Woody Auction – Antique Auction
April 25, 2025 – 8am CT – Automated Online Only
April 26, 2025 – 9:30am CT – In-Person and online
317 S. Forrest St, Douglass, KS 67039
www.woodyauction.com/auctions

DOUGLASS, KAN. — The private collection of Grady and Annette Hite of North Carolina — more than 1,000 pieces of Wave Crest, American Brilliant Cut Glass, art pottery, R.S. Prussia and other items — will come up for bid in an auction on Saturday, April 26, starting at 9:30 am by Woody Auction, online (via Live Auctioneers) and live in the Woody auction hall.

“We’ve had the pleasure of knowing the Hites for decades and it is our sincere honor to auction their collection,” said Jason Woody of Woody Auction. “Their collection is so vast that we’re auctioning it in two days — Friday, April 25 in an online-only setting, and Saturday, April 26, in-person and online.”

There are several items that could end up with top-lot honors. For example, a dresser box with the Wave Crest mark, in sea foam mold and boasting a rare goldfish décor and with gilt metal feet, comes with a key and should bring $4/7,000.

A scarce plated amberina art glass bowl by New England Glass, selling with a silverplate frame measuring 13½ by 8½ by 8 inches, is marked “Tufts #128.” The frame isn’t original to the bowl but displays it nicely ($3/6,000).

A round unmarked Wave Crest plaque in a scroll mold has a hand-painted Native American Chief décor. The plaque, white with a burgundy border, is mounted in a 12½-by-10¼-inch ornate gilt metal frame ($2,5/5,000).

An unmarked art pottery umbrella stand with a hand-painted portrait of a Native American brave, 21¾ by 11½ inches, has a brown standard glaze and is attributed to Roseville/Weller ($2/4,000).

An American brilliant cut glass green cut to clear cylinder vase in the Montrose pattern by Dorflinger, 10¼ inches tall with a hobstar cut base has an estimate of $2/3,000.

A late Nineteenth Century three-dimensional Art Nouveau polychrome enamel vase marked “Volkstedt,” 18¼ inches tall, in the form of an iris with a young woman holding a chamberstick, is estimated $1,5/3,000.

Estimated $1,5/2,500 is a Royal Flemish art glass biscuit jar, #3931, marked “P.M.C. (Pairpoint / Mt. Washington),” 5¾ by 7¼ inches. It features colorful segmented sections with a crest of a rampant lion, silverplate lid and ball.

An American Brilliant Cut Glass salad set in the Trellis pattern attributed to J. Hoare, with a large hobstar center, includes a 4¼-by-11-inch bowl and underplate and a pattern matched 11-inch fork and spoon ($1/3,000).

There are furniture items in the auction, which Woody Auction cannot ship and must be picked up in person in Douglass, or shipped via a professional shipper by Friday, May 9. Woody Auction has a shipper list that folks can review for research purposes. A couple of furniture pieces up for bid include an Italian Nineteenth Century Florentine parlor table having a gilt wood base with raised pedestal and featuring floral designs with shell and coral highlights pietra dur ($2/4,000); and a circa 1924 wrought iron console table with black marble top by Oscar Bach, with a hand-wrought iron frame with claw feet, serpent designs and masks, red tin backing, and weighing nearly 200 pounds ($2/4,000).

A preview for the April 26 auction will be conducted on Friday, April 25, from 1-5 pm Central time, in the Woody auction hall. There is no buyer’s premium for those in attendance (when paying with cash or check) and no sales tax will be collected from bidders present at the auction, as this is a single consignor auction.

The auction hall is at 130 East Third Street. For information, 316-747-2694 or www.woodyauction.com.

The Grady & Annette Hite collection features Wave Crest, American brilliant cut glass, art pottery, R.S. Prussia, and other high quality antiques.
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