Kentucky Auction House

Name: Kentucky Auction House
Address: TBD, Lexington, KY, 40508, US
Telephone: +18594924461

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A central Kentucky auction house specializing in the fine and decorative arts and material culture of Kentucky.

07/27/2022

We were more than happy to help sponsor a dinner to benefit the on the lawn of . though really were the stars.

06/09/2022

Get ready to visit us at Historic Locust Grove in Louisville on June 26th. We won't be auctioning, but we'll have some great stuff for sale. Stay tuned!

05/01/2022

Today is the Day! We hope to see you at 3pm at the Thomas Hunt Morgan House Auditorium. If you can't make it, online bidding will also be available through auctions.kentuckyauctionhouse.com

04/30/2022

Robert Moore's painting, "Two Maysville Girls," will be offered as lot 108 in tomorrow's Inaugural Kentucky Sale. This painting would have been executed at a time when the town of Maysville was a vital trade port, essential to Kentucky's agricultural economy.

The Irish-born Moore was in Wi******er, KY by the 1850s. Local historian Harry Enoch notes the artist was listed in the 1860 and 1870 censuses in Wi******er, and Maysville in the 1880. Given the date of this painting and future residence, Moore must have been making regular trips to the area and is known to have done works in Maysville (including for Dr. John T. Strode according to Enoch). His best known works seem to be prized livestock of Clark and Bourbon Counties that have reached five-figures at auction. His painting “Bush’s Mill on Howard’s Lower Creek” in the collection of the Bluegrass Heritage Museum is an important work documenting one of Kentucky’s earliest industrial operations.

04/30/2022

Lot 53 in tomorrow's Inaugural Kentucky Sale is John Payne's 1800 map of Kentucky.

This map is notable for the accuracy of the roads depicted in the early years of the Commonwealth. Some town names have changed, other towns once proposed and never built are shown, and interestingly the southern Kentucky border extends all the way to the Mississippi, an area that would not definitively belong to the state until the Jackson Purchase of 1818.

04/30/2022

Just ONE day until the Inaugural Kentucky Sale. If you're in Lexington, we hope to see you at 3pm tomorrow at the Thomas Hunt Morgan House Auditorium. Can't make it? You can also bid online through our website.

Lot 72 in tomorrow's sale is this Chippendale Mirror by Milton Paul. Paul was a notable African-American cabinetmaker in 20th century Lexington. He is best known for his Chippendale Mirrors, such as the one offered here.

Erica Lome, the Peggy N. Gerry Curatorial Associate at the Concord Museum, recently gave a lecture at the 2022 Decorative Arts Trust Symposium, on the subject “Craftsman in the Bluegrass: Milton Paul and the African-American Cabinetmakers of Lexington’s Colonial Revival.”

04/29/2022

In the final episode of our Mint Julep series, we do a side by side taste test of the two recipes. Let us know which one is your favorite of the two in the comments below.

04/29/2022

Lot 50 in Sunday’s Inaugural Kentucky Sale is this form from John Tolbert Pottery. With its scrolling arms and gorgeous glaze, it’s no wonder this exact piece was selected for the 2001 exhibition at Louisville’s Speed Museum. Listed as form #99 in a catalogue of John Tolbert’s works, this piece has also been illustrated in “Clear as Mud, Early 20th Century Art Pottery.”

Explore this lot and the rest of the catalogue for Sunday’s sale at kentuckyauctionhouse.com

04/29/2022

There are just two days until the Inaugural Kentucky Sale on Sunday, May 1 at 3pm in the Thomas Hunt Morgan House Auditorium. We hope to see you at tonight's preview party from 6-8. Can't make it to the auction? Bid online through our website!

Lot 35: Two fiddle handle teaspoons by T.G. Calvert of Lexington. Calvert apprenticed under and later bought out George W. Stewart, maker of many of Lexington’s early racing trophies.

04/28/2022

Episode 2 in our 🍃Mint Julep series features Lt General Simon Bolivar Buckner’s recipe. Want to know which one is the crowd favorite? Find out in episode 3!

04/28/2022

Paul Plaschke (Louisville/Chicago/New Albany, 1880-1954)
Blackiston Mill
Pastel on paper, 10” x 13”

Exhibited: Plaschke, Howard Steamboat Museum, Jeffersonville, IN. November 2008.
Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue on page 16.

The Race Continues: Selections from the Art Collection of Coleman Durrett Callaway III, Kentucky Governor’s Mansion, Frankfort, KY. May-October 2012.
Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue on page 27.
Blackiston Mill on Silver Creek in Floyd County, Indiana remained a landmark for the area from time of construction in 1853 until it was demolished in 1989. Both the mill and creek seem to have been favorite subjects of Plaschke, no surprise given his involvement in the close group of artist friends known as the Wonderland Way Art Club based in the area.

04/28/2022

Just THREE days until the Inaugural Kentucky Sale on Sunday, May 1 at 3pm in the Thomas Hunt Morgan House Auditorium. Can't make it? You can bid online through our website.
The American Hotels Corporation built the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston, West Virginia, opening in 1929 and soon becoming the city’s premiere hotel, including John F. Kennedy and Elvis Presley among those who stayed. It seems generally accepted among restaurantware collectors these were produced for the hotel’s opening. This one depicts a version of Alonzo Chappel’s painting of Boone from the collection of the University of Chicago. The border alternates between an eagle with shield and a fleur-dis-les pattern with smaller historic images between: a Native American, a ship (possibly the Mayflower), Mount Vernon, a colonial fireplace, a covered wagon, and the Wright Brother’s plane.

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