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Woody Auction Results
by Fred Coveler

The latest Woody Auction was held in St. Louis, MO, on Saturday, March 20, 2010, starting at 9:30 a.m.  The glass was available for inspection starting Friday afternoon and was blacklighted for all to see on Friday night.  The auction consisted of 415 lots of which 401 were cut glass items and 14 were non-glass items (e.g. books and videos).  As shown in the auction catalog these were mainly from the Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weyman collection from Midland, TX, supplemented by other consignors.  Jason Woody has confirmed that there were 74 live bidders present (about 135 people), a fair amount of write-in bids had been received, plus 80 bidders had registered on Proxibid if they wanted to bid. 

42 lots sold for $1,000 or more with only 3 reaching over $5,000.  The top sellers came early in the auction.  The highest price was Lot No. 20, at $9,000, a 16.5” tall decanter by J. Hoare in a slight variation (from the patent illustration) of the Crystal City or Wedding Ring Pattern. 

The next highest price was Lot No. 25, at $8,000, which was a 14” two-part red, cut-to-clear punch bowl described as being in the Dauntless Pattern by J. D. Bergen, though that pattern is also shown in the Val St. Lambert catalog, so its maker is unconfirmed. 

The third highest priced piece was Lot No. 15, at $6,400, which was for a pair of tall (17.5” and 15.5”) very well cut decanters with large steeple stoppers. 

There were 2 lots that sold between $4,000 and $5,000, 3 lots between $3,000 and $4,000, 12 lots between $2,000 and $3,000 and 22 lots between $1,000 and $2,000, with the remaining 359 glass lots selling for an average of $275 each. 

Bidding was brisk and spirited and every purchaser went home with their treasure or were having it shipped to them.  Woody Auction does not charge a buyer’s premium so all prices reported are the total cost of the piece purchased.  Almost the entire Woody family was present with Jason leading the auctioneering.  A pizza lunch was provided by Woody.  The next auction will be held Saturday, August 28th.