Weinstock Collection sells for $2.26 million across Bonhams auctions
English ceramics, sporting art and decorative pieces from the Philadelphia designers' home drew strong bidding across a live sale and online auction in New York and Massachusetts.
The Bennett and Judie Weinstock Collection concluded with $2.26 million in sales across two Bonhams auctions this month, drawing strong interest and competitive bidding.
A live sale held October 20 at Bonhams’ flagship location at 111 West 57th Street in New York achieved an 89% sell-through rate. According to the auction house, an online component that ran through October 22 in Massachusetts sold over 95% of its lots.
Ceramics lead the results
English pottery formed the core of the collection, with several pieces substantially outperforming their presale estimates. A Staffordshire table base depicting Polito’s Menagerie, dating to around 1820, also exceeded expectations, fetching $83,900.
The Weinstocks’ celebrated assemblage of more than 150 teapots proved a sale highlight. A rare Staffordshire lead-glazed double-walled teapot and cover from circa 1765 in Whieldon style exceeded its estimate by more than 11 times, reaching $77,500. A Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware punch pot modelled as Bacchus, circa 1760, also performed strongly, achieving $24,700, roughly four times its presale estimate.
Sporting art and decorative pieces
The collection included a significant grouping of British equestrian and animal subjects. A work by Daniel Quigley depicting a chaise match held on Newmarket Heath on August 29, 1750, between the Earls of March and Eglington sold for $54,460. A painting from the circle of Thomas Spencer showing a gentleman, chestnut horse, groom and hounds in a landscape reached $41,600.
The online portion brought additional decorative holdings under the hammer. A canvas attributed to Charles Landseer portraying King Charles spaniels, done after a work by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, fetched $20,800. A William and Mary walnut mirror with marquetry inlay from late 17th-century England, a set of seven English earthenware dairy items from around 1900, and Karl Friedrich Boser’s The Broom Seller each sold for $14,300.
Anna Burnside, Specialist and Head of Sale for British Ceramics and Glass at Bonhams, noted that the couple’s home had been “a joyful celebration of colour, pattern and wit.”
This article was compiled by the CityLifeBytes editorial desk from the official announcements and reporting listed under Sources.
