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Rare Trout Trophy Fish wood carving by Reginald Edwards (deceased), Mechanics Falls, Maine. The beautifully patinaed paint highlights a delicate eye for color with relief stippling. Wood fins with exquisite fin ray carving. This fish has been in the Kangas Collection for nearly 20 years.
Size: Fish body 11"l; backboard 14"l.
Publications: DECOYS by Linda & Gene Kangas. Collector Books, Paducah, KY 1992, p104.
Provenance: Reginald Edwards Family, Maine; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $6,000

19th Century Cigar Store Indian. A folky depiction of smaller and earlier "Virginians." Excellent surface patina. Original paint over gesso. Right hand missing.
Size: Five feet high (including original base).
Provenance: Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $9,500   Not shippable. Pickup at Creekside

Inuit seal-hide model kayak complete with hide-covered figure, made in Quebec ca late 19th century. This kayak was one of nearly 1000 items sold at auction for over a quarter of a million dollars from The Pierre LaPlante Folk Art Collection. The kayak has been in the Kangas Collection since 1997.
Size: 37"l
Provenance: Pierre LaPlante Folk Art Collection, Canada; Tim Potter Auction Services, Canada; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $2,000

Handmade INDIAN WHIRLIGIG by Unidentified Maker; found in Ohio. Six carved Indian figures of different sizes, perhaps indicating tribal rank. Two undressed slave figures appear to propel the Indians in a circle. The higher-stationed figures are dressed by with wrapped red and black yarn, and they have some bird feathers as headdresses. The figures carry spear-type weapons. The sculpture is pegged, nailed, and screwed together. Good working condition as propelled by a metal fan. The sculpture has been in the Kangas Collection since 1979.
Size: 26" x 20" x 13".
Provenance: Found at a Garage Sale in Cleveland, Ohio; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $2,400   Not shippable. Pickup at Creekside

Upstate New York carved and painted wood Mallard Whirligig with attached wooden feet, applied wings and tack eyes. Each wing was made with two pieces of wood to make the shaping, painted, then firmly joined to the body in a manner allowing them to turn with the wind. Very old original paint, slightly worn.
Size: 28.5"l x 5" w x 16"h (including metal stand).
Provenance: Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $2,800

BLUE WHALE by Silvio Zoratti (1919-1992), Conneaut, Ohio, made ca 1960. Carved and painted wood. Excellent condition. This whale has been in the Kangas Collection since the early 1970s.
Size: 20"l x 5.75"h.
Publications: Silvio Zoratti's extensive sculptural folk art in painted wood, stone and cement was featured in FOLK ART, Fall 1992, magazine of the MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART, NY NY.
Provenance: Silvio Zoratti, Ohio; Gene and Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $2,400

Three carved wooden Animals by Silvio Zoratti (1919-1992), Conneaut, Ohio, made ca mid 1960s. Carved and painted wood. These animals have been in the Kangas Collection since the early 1970s.

WALKING TURTLE in worn original paint. Zoratti's own metal nametag affixed to bottom: "Made by S.P. Zoratti 1968." Size 16"l x 6"w x 6"h $900 .
STANDING BROWN DACHSHUND in very good original paint with glass marble eyes. Size: 25"l x 6"h. $900.
SHY HEDGEHOG in worn original paint. Zoratti's own identification stamped on bottom: "Made by S.P. Zoratti 1966." $800.
Published: Silvio Zoratti's extensive sculptural folk art in painted wood, stone and cement was featured in the magazine FOLK ART, Fall 1992, produced by the MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART, NY NY.
Provenance: Silvio Zoratti, Ohio; Gene and Linda Kangas, Ohio.

Majestic Mid-20th Century Walking Lion hand carved and original painted; vocalizing with open mouth. Saddle has painted floral design on the seat, and a carved painted angel with wings behind the saddle. This is a contemporary working carousel figure.
Size: 57"l x 36"h.
Provenance: Collected in the Philippines by Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio for Global Selections LLC
Price: $5,800   Not shippable. Pickup at Creekside.

Global Selections LLC commissioned this GOAT to be made as a replica using an early 20th century Original Pattern of the DENTZEL COMPANY'S Carousel Goat. Carved wood; saddle decorated with angel head at back of saddle and swinging bells. Entirely hand painted with added varnished oak horns, leather reins and glass eyes. Additional photographs available.
Size:61.5"h x 73"l.
Price: $4,500   Not Shippable. Pickup at Creekside

Global Selections LLC had this carved wooden GOLDEN RETRIEVER DOG made as a replica using the early 20th century Original Pattern of the DENTZEL COMPANY'S Carousel Dog. Carved wood with saddle. Entirely hand painted, with added leather reins and glass eyes. Additional photographs available.
Size:45"h x 60"l.
Price: $4,500   Not shippable. Pickup at Creekside

Global Selections LLC had this carved wooden ROOSTER made as a replica using the early 20th century Original Pattern of the DENTZEL COMPANY'S Carousel Rooster. Carved wood with saddle; entirely hand painted, with added leather reins and glass eyes. Additional photographs available.
Size:52"h x 55"l.
Price: $4,500   Not shippable. Pickup at Creekside.

Global Selections LLC commissioned this OSTRICH to be made as a replica using an early 20th century Original Pattern of the DENTZEL COMPANY'S Carousel Ostrich. Carved wood with saddle; entirely hand painted, with added leather reins and glass eyes. Additional photographs available.
Size:58"h x 65"l.
Price: $4,500   Not shippable. Pickup at Creekside

Amish Quilt "Barn Raising" pattern made ca 1945. Purchased directly from maker Mrs. Fannie Detweiler (1890-1974), Metsopotamia, Ohio, in 1973. She passed away a year later. The cotton quilt is pieced with a myriad of colors and shades optically highlighting the reds juxtaposed with strong blues. The leaf-quilted green border is framed with two shades of blue. The back is pieced homespun. A 1992 letter from Fannie's daughter Elizabeth Detweiler, also a quilter, estimates her mother made about 50 quilts in her lifetime.
Size: 75" X 76"
Publications & Venues: Exhibition "New World Folk Art: Old World Survivals and Cross-Cultural Inspirations, 1492-1992," Cleveland State University Art Gallery (Ohio), Sept-Oct 1992, catalog p57.
Provenance: Fannie Detweiler (maker), Metsopotamia, Ohio; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $1,500

Patchwork Quilt in "Ocean Waves" pattern by Ohio Amish, ca 1930. It is in shades of brown, blue, pink, green along with a two-tone beige and brown border.Leaf quilting highlights the light border area. This quilt has been in the Kangas Collection since 1975.
Size: 78" x 82".
Publications & Venues:
Exhibition Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio - "American Folk Art in Ohio Collections" Oct-Dec 1076. This quilt pictured on the Cover of the Catalog of same name and hardbound edition published by Dodd-Meade.
Exhibition Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ohio - "Folk Art from the Collection of Gene and Linda Kangas," March, 1979.
Provenance: Harlan's Antiques, Middlefield, Ohio; Gene and Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $1,800

Eagle Lectern on original matching carved and varnished oak, architecturally-designed pedestal. Eagle is highly detailed with deeply incised primaries and feathers. Commissioned ca 1850 for Trinity Cathedral ("Old Trinity"), Cleveland, Ohio. Carved in Southern Ohio. The Lectern was the gift of Mrs. S. L. Mather, a member and benefactor of Old Trinity. Documentation available. This has been in the Kangas Collection since 1990.
Size: Eagle Lectern is 6 feet tall with 32 inch wingspread at eagle's shoulders.
Provenance: Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio; DeFina Auctions, Ohio; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $9,800   Not shippable. Pickup at Creekside.

Bust of a Child carved as one of the affixed ornaments on a circus band organ/calliope. Original Paint. Part of the sale of The Tussauds Collection of Fairground Art at Christie's South Kensington, London, England. This sculpture is one of three children: offered as a set only. They have been in the Kangas Collection since 1998.
Sizes: 19"-20"h each Provenance: Tussauds Collection of Fairground Art, England; Christie's South Kensington LTD, London, England; Collected in England by Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: Price on Request   Set of Three.

Bust of a Child carved as one of the affixed ornaments on a circus band organ/calliope. Original Paint. Part of the sale of The Tussauds Collection of Fairground Art at Christie's South Kensington, London, England. This sculpture is one of three children: offered as a set only. They have been in the Kangas Collection since 1998.
Sizes: 19"-20"h each
Provenance: Tussauds Collection of Fairground Art, England; Christie's South Kensington LTD, London, England; Collected in England by Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: Price on Request   Set of Three.

Bust of a Child carved as one of the affixed ornaments on a circus band organ/calliope. Original Paint. Part of the sale of The Tussauds Collection of Fairground Art at Christie's South Kensington, London, England. This sculpture is one of three children: offered as a set only. They have been in the Kangas Collection since 1998.
Sizes: 19"-20"h each
Provenance: Tussauds Collection of Fairground Art, England; Christie's South Kensington LTD, London, England; Collected in England by Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: Price on Request   Set of Three.

Muscleman, one of three offered only as a set. Carved, painted and varnished wood; in three different body builder competition poses.
Size: 38"-39"h each.
Provenance: Collected in the Phillippines by Gene and Linda Kangas.
Price: Price on Request   Set of Three

Muscleman, one of three offered only as a Set. Carved, painted and varnished wood; in three different body builder competition poses.
Size: 38"-39"h each.
Provenance: Collected in the Philippines by Gene and Linda Kangas.
Price: Price on Request   Set of Three

Muscleman, one of three offered only as a Set. Carved, painted and varnished wood; in three different body builder competition poses.
Size: 38"-39"h each.
Provenance: Collected in the Philippines by Gene and Linda Kangas.
Price: Price on Request   Set of Three

Pair of Colonial styled carved and painted wooden figures; shoes and hats removeable. Unknown carver, region and date. They have been in the Kangas Collection since 1980.
Sizes: Both 25"h (including base).
Provenance: James Oliver, Jeromesville, OH; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price $4,800 for the Pair

Paddle shaped wood sculpture fashioned simply as a portrait head.
Size: About 30" high.
Provenance: Collected in the Philippines by Ken & Donna Fadeley, Michigan for Global Selections LLC
Price: $900

Fantastic RARE American Fish Hook TRADE SIGN. Carved and painted wood, excellent original condition. Early twentieth century. It was used by its maker William DeWitt, New Jersey to advertise his product line of metal fishing hooks. Documentation available. This SINGULAR and UNIQUE American Trade Sign has been in the Kangas Collection since 2000.
Size: 6 feet high.
Provenance: Bernie Gates, Ontario, Canada; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $5,200   Not Shippable. Pickup at Creekside

Dramatic sheet iron STEER Weathervane by Unknown Maker. Attributed as being of Long Island region. Has been in the Kangas Collection since 1993.
Size: 44"l x 30"h.
Provenance: Friends of Long Island Museum, L.I., NY; Guernsey's Auctions, NY NY; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio.
Price: $9,000   Not Shippable. Pickup at Creekside.

Relief composition and wood construction depicting a LION behind cage bars. An identical TIGER panel is offered with this LION as a set only. They have been in the Kangas Collection since 1990.
Size: 35"w x 44"h.
Provenance: Wolf's Auction Gallery, Cleveland Ohio; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio
Price: $4600 for the Set of 2   Not shippable. Pickup at Creekside.

Relief composition and wood construction depicting a TIGER behind cage bars. An identical LION panel is offered with this TIGER as a set only. They have been in the Kangas Collection since 1990.
Size: 35"w x 44"h.
Provenance: Wolf's Auction Gallery, Cleveland Ohio; Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio
Price: $4600 for the Set of 2   Not shippable; Pickup at Creekside.

Lively Jumping half size ZEBRA Carousel Animal hand carved and painted wood with painted eyes. This is a contemporary working carousel figure.
Size:52"H x 36"L (including stand).
Provenance: Collected in the Philippines by Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio for Global Selections LLC.
Price: $2,000   Not Shippable. Pickup Ridgefield Gallery, Ortonville, Michigan.

Sedate walking ZEBRA Carousel Animal hand carved and painted with saddle and added leather reins and glass eyes. This is a contemporary working carousel figure with a saddle.
Size:45"H x 50"L (including stand).
Provenance: Collected in the Philippines by Gene & Linda Kangas, Ohio for Global Selections, Inc.
Price: $2,600   Not shippable. Pickup Creekside Gallery.