Released on = February 16, 2007, 5:10 am

Press Release Author = Web Wilson / AntiquesYes.com

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = AntiquesYes.com presents an on line auction of architectural
antiques that includes several lots attributed to famous American decorative
artists.

Press Release Body = The architectural antiques auction presented by
AntiquesYes.com, and set to open for on line bidding Tuesday, February 20, features
several lots attributed to some of the most important names in American decorative
art.

"We have several small lots attributed to some very big names," says H. Weber
Wilson, author, antiques dealer, and one of the developers of AntiquesYes.com.
"These pieces will have very affordable opening bids and represent an opportunity
for serious but budget conscious people to own some things of real significance."

"One of the more interesting items," Wilson elaborates, "is a fragment from a John
LaFarge stained glass window that I bought it from a very well known antiques
dealer in Newport, RI. Her father had started their antiques business back early
20th Century and had bought and sold many things from famous people and famous
buildings."

"When my wife Jill and I moved to Newport in the early 1990s," Wilson recalls, "the
dealer was closing down her store, and when she learned that I had written a book
about American stained glass, she went into a back room and brought out a out a
number of glass panels and fragments that she had collected over the years. It was a
poignant moment to be dealing with a lady who understood the significance of
architectural preservation and architectural antiques long before they became
populist topics."

"When I wrote my book Great Glass In American Architecture," Wilson explains, "one
of the major sub-plots was the public and private competition between John LaFarge
and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Even in the 1980s, when I was doing the research, LaFarge
was only beginning to gain the recognition he deserves. So I know that this kindly
dealer was pleased that her little stash of 'precious stones' (as John LaFarge
described his glass work) would be going to someone who knew the history and cared
enough to pass it along."

"And speaking of Louis Tiffany," Wilson says with a wink, "this AntiquesYes.com
auction has a couple of Tiffany glass tiles up for bid as well. Tiffany and his
decorating partners used densely colored glass squares in several high profile
commissions, often applying them to interior walls to reflect light rather than
setting them in windows or screens.

Besides architectural glass, this AntiquesYes.com auction will also feature
metalwork by important American industrial artists. One lot is a nicely wrought iron
and brass finial by Oscar Bach that originally decorated a section of bank teller
cages. Another lot is a little wrought iron critter with moveable arms that is
attributed to Samuel Yellin. And there is also a pair of unusual Gothic style iron
balusters from an exterior staircase that was on a Philadelphia building designed by
Frank Furness.

The AntiquesYes.com Architectural Antiques Auction will have more than 140 lots of
terra cotta and marble, vintage plumbing, decorative windows and doors, antique
tiles, original advertising and trade catalogs, and garden ornaments.

The auction will open Tuesday, February 20, beginning at 9 pm EST and the lots will
close one week later, beginning at the same time. Every item is guaranteed as
described, there are no hidden reserves, and all bidders remain anonymous.

Go to AntiquesYes now to register for this and all the other upcoming auction. For
more information email auctionservice@antiquesyes.com or call 800-508-0022.

Company Info

WebWilson.com auctions are presented on AntiquesYes.com, a vetted online auction
site designed by professional antiques dealers. AntiquesYes.com software features no
hidden reserves, anonymous bidders, and a tracking screen for every bidder.

When the Internet became accessible WebWilson.com was among the first to produce
online auctions using their own web site and bidding software. Last year they worked
with a group of professional antiques dealers to launch AntiquesYes.com, a vetted on
line auction site with many custom features such as anonymous bidders and an
extended bidding option. The WebWilson.com web site also includes a virtual museum
and library and is considered the premiere Internet destination for all those
seeking to learn about and to purchase antique builders' hardware.


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Contact Details = Web Wilson
AntiquesYes.com
PO Box 506 Portsmouth, RI 02871
800-508-0022

auctionservice@antiquesyes.com

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