YPSILANTI, MICH. — Schmidt’s Antiques Inc., rang in the New Year with its New Year’s Day Gallery Auction, which took place on January 1. The sale featured just under 300 lots of fine and decorative art, vintage and estate jewelry, Midcentury Modern furniture and additional antique furnishings. The sale was led by Marshall M. Fredericks’ (American, 1908-1998) bronze sculpture, titled “The Rabbit.” According to the auction catalog, the sculpture was “Originally designed in 1936 for the Levi Barbour Memoriam on Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.,” and “was purchased directly from Fredericks in the late 1970s by Dr and Mrs D. Eugene Thompson for their home in Birmingham, Mich.” The 54½-inch-high work retained its original patina and was signed by the artist in block letters on the cast at the plinth. The lot included a 1989 appraisal signed by Fredericks. Hopping, leaping and bounding past its $30/40,000 estimate, the sculpture made $93,750, with buyer’s premium. Additional highlights from this sale will be featured in an upcoming issue.