottville, Indiana 46795Offi ce: 260-854-2859 • Fax: 260-854-3979
Auctioneer: Michael G. Strawser AU01036570 & AC30700060Auctioneer: Ron Levitz Lic. # AU19600009
Website: www.strawserauctions.com • E-mail: [email protected] of the Indiana • Michigan • Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association
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ONLINE ONLY4-DAY ANTIQUE AUCTION
AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Items from many estates and private collections. All items are fresh to the market. Don’t miss this auction.TERMS: Cash, check, MC & VISA (3% credit card fee), 10% buyer’s premium.CATALOG – ONLINE BIDDING: Visit our website www.strawserauctions.com for a catalog and to bid online. From the home page go to “Online Auctions” and it will take you to the catalog for each day.PICKUP/SHIPPING: Items must be picked up within 14 days of the auction either in person BY APPOINTMENT ONLY or by a shipper. We have 2 shippers who will be making shipments.
DAY3 & 4NEXT PAGE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 AT 3:00 PM WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 AT 3:00 PMDAY 1150+ ANTIQUE FURNITURE – FIREARMS – INDIAN ARTIFACTS INKWELLS - LIGHTING –
COVERLETS - ANTIQUES150+ pieces of antique furniture – MISSION OAK 2 Stickley bookcases, lamp tables, desks and rocker; cupboards, desks; secretaries; love seats; chairs; tables; dressers; sewing cabinets; general store display case; INDIAN ARTIFACTS: bird stones; ¾ axes; celts; banner stones; arrowheads; bird points; beaded work; rugs; pipe tomahawk and more; LIGHTING: 12 leaded and panel glass lamps – Moe Bridges, Pittsburgh; lanterns; MCM lighting; INKWELLS: 300+ inkwells including Tiffany and accessories; Roycroft, art glass, porcelain, glass, fi gurals and more; fountain pens; sterling silver; fi gural napkin rings (Pairpoint baseball player); jewelry – Bakelite, turquoise Indian jewelry, 14kt & 18kt; pocket and wristwatches; NY police and fi re badges; advertising; Mills slot machine; juke box; clocks; COVERLETS: 45 fi ne woven coverlets – blue/white, red/white, multi colored, most signed and dated, a fi ne collection; samplers; oriental rugs; US 37 & 48 star fl ags; oil paintings; water colors; train sets – Marx & Lionel; Edison phonograph; Grapette pop bottle cooler; primitives; stained glass windows.
FIREARMSPREVIEW FOR FIREARMS ONLY ON SATURDAY, MAY 9 FROM 9AM TO NOON. ABSENTEE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL FIREARMS ARE STORED OFFSITE. STRYKER ACTION WILL TRANSFER ALL FIREARMS: 2-1911 Colt 45 auto – 1 US Army and 1 USMC; S&W Model 29 .44 revolver; Colt 1903 .32 auto; Remington Elliot 5 barrel pepperbox; 4 early Colt black powder Civil War revolvers; Colt Woodsman; S&W Model 10
.38 revolver; Ruger .357 Blackhawk; DPMS Panther AR15; Ruger Mini 14 .223 rifl e; Browning Light 20 s/a shotgun; 2 Winchester M1897; Ithica M37 12 gauge; 2 M-1 Garands; several black powder rifl es; bayonets; swords and more.
THURSDAY, MAY 21 AT 3:00 PMDAY 2CUT GLASS – CARNIVAL GLASS – ART GLASS – FENTON GLASSCUT GLASS – CARNIVAL GLASS – ART GLASS – FENTON GLASS
250+ pieces of American Brilliant Cut Glass including many signed pieces – punch bowls, tankard pitchers some sterling silver mounted, bowls, plates, nappies, vases, compotes, baskets and more; CARNIVAL GLASS: 160 pieces – rare Dugan electric purple Farmyard bowl, Elk plate and bowls, Jockey Club, Trout & Fly bowls and many other carnival glass bowls, plates, vases, water sets, nappies, compotes and more; Baccarat; Lalique; Tiffany; Steuben; Moser; Cartier ice bucket; pickle castors; 600+ pieces of Candlewick; FENTON: 600+ Fenton including 18 lamps and more; paperweights; GWTW lamps; banquet lamps; oil lamps; GREENTOWN: teal blue fi ghting cocks covered dish and cat in hamper; several pieces of Greentown glass; perfume bottles and much more.
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WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 20, 21, 22 & 23, 2020WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY STARTING AT 3:00 PM • SATURDAY STARTING AT 9:00 AM
PREVIEW: SATURDAY, MAY 9 FROM 9 AM TO NOON OR BY APPOINTMENTLOCATION: AT THE STRAWSER AUCTIONS/DRY DOCK STORAGE FACILITY, 106 E. DUTCH STREET
WOLCOTTVILLE, INDIANA
200 North Main Street, Wolcottville, Indiana 46795Offi ce: 260-854-2859 • Fax: 260-854-3979
Auctioneer: Michael G. Strawser AU01036570 & AC30700060Auctioneer: Ron Levitz Lic. # AU19600009
Website: www.strawserauctions.com • E-mail: [email protected] of the Indiana • Michigan • Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association
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AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Items from many estates and private collections. All items are fresh to the market. Don’t miss this auction.TERMS: Cash, check, MC & VISA (3% credit card fee), 10% buyer’s premium.CATALOG – ONLINE BIDDING: Visit our website www.strawserauctions.com for a catalog and to bid online. From the home page go to “Online Auctions” and it will take you to the catalog for each day.PICKUP/SHIPPING: Items must be picked up within 14 days of the auction either in person BY APPOINTMENT ONLY or by a shipper. We have 2 shippers who will be making shipments.
550 LOTS including Minton: Blackamoor garden seat; heron stick stand; monkey and Chinaman teapots; cat’s head Queens vase; pigeon game tureen; pigeon bowls; rare butterfl y plate; jardinieres; GEORGE JONES: pineapple teaset; Punch punch bowl; rooster teapot; game dishes; garden seats; sardine boxes; blue tit butter dish and marmalade; strawberry servers cheese keeper and more; newly discovered T.C. Brown Westhead Moore & Co dolphin pedestal; Royal Worcester; Holdcroft; Wedgwood 13 piece seafood service; Massier; Palissy Ware including many wall plaques; Menton; large selection of Etruscan including Shell and Seaweed; fi gural bottles; fi gural pitchers; teapots; baskets; plates; platters; pitchers; match strikers; humidors; and many other fi ne pieces of majolica.
FRIDAY, MAY 22 AT 3:00 PMDAY 3
SATURDAY, MAY 23 AT 9:00 AM
ART POTTERY – 300+ OYSTER PLATES – STAFFORDSHIREPORCELAIN AND CHINA
George Ohr – 11 pieces; Weller Hudson; Weller Flemish; Roseville; Moorcroft; Brush McCoy; Grueby; Mosaic Tile; Rhead; Muncie; Fulper; Wheatley; VanBriggle; Roodwood; Hampshire Pottery and many more makers, a fi ne selection; 300+ OYSTER PLATES: Minton majolica 4 tier revolving server; Minton and George Jones majolica oyster plates; Fielding majolica; Wedgwood majolica, porcelain – Haviland, Limoges, UPW, Minton and more; 250+ STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES: dogs, animals, cow creamers, people and other fi gurals; Flow Blue; Famille Rose Medallion; Picasso plate and vase; Chintz; Limoges; R.S. Prussia; Royal Worcester; Nippon; Royal Vienna portrait plates; Pink Pig collection; 500+ Quimper; Lladro; Herend animals and more.
DAY 4550 LOTS including Minton
DAY 4 MAJOLICA
MAJOLICA
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Ross AuctionFrom Front Page
decorative arts auction; a single consignment from Charleston, W.V., held April 18.
“We s chedu le auctions months in advance,” Kevin Ross said. “We had already advertised this auction, and already had quite a few bids placed online when on-site bidding was no longer an option, but we decided to go ahead with it.”
No worries. Buyers showed up en mass. More than 6,000 bidders registered online, and the online bidding was aggressive. “With people at home missing the ability to attend and buy at auctions, they seemed quite comfortable bidding online,” Ross said. Items which would be expensive or difficult to ship did not always fair as well as they would with in-house buyers and some of those lots were passed. However, Ross said, “many of the items that did sell reached higher final bids than we had anticipated.”
Smaller, easy to ship decorative items were vied for with enthusiasm. A 22 inch,
signed Mori Sosen Japanese antique charger or plate wearing a monkey motif ; despite a signif icant crack, garnered 27 bids on its way to selling for $7,800. Prices include a buyer’s premium.
A 17th century Japanese rectangular lacquer casket with a domed l id also surpassed its pre-sale estimate of $2,000 to $4,000 when it sold for $5 ,100 . Hav ing engraved copper hinges as well as a handle and lock, the chest was decorated in gold hiramaki-e and inland mother-of-pearl.
A beautiful bronze mounted bloodstone dish with ruby jewels that was 10 inches long by 7 inches wide and 1 ¾ inches high was bid to $2,880 against a $1,000 to $2,000 estimate, while a diminutive (just 6 ¾ inches tall) Viennese enamel on silver lidded urn with a marked top rim featuring a courting scene made $1,920.
A miniature (5 inches by 5 ¾ inches) Art Nouveau style painting in a wooden frame made $3,240 against a $400 to $800 estimate. “We are not really sure why this painting took off like it did, but it
had lots of interest before the auction,” Ross said. A regal white with gray porcelain hawk figurine wearing a Royal Copenhagen Denmark mark and standing 15 inches tall did well garnering an $840 final price against a $200 high estimate. .
Some larger items did find new homes. A Carrier statue clock and barometer standing 76 inches tall was bid to $7,800, and a highly stylized Victorian Renaissance Revival inlaid parlor table featuring three horns and pages of music decorating its top made $4,800, doubling its high estimate.This table was 27 inches by
31 inches.Definitely requiring
some major space was the Royen 1896 carved Paris Exposition dining room set consisting of no less than 10 side chairs, two armchairs, a massive table, two sideboards and a buffet or china cabinet which sold for $28,800.
For such a large auction, bidding was steady throughout the sale. “Online platforms cap the number of items that can be sold in a day to 1,200 lots’” Ross said. “This sale had 1,185 lots, but the bidders stayed through to the end.”
Contact: (740) 701-7511
www.rossauctionco.com
Above: Elaborate in design and numerous in pieces, this Royen 1896 carved Paris Exposition dining room set came in at $28,800.
Above: With horns and sheet music decorating the top, this Victorian Renaissance Revival inlaid parlor table was bid to $4,800.
Left: With horns and sheet music decorating the top, this Victorian Renaissance Revival inlaid parlor table was bid to $4,800.
Below: Wearing a Royal Copenhagen Denmark mark, this porcelain hawk figurine sold for $840
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ashtrays, cups, and nap-kin holders. The compa-ny also offered ceramic dogs, cats, Nudeniks, Elegant Heirs, and ori-ental lady figurines.
Unl ike many Japanese imports, Kreiss did not put paper or foil stickers on any of its imported ceramic ware, including its Psycho Ceramic figu-rines, but the company did ink stamp “Kreiss and Co.” on early pieces and “Kreiss Corp.” on later pieces, which helps to date and identify Kreiss ceramic pieces.
There may be some Kreiss Psycho Ceramic figures that are not stamped, but a good rule of thumb is to only buy stamped pieces since an unstamped piece may be a poor imi-tation or reproduction rip-off.
Murray Kreiss died young, and his son, Norman Kreiss, took over the family busi-ness, gradually moving it away from cheap, Japanese imports. By the late 1960s or early 1970s, Kreiss and Co. totally stopped import-ing and selling cheap Japanese ceramic ware. T o d a y , K r e i s s Enterprises is famous in California as a premier home furnishings com-pany, importing furni-ture and decorative items from Japan, Hong Kong, China, Italy, S p a i n , a n d Thailand. And Kreiss has showrooms through-out America.
One look at a Psycho Ceramic figurine and you’ll understand why these cheap Japanese imports from the 1960s (which sold for about $1 when new) sell today, half a century later, between $35 and $100 on secondary markets; however, the average price is around $80.
While all Psycho Ceramic figurines pos-sess a recognizable 1960s kitschiness about them, collectors truly enjoy owning the fun and increasingly rare pieces. Kreiss gave the world humor when so many bad things were happening, and collec-tors are still fascinated by these humorous piec-es.
In fact, Kress Enterprises website states Michael Kreiss, current owner and grandson of Murray Kreiss, is an avid collec-tor of Kreiss Psycho Ceramic figurines. He enjoys looking at his col-lection and knowing his grandfather brought so many smiles to so many people with these funny, disturbing figurines.
Above: Kreiss Psycho Ceramic Santa, circa 1960s, is guar-anteed to scare children at Christmas. This figurine is val-ued at $95.
Above: Psycho Ceramic eggcup by Kreiss, circa 1960s, valued at $38.
Below: Kreiss “Fat Santa” Psycho Ceramic figurine from the 1960s that is valued at $125.
Below: “Keep Your Nose Out of My Business” Psycho
Ceramic ashtray, circa 1960s, that was offered on
eBay for $150.
Right: Cute Psycho Ceramic Christmas cop who is just aching to
bludgeon someone with his billy club. This Kreiss collectible is valued
at $110.
Above: This weirdly-rare Kreiss Psycho Ceramic is called “No-Goodnik. He is seen with his two “helpers.”
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