FALL ANTIQUES AND ART AUCTION
Including Part 1 of the textile collection of
Dr. Virginia Gunn of Wooster, Ohio
More about Ginny Gunn below
When: Saturday, September 28, 10am (doors open at 8:00)
Bidding: IN-PERSON, online (Live Auctioneers and HiBid), absentee, telephone
Preview: Monday-Friday, September 23-27, 10am-4pm, and by appointment, at our gallery @ 6825 State Route 821, Whipple, Ohio (3.5 miles from I77, exit 6)
PLEASE NOTE: We will have a nice selection of UNCATALOGUED items with NO INTERNET BIDDING, so you'll want to be sure and plan on attending IN-PERSON! Check out those photos below after the catalog images. Nearly 100 lots!
CATALOG LINKS:
CATALOG LINKS:
Live Auctioneers: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/343782_virginia-gunn-collection-wadditions/
HiBid: https://meanderauctions.hibid.com/catalog/579992/virginia-gunn-collection--plus-additions
Order of sale:
10am: uncatalogued session (NO INTERNET BIDDING)
12pm: catalogued session
Lots 1-56: Ohio Valley and Midwestern antiques
Lots 57-161: Americana, advertising, Victoriana
Lots 162-201: European and Asian antiques
Lots 201-208: 20th century design (see also the Ohio Valley and Midwestern lots)
Lots 209-216: Oriental rugs
Lots 217-228: Silver
Lots 229-570: Part 1 of the Collection of Dr. Virginia Gunn of Wooster, Ohio
(Want regular updates? follow us on Facebook or Instagram, and join our mailing list!)
As always, we have affordable in-house shipping available for all auctions. For shipping and pickup information, please GO HERE.
Bidding: IN-PERSON, online (Live Auctioneers and HiBid), absentee, telephone
Preview: Monday-Friday, September 23-27, 10am-4pm, and by appointment, at our gallery @ 6825 State Route 821, Whipple, Ohio (3.5 miles from I77, exit 6)
PLEASE NOTE: We will have a nice selection of UNCATALOGUED items with NO INTERNET BIDDING, so you'll want to be sure and plan on attending IN-PERSON! Check out those photos below after the catalog images. Nearly 100 lots!
CATALOG LINKS:
CATALOG LINKS:
Live Auctioneers: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/343782_virginia-gunn-collection-wadditions/
HiBid: https://meanderauctions.hibid.com/catalog/579992/virginia-gunn-collection--plus-additions
Order of sale:
10am: uncatalogued session (NO INTERNET BIDDING)
12pm: catalogued session
Lots 1-56: Ohio Valley and Midwestern antiques
Lots 57-161: Americana, advertising, Victoriana
Lots 162-201: European and Asian antiques
Lots 201-208: 20th century design (see also the Ohio Valley and Midwestern lots)
Lots 209-216: Oriental rugs
Lots 217-228: Silver
Lots 229-570: Part 1 of the Collection of Dr. Virginia Gunn of Wooster, Ohio
(Want regular updates? follow us on Facebook or Instagram, and join our mailing list!)
As always, we have affordable in-house shipping available for all auctions. For shipping and pickup information, please GO HERE.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GUNN COLLECTION AND ADDITIONS
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE UNCATALOGUED ITEMS
|
"Women entered their quilts in annual fairs, where they were admired and studied by literally thousands of fairgoers. It is unlikely that talented nineteenth-century quiltmakers were anonymous to their contemporaries."
|
We are honored to offer the lifetime collection of Dr. Virginia Gunn for auction. Part One of the collection will be sold on September 28 during a live auction at our Whipple, Ohio salesroom with in-person, online, phone, and absentee bidding. Dr. Gunn, a longtime professor of clothing, textiles, and interiors at the University of Akron, accrued a diverse array of quilts, coverlets, samplers, needlework, historical costume, early photography, and more. She applied her passion for research and scholarship to the items she collected, identifying previously unknown makers and establishing important historical connections.
Although Gunn spent most of her adult life in her adopted state of Ohio, her early years were spent elsewhere. She was born in Arkansas, spent her childhood in Minnesota, and received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas. She taught home economics in New Haven, Connecticut while her husband earned his Ph.D. at the Yale Divinity School. Gunn continued her education while raising two sons, earning a Master’s degree in applied arts, clothing, textiles, and materials from Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Akron, where she would spend the rest of her teaching career, and also served as the curator of the school’s costume and textile collection.
Gunn is nationally-known for her knowledge of quilts, coverlets, American costumes and textiles, and women’s history, and has frequently presented and published her research on the subjects. She called her involvement with the American Quilt Study Group “life-changing”, and she served on their board from 1984-1994 and as their President from 1990-1994. From 1994-2003 she served as editor for Uncoverings, an annual publication of AQSG research papers, and from 2004-2013 served on the scholarship review committee. In 2017 Gunn was honored with an induction into the Quilter’s Hall of Fame.
Much of Gunn’s research has been devoted to the history of decorative arts in her local community of Wayne County, Ohio. She is a founding member of the Wayne County Historical Society, co-chaired the Beall-Stibbs House restoration project, and has studied early photographers, quiltmakers and coverlet weavers that worked in the region during the 19th century, as well as collected examples of their work.
Given the size and quality of Gunn’s lifetime collections, we will be offering portions of her collections in multiple auctions to be held over the next 12-18 months. It is a privilege to handle such important collections and we hope that you’ll join us in celebrating her passion for these objects and the stories they tell.
Although Gunn spent most of her adult life in her adopted state of Ohio, her early years were spent elsewhere. She was born in Arkansas, spent her childhood in Minnesota, and received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas. She taught home economics in New Haven, Connecticut while her husband earned his Ph.D. at the Yale Divinity School. Gunn continued her education while raising two sons, earning a Master’s degree in applied arts, clothing, textiles, and materials from Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Akron, where she would spend the rest of her teaching career, and also served as the curator of the school’s costume and textile collection.
Gunn is nationally-known for her knowledge of quilts, coverlets, American costumes and textiles, and women’s history, and has frequently presented and published her research on the subjects. She called her involvement with the American Quilt Study Group “life-changing”, and she served on their board from 1984-1994 and as their President from 1990-1994. From 1994-2003 she served as editor for Uncoverings, an annual publication of AQSG research papers, and from 2004-2013 served on the scholarship review committee. In 2017 Gunn was honored with an induction into the Quilter’s Hall of Fame.
Much of Gunn’s research has been devoted to the history of decorative arts in her local community of Wayne County, Ohio. She is a founding member of the Wayne County Historical Society, co-chaired the Beall-Stibbs House restoration project, and has studied early photographers, quiltmakers and coverlet weavers that worked in the region during the 19th century, as well as collected examples of their work.
Given the size and quality of Gunn’s lifetime collections, we will be offering portions of her collections in multiple auctions to be held over the next 12-18 months. It is a privilege to handle such important collections and we hope that you’ll join us in celebrating her passion for these objects and the stories they tell.